Michal Hipp (born 13 March 1963) is a Slovak football manager and a former player.

Playing career

Hipp began his football career in his native village

Horná Kráľová Horná Kráľová ( hu, Királyi) is a village and municipality in Šaľa District, in the Nitra Region of south-west Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1113. Geography The village lies at an altitude of ...

. When he was twelve years old, he started playing in the youth team and then progressed to the first team when he was sixteen. In 1983 Hipp got an offer to transfer to Slovan Duslo Šaľa by coach Jozef Adamec. There he played as a right midfielder. Then he left for MŠK Hurbanovo as he completed compulsory

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in the town. In October 1984 he went to

Plastika Nitra FC Nitra is a Slovak association football club, playing in the town of Nitra. Established in 1909, FC Nitra is one of the oldest football clubs in Slovakia. History Czechoslovak era Nitra were promoted and relegated 4 times from the Czechos ...

. Hipp debuted in the

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in the 1986–87 season in a match against FC Bohemians Praha. In 1989–90 season FC Nitra qualified for the

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. They lost both matches against

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with an aggregate score of 5–1. Also he played for Czech side Slavia Prague and 1. FC Košice.

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Michal Hipp
at The Football Association of the Czech Republic * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hipp, Michal 1963 births Living people People from Šaľa District Footballers from the Nitra Region Slovak men's footballers Slovak football managers Slovakia men's international footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Dual men's international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Nitra players Czech First League players SK Slavia Prague players FC VSS Košice players First Vienna FC players FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria ŠK Slovan Bratislava managers FC Petržalka managers FC Nitra managers Slovakia national football team managers FC Vysočina Jihlava managers Szombathelyi Haladás football managers Nemzeti Bajnokság I managers Czech First League managers Expatriate football managers in Hungary Expatriate football managers in the Czech Republic Expatriate football managers in Kazakhstan Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan