Great footballer was born on this magic day. One of the best, and the most recognized Slovak footballers in the world.

Both his father Richard and his mother Renáta were 18 when their son was born. They bought him his first football boots even before he was born. That time it was obvious that Marek will be a footballer like his father. Marek’s younger sister Michaela became handball player like her mother.

In Octobre 2003 at the Qualification Tournament of representation Under 17 Marek was noticed by Mauricio Michelli manager of Brescia. Contract was signed in December, and Marek should have moved to Brescia in the summer 2005. However, due to the legislative changes he moved to Apennine Peninsula one year later. Because of prolonged transfer formalities he played in Brescia Junior team for the first time in November. He rapidly became one of the key members of the team and from the beginning 2005 he regularly appeared in Senior team nomination. On 20 March, at the age of 17 years and 236 days he firstly appeared for Brescia in Italian Premiere League.  He scored the first goal for Brescia in January 2006, in Talian cup against AC Milan!

Since his transfer to Slovan (in 2004) he started to appear at the national teams at junior level. He made his debut in Senior team in February 2007 during his stay in Brescia. He scored his first goal in national team in October against San Marino. He contributed significantly to historical qualification of Slovakia for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. These days it is not possible to imagine Slovak team without Marek Hamsik – at the age of 20 he became the captain of the national team.