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Žigmund Pálffy

1972 - Today

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Žigmund Pálffy (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʐiɡmunt ˈpaːlfi]; born 5 May 1972), nicknamed "Ziggy" in English and "Žigo" in Slovak, is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player. Pálffy played in the NHL for 12 years with the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1993 and 2006. He announced his retirement in January 2006 and his comeback from retirement in the summer of 2007. Pálffy signed a contract to play for his boyhood club HK 36 Skalica in the 2007–08 season and continued to do so until the end of his career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Žigmund Pálffy is the 129th most popular hockey player (up from 160th in 2024), the 272nd most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 284th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Slovak Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 129 out of 676. Before him are Gennadiy Tsygankov, Yevgeni Zimin, Viktor Yakushev, Milt Schmidt, Pelle Lindbergh, and Petr Svoboda. After him are Stefan Liv, Tiny Thompson, Chris Chelios, Zdeno Chára, Paul Coffey, and Kārlis Skrastiņš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 532. Before him are Chilly Gonzales, Cristina Sánchez, Masayuki Okano, Barry Atsma, Angham, and Sergen Yalçın. After him are Paulo Santos, Isabelle Faust, DJ Shadow, Steffen Baumgart, Cung Le, and Guillaume Gallienne.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 271 out of 418. Before him are Andrej Danko (1974), Miroslav Šatan (1974), Kyla Cole (1978), Marek Mintál (1977), and Peter Pekarík (1986). After him are Barbora Bobuľová (1974), Zdeno Chára (1977), Kristína (1987), Gabriela Svobodová (1953), David Dobrik (1996), Jozef Lohyňa (1963), and Adonxs (1995).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among hockey players born in Slovakia, Žigmund Pálffy ranks 6. Before him are Stan Mikita (1940), Ladislav Troják (1914), Pavol Demitra (1974), Igor Liba (1960), and Miroslav Šatan (1974). After him are Zdeno Chára (1977), Iveta Šranková (1963), Marián Hossa (1979), Viera Podhányiová (1960), Róbert Švehla (1969), and Marián Gáborík (1982).

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