About Vladimir Weiss

Vladimír Weiss (Slovak pronunciation: ; born 30 November 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Slovan Bratislava.

Weiss made his debut for Slovakia on 12 August 2009 in a 1–1 friendly draw with Iceland. He was included in Slovakia's 23-man squad for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Weiss played in three out of four of his country's games in South Africa, playing a total of 270 minutes. He impressed in the first match against New Zealand where he thrilled the crowd in a 1–1 draw. Weiss featured in the second group game against Paraguay which they lost 2–0 and played a full 90 minutes in the 2–1 defeat to Netherlands in the last 16. Weiss scored the opening goal in a Euro 2016 win against Russia, and thus became the first player to score at the Euros whilst playing for a non-European club.

On 18 May 2021, Weiss was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Slovakia at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament. Weiss appeared as a substitute in the group stage games against Sweden and Spain.

Weiss is a third generation international footballer. His father, also called Vladimír Weiss, won 12 caps for the national team, whom he later coached. His grandfather, named Vladimír Weiss too, also represented Czechoslovakia.