Vladimir Koman
Vladimir Koman ( born March 16, 1989 in Uzhhorod, Soviet Union, now Ukraine) is a Hungarian football player of Ukrainian descent who is under contract with the Russian first division side FK Krasnodar.
In 2009 he was awarded the " Silver Shoe " for the second best scorer in Junior World Cup 2009.
Club career
Koman was born as the son of the former Soviet soccer players Volodymyr Koman in today's Ukraine. When his father in 1990, after Hungary joined Haladás Szombathely, taking with him his entire family. After his career in late 1993, the family remained in Hungary.
Son Vladimir started his football career then also at Haladás, where he matured into a great talent. In 2004, he had already attracted the interest of various international associations on himself before he, 16 years old, after Italy joined Sampdoria in 2005.
After almost a year in the youth of Genoa, he was accepted into the professional squad. His debut in Serie A, he celebrated on April 7, 2007 game against FC Turin. Koman was in the starting lineup and gave the same crucial Assist the only goal of the game by Emiliano Bonazzoli. In the same season he led the " Primavera " by Sampdoria winning the championship title in the U -20 Championship in Italy.
For the season 2008/ 09 he was awarded by Sampdoria in the Serie B U.S. Avellino. In the weak squad Koman was the bright spot, scoring four goals in 28 inserts season and was 19 years old when the "boss" in the midfield. Nevertheless Avellino rose at the end of the season as second last to the third tier from. As a result, he returned to Genoa, after which he was awarded for the return mail on freshly baked Serie A newly promoted Bari.
On 15 August 2009 he made his debut in the 1-1 draw against FC Empoli in Coppa Italia Bari. He was then turned off for the Junior World Cup in 2009, whereby it was no use in Serie A Bari until November 2009. For the 2010/11 season Koman returned to Sampdoria, the season was but extremely disappointing. International one failed first in qualifying for the UEFA Champions League 2010/11 on the German club Werder Bremen and missed in the subsequent group stage of the UEFA Europa League 2010/11 behind the PSV Eindhoven and Metalist Kharkiv a place in the knockout round. In the league, standing at the end of the season the 18th place in the table and thus the descent into the series as
On January 31, Koman joined the French second division club AS Monaco and there wrote a four and a half year contract. His contract in Genoa ran out end of the season.
National
Attention to the first time on he made as captain of the Hungarian U-16 national team, with which he managed to qualify for the U- 17 Championship in Luxembourg in 2006. Although one difference then after two unfortunate defeats to eventual winners Russia and Spain and a victory against the host country, Luxembourg in the preliminary round from, but you already pointed the great potential of the team on.
In 2008, he had again managed as captain of Hungary, qualifying for the U-19 European Championship in the Czech Republic. In the preliminary round of the tournament was switched then, among other world champion Spain, and penetrated to the semifinals before, but where one was eliminated by a 0-1 defeat against Italy. Koman caused a stir with strong performances and was voted one of the ten best players of the tournament.
Followed in 2009, the largest to date of Koman success at international level. With the U-20 national team, he participated in Egypt at the Junior World Cup in 2009. Due to the early success of the team that had changed only marginally since the U-17, Hungary was listed as " dark horses ", which did confirm the team. With two wins and a defeat to survive the group stage as the leader and switched then the Czech Republic and Italy from. Only in the semi-finals they lost 2:3 against the eventual champions Ghana. The 3rd place match they won on penalties against Costa Rica. The gate to 1:1 for Hungary did not come until the 91 minutes from the penalty spot, the Koman transformed. As the tournament progresses Koman completed six games in which he scored five Torerfolge, which earned him the award of the " Silver Shoe " for the second top scorer of the tournament. Furthermore, he was again voted one of the ten best players of the tournament. Some media have expressed their lack of understanding why Koman was not elected, despite his consistently strong performances among the three best players of the tournament.
From 2009 to 2010 he was also active for the Hungarian U-21 national team.
On 29 May 2010 he made his debut for the senior national team of Hungary. In the 0-3 defeat against Germany in Budapest he was in the starting and was replaced two minutes before closing.
Achievements
Association
National
- 3rd place: Junior World Championship 2009
- 3rd place: U-19 Championship 2008