Myroslav Dmytrovych "Miro" Slavov (; born 8 September 1990) is a Ukrainian

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who plays for Austrian club SC Maria Lanzendorf.

Career

Slavov was born in

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

, in the

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of the

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. After emigration from Ukraine together with his parents, he played for youth teams of different Austrian clubs. Then he signed his first professional contract and played for the reserves team of

FC Girondins de Bordeaux Football Club des Girondins de Bordeaux (), commonly referred to as Girondins de Bordeaux () or simply Bordeaux, is a French Association football, football club based in the city of Bordeaux in Gironde (department), Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitain ...

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, but he never made his debut for the main squad of the club. Next, he signed a contract with

FC Anzhi Makhachkala Football Club Anzhi Makhachkala (, ), known simply as FC Anji, was a Russian professional Association football, football club based in the Dagestani capital of Makhachkala. Founded in 1991, the club last competed in the third-tier Russian Footb ...

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

on 27 August 2010. He made his professional debut for Anzhi's main squad on 1 March 2011, when he started in a Russian Cup game against Zenit St. Petersburg. Slavov signed for

Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena ...

on 2 September 2018. After six official games, his contract got terminated on 17 January 2019. A few days later he signed for

Khor Fakkan Club Khor Fakkan Club (, formally known as Al Khaleej), usually known simply as Khor Fakkan, is an Emirati professional football club from Khor Fakkan. History Founded in 1981, the club won a UAE Federation Cup in the 1993–94 season. In June 201 ...

in the

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. In May 2019, Slavov became

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and promoted with Khor Fakkan Club to

UAE Pro League The UAE Pro League (), also known as the ADNOC Pro League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the highest level of the Emirati football league system. The first team to w ...

. In August 2019, he was transferred to

Riga FC Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian Association football, football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 Latvian Higher League, 2016, the club has been playing in the Latv ...

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

Virsliga Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league system. Organised by the Latvian Football ...

. After he became champions with Riga FC too, he signed for

Shahr Khodro F.C. Shahr Khodro Football Club (, ''Bashgah-e Futbal-e Shahr Xodro''), previously known as Padideh, was an Iranian football club based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, that competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League. The club was founded in 2013 and was kn ...

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ian's

Persian Gulf Pro League The Persian Gulf Pro League (, ''Lig-e Bartar-e Xalij-e Fârs''), formerly known as the Iran Premier League (, ''Lig-e bartar-e Irân''), is a professional association football league in Iran and the highest level of the Iranian football league s ...

in January 2020.

Personal life

Has an elder brother, Vadym Slavov, who was a professional football player. He played for the club

FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva FC Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva () was a Ukrainian professional team from Bila Tserkva in Kyiv Oblast. Previous name was FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva until June 2013. History The football club was formed in 2006 and entered the Ukrainian Second L ...

. His younger sister Oksana Slavova took part in the

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in 2018. His cousin is

Marta Kostyuk Marta Olehivna Kostyuk ( ; born 28 June 2002) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 16 in singles, achieved on 17 June 2024 and No. 27 in doubles, achieved on 8 May 2023. On the WTA Tour, she h ...

, a Ukrainian professional tennis player. In 2014, he competed in the sixth season of

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. He was eliminated in episode 8. In January and February 2015, he participated in Rendezvous im Paradies, an Austrian dating reality series on

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. Later this year he walked for

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for his

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at the

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and for

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for his spring/summer 2016 collection in

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. In 2018, Slavov appeared in

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's Shock-in-Scent

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campaign. In 2019 he starred with

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in an advertisement for an Austrian gambling provider. Miro is fluent in five languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian, French and German.

References

Breaking: Slavov verlässt KSC!
fanreport.com, 28 January 2016

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