Michal Baláž

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| name = Michal Baláž

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| fullname = Michal Baláž

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|8|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stara Pazova, SFR Yugoslavia

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| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1985–1988

| youthclubs1 = Vojvodina

| years1 = 1988–1992

| clubs1 = Vojvodina

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1989–1990

| clubs2 = → Kabel (loan)

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| years3 = 1992–1994

| clubs3 = BSK Batajnica

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| years4 = 1995

| clubs4 = Spartak Trnava

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1996–1998

| clubs5 = Petrimex Prievidza

| caps5 = 61

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1998–1999

| clubs6 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| caps6 = 7

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2000

| clubs7 = SV Wilhelmshaven

| caps7 = 8

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2000

| clubs8 = KFC Uerdingen 05

| caps8 = 1

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2001–2003

| clubs9 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| caps9 = 27

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2003

| clubs10 = Inđija

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| years11 = 2004

| clubs11 = Jedinstvo Stara Pazova

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Michal Baláž ({{Langx|sr|Mihal Balaž / Михал Балаж}}; born 28 August 1970) is a Serbian-Slovak retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Stara Pazova,[http://www.sme.sk/c/2127254/juhoslovansky-brankar-balaz-hrdina-sobotnajsieho-zapasu-prisiel-do-prievidze-den-pred-duelom.html Juhoslovanský brankár Baláž, hrdina sobotňajšieho zápasu, prišiel do Prievidze deň pred duelom] at sme.sk, 31 July 1995, Retrieved 8 May 2016 {{in lang|sk}} SR Serbia, back then within Yugoslavia, Baláž started playing with FK Vojvodina. He made a league debut for them in his only appearance in the 1990–91 Yugoslav First League.[https://www.yumpu.com/xx/document/fullscreen/28689625/tempo-almanah-1990-1991 Tempo almanah 1990/1991] page 19 He spent the season 1989–90 on loan at third level side FK Kabel. He then played two seasons with FK BSK Batajnica until 1994.

In Autumn 1995 he played in Slovakia, with FC Spartak Trnava in the first half of the 1995–96 Slovak Superliga.[http://nasatrnava.sme.sk/c/3732970/nebyvala-invazia-legionarov-do-spartaka.html Nebývalá invázia legionárov do Spartaka] at nasatrnava.sme.sk, 18 February 2008, Retrieved 13 December 2016 {{in lang|sk}} He was playing with FK Petrimex Prievidza in the Slovak Super Liga before moving to Germany in summer 1998 and joining Sportfreunde Siegen. He also played with SV Wilhelmshaven during the second half of the 1999–2000 season.[http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/michal-balaz/ Michal Balaz] at Worldfootball He later played with KFC Uerdingen 05[http://www.kfc-uerdingen.de/-spieler-a-f/ KFC Uerdingen 05 player profiles] at KFC Uerdingen 05 official website during the first half of the 2000–01 Regionalliga and then during the winter-break he returned to Sportfreunde Siegen and played with them the following two and a half years in the Regionalliga Sud.[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/balazmichal/2001/ Michal Balaz] at fussballdaten.de