fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps position nationalcaps nationalyears birth_date totalgoals article_title name nationalgoals
igor bališ spartak trnava 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- 2003 spartak trnava slovan bratislava west bromwich albion 242 15 69 11 0 4 križovany nad dudváhom , slovakia slovakia 1.83 m ftin 0 on 326 right back / right winger 41 1995 -- 2001 5 january 1970 15 igor bališ
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igor bališ

igor bališ -lrb- born 5 january 1970 -rrb- is a former slovakian footballer .
bališ played for west bromwich albion in england .
he has also appeared for spartak trnava and slovan bratislava , as well as the slovakia national team .
bališ joined albion in november 2000 for # 150,00 .
he made his albion debut on 23 december 2000 , coming on as a late substitute in a 3 -- 0 win against nottingham forest .
despite being a penalty specialist in international football he failed to convey this when arriving at west brom and it was only later discovered that he was the international penalty taker for slovakia .
this came in useful when he converted a dramatic stoppage time penalty against bradford city in the penultimate game of the 2001 -- 02 season , which put albion on the brink of promotion to the premier league .
after completing a season in the premiership with albion , bališ quit the club and returned home to slovakia , after suffering a recurrence of tinnitus .
