Dušan Galis

Dušan Galis (* November 24, 1949 in Ružomberok ) is a Slovak football coach and politician and a former Czechoslovak football player. In 2006 he was elected for the party SMER the Slovak Parliament.

Sporting career

Dušan Galis, christened with the name Peter Galis, played in his youth for Dynamo Dolny Kubin. At 20, the striker moved to Strojárne Martin in the third league, the team was relegated in 1971 to the 2nd Czechoslovak league. 1972 Galis moved to VSS Košice in the first league and was in the 1975/76 season with 21 goals scorer.

This season, he was appointed for the first time in the Czechoslovakian national soccer team. In his third of eight international matches, he scored his only goal. It was the 2-1 win over England, the Czechoslovakia only to participate in the European Championship 1976 enabled, they, with Galis in the squad won.

1977 Galis moved to Slovan Bratislava where he remained until 1981. He then moved to FC Cadiz, but returned back already after one year in Czechoslovakia and joined ZVL Žilina on. 1982/83 he played for Belgian club KSC Hasselt, 1983/84 for ZŤS Petržalka. He then ended his career.

Galis ' coaching career began in 1990 when Slovan Bratislava looking for a successor for Jozef Jankech. In shortlisted two newcomers, Ján Medvid and Dušan Galis came. The nine- member Council decided 5-4 votes for Galis. Confidence in the young coach has paid off in 1992 broke through Slovan 's dominance Sparta Prague and won the Czechoslovak Cup. Also in the Slovak League Galis was successful: Slovan won the title in 1994, 1995 and 1996 In addition, the team's 1994 and 1997 the Slovak Cup won. .

In 1997, Galis to Spartak Trnava, where she won in his first season, the Slovak Cup. In early 1999 he became coach of the Slovak national team, but announced his resignation in the event that František Laurinec should be president of the association. After Laurinec had been elected President of the SRC, Galis resigned from his post, without having graduated with the team one game. Following Dušan Galis moved to Omonia Nicosia, but returned back in 2000 returned to Slovakia and took over Artmedia Bratislava.

In November 2003, he was reappointed coach of the Slovak national football team, and consented, although Laurinec was still president of the association. He led the team into the play-offs for the 2006 World Cup, in which they, however, failed to Spain.

The qualification for Euro 2008 began with little success. Even after the 0-3 home defeat against the Czech Republic in September Slovak media and many fans had called for a coaching change. The players had but Galis support to the last. After the 1:4 debacle in the European Championship qualifier against Germany in Bratislava Galis has resigned as coach of the Slovak national football team. He said he would continue to devote more time to his political career.

Political career

In 2005, Galis was elected to the local parliament of the great circle Bratitslava, he was a candidate in the District 3 for a coalition of HZD, SF and SMER. In June 2006 he was elected to parliament for SMER the Slovak Republic. Opponents point out that under the registration number 29068 an entry of an unofficial employee with the name Dušan Galis and date of birth November 24, 1949 is in the files of the former Czechoslovak State Security, which was performed as an unofficial member under the code name Rene.