Radoslav Zabavník (born 16 September 1980) is a Slovak former professional

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who played as a full-back.

Club career

Zabavník played for

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and

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

in his native country's

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, winning the championship twice with MŠK Žilina. Between 2004 and late 2005, Zabavník played in

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for

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. He became the first Slovak player to sign a contract with an

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club. In the end of 2005, he was sold to Sparta Prague. In February 2008, Sparta Prague sold Zabavník to Terek Grozny. In December 2009, he was released and signed for

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on 1 February 2010. The signing proved to be astute business by Mainz 05 as Zabavník went on to make a string of impressive performances for them cementing his place in the starting eleven.

International career

Zabavník became the oldest ever Slovak international debutant since 2003, having played the first game for his country in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier match against

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at the age of 24 years.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Zabavník goal''.

Honours

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Team of the Season: 2002–03,

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