Róbert Rák (born 15 January 1978 in Rimavská Sobota) is a retired Slovak professional footballer who played as a

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MFK Zemplín Michalovce MFK Zemplín Michalovce () is a Slovak professional football team based in the town of Michalovce, that competes in the Fortuna Liga, the top tier in the Slovak football league system, from 2015–16. History Zemplín Michalovce was formed ...

and FC Nitra. He was top goalscorer of the Corgoň Liga twice. First at the 2005–06 season, scoring 21 goals and second time at the 2009–10 season, scoring 18 goals.

Personal life

Rák comes from the

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. His sister, named Viktória, is a popular actress in Slovakia, who played in the Hungarian language Thalia Theatre in Košice.

Match fixing

Rák was involved in a match fixing scandal in Slovak football that came to light in September 2013. Allegedly, Rák together with six other football players, including the former Slovak international Ivan Hodúr, were supposed to have participated in fixing games of FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda. Rák was eventually given a 15-year suspension by the Disciplinary Committee of the Slovak FA, which was later extended worldwide by the

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Disciplinary Committee.

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* 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Rimavská Sobota Footballers from the Banská Bystrica Region Hungarians in Slovakia Slovak men's footballers Men's association football forwards Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Slovak First Football League players Belarusian Premier League players MŠK Rimavská Sobota players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Diósgyőri VTK players MFK Ružomberok players FC Nitra players FC Dinamo Minsk players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players Match fixers {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub