Igor Bališ (born 5 January 1970) is a Slovak former footballer. He played for West Bromwich Albion in England. Bališ played club football in Slovakia for Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava, making a combined 257 appearances, as well as the Slovakia national team at international level.
Bališ made a combined total of 257 appearances for Slovak sides Spartak Trnava and Slovan Bratislava between 1988 and 2000.[1] In 1997 he finished fifth in voting for footballer of the year at the Slovak Footballer of the Year Awards behind winner Dušan Tittel.[2] In February 2000 Bališ scored his only international goal, scoring from a left-footed shot in the 5th minute of a 2–0 away victory against Chile in the Copa Ciudad de Valparaíso.[3]
Bališ joined West Bromwich Albion in November 2000 for a fee of £150,000. He made his Albion debut on 23 December 2000, coming on as a late substitute in a 3–0 victory against Nottingham Forest. Bališ 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.[4][5]
After completing a season in the Premiership with Albion, Bališ quit the club and returned to Slovakia due to a recurrence of tinnitus.[6] He signed for DAC Dunajská Streda but left the club without making an appearance, subsequently moving to Austria, where he played in the lower leagues.[7]
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