Miroslav Stoch
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Miroslav Stoch (born 19 October 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger in Super League Greece for PAOK and Slovakia national football team.

He has earned 67 caps for Slovakia since his debut in 2009, and was included in their squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

On 7 January 2013, he won the FIFA Puskás Award for the best goal of 2012, ahead of Neymar and Radamel Falcao.

Stoch's father realized his talent at an early age and placed him with his local club's academy Nitra. His hard work paid off as he was drafted into Nitra's first team after scoring a hat-trick in an under-17 match, at only 15 years old. Due to age restrictions in the Slovak First League, he could not play until his 16th birthday. He made his first-team debut at the age of 16 and by this time he was already being watched by European scouts.

Chelsea had scouts in one of the international competitions he played in and offered him a trial around the same time that Nice was about to sign him. He duly impressed and was signed by Chelsea's youth academy in 2006. He was a regular for the under-18s in the 2006–07 season and scored 11 goals. He ended the season as top scorer for the under-18s even though he had always played on the wing. He started the 2007–08 season well and quickly progressed to the reserve team.