Peter Hlinka

{{short description|Slovak footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Peter Hlinka

| fullname =

| image = Hlinka in september 2023.jpg

| caption = Hlinka in September 2023

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|12|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Prešov, Czechoslovakia

| height = {{height|m=1.90}}

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Tatran Prešov

| years1 = 1996–2000 | clubs1 = Tatran Prešov

| years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Sturm Graz

| years3 = 2001–2004 | clubs3 = Bregenz

| years4 = 2004–2007 | clubs4 = Rapid Wien

| years5 = 2007–2008 | clubs5 = Augsburg

| years6 = 2008–2010 | clubs6 = Sturm Graz

| years7 = 2010–2012 | clubs7 = Austria Wien

| years8 = 2012–2014 | clubs8 = Wiener Neustadt

| years9 = 2015 | clubs9 = Wacker Innsbruck

| years10= 2015–2016 | clubs10 = Rapid Wien II

| caps1 = 75

| caps2 = 8

| caps3 = 75

| caps4 = 93

| caps5 = 14

| caps6 = 60

| caps7 = 56

| caps8 = 62

| caps9 = 15

| caps10 = 23

| totalcaps = 483

| goals1 = 1

| goals2 = 1

| goals3 = 8

| goals4 = 11

| goals5 = 0

| goals6 = 7

| goals7 = 4

| goals8 = 9

| goals9 = 1

| goals10 = 0

| totalgoals = 42

| nationalyears1 = 2002–2006 | nationalteam1 = Slovakia | nationalcaps1 = 28 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs1 = Wiener Neustadt (assistant)

| manageryears2 = 2018–2020 | managerclubs2 = First Vienna

| manageryears3 = 2021 | managerclubs3 = AS Trenčín

| manageryears4 = 2023 | managerclubs4 = SFC Opava

| manageryears5 = 2023 | managerclubs5 = Tatran Prešov

| manageryears6 = 2024 | managerclubs6 = Inter Bratislava

}}

Peter Hlinka (born 5 December 1978) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.{{cite web |url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/oesterreich/tipp3-bundesliga/2008-09/austria-wien-1124/26227/spieler_peter-hlinka.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004325/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/intligen/oesterreich/tipp3-bundesliga/2008-09/austria-wien-1124/26227/spieler_peter-hlinka.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Hlinka, Peter |website=Kicker |language=de |access-date=9 July 2012}} He was most recently in charge of Inter Bratislava. Prior to joining Inter, he was a head coach of Tatran Prešov.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-2-liga-fotbalisty-opavy-povede-byvaly-slovensky-reprezentant-hlinka-3868083|title=Fotbalisty Opavy povede bývalý slovenský reprezentant Hlinka|website=sport.cz |language=cs |date=30 December 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/265823/trencin-spoznal-meno-noveho-kormidelnika-futbalistov-as-povedie-byvaly-slovensky-reprezentant |title=Trenčín spoznal meno nového kormidelníka: Futbalistov AS povedie bývalý slovenský reprezentant |website=sportky.zoznam.sk |language=sk |date=2 June 2021}}

He competed for Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hl/peter-hlinka-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203080930/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hl/peter-hlinka-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}