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Marián Gáborík

1982 - Today

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Marián Gáborík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmarijaːŋ ˈɡaːbɔriːk]; born 14 February 1982) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger. He began his playing career in the Slovak Extraliga with Dukla Trenčín for two seasons before being drafted third overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Minnesota Wild, becoming the highest-drafted Slovak player in National Hockey League (NHL) history until Juraj Slafkovský, who was drafted 1st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 2022. Gáborík was the Wild's first-ever draft pick and would score the team's first-ever regular season goal. Gáborík spent eight seasons with the Wild from 2000 to 2009, becoming the team's all-time leading goal scorer, before signing with the New York Rangers in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Marián Gáborík is the 237th most popular hockey player (up from 250th in 2024), the 325th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 331st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Slovak Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Marián Gáborík ranks 237 out of 676. Before him are Jörgen Jönsson, Grant Fuhr, Fredrik Stillman, Martin Procházka, Daniel Sedin, and Tomáš Plekanec. After him are Mike Modano, Dustin Brown, Ľuboš Bartečko, Sami Salo, Scott Stevens, and Sergei Bobrovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Marián Gáborík ranks 602. Before him are Domenico Pozzovivo, Orelsan, Tomáš Plekanec, Joanna Newsom, Meghan Ory, and Kimberly Wyatt. After him are Morgan Ortagus, Kate Siegel, Yū Kobayashi, Irina Tchachina, Michael Jung, and Jewel Staite.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Marián Gáborík ranks 325 out of 418. Before him are Szilárd Németh (1977), Dušan Tittel (1966), Magdaléna Rybáriková (1988), Filip Hološko (1984), Adam Nemec (1985), and Peter Kušnirák (1974). After him are Ľuboš Bartečko (1976), Ulrika Babiaková (1976), Radoslav Rochallyi (1980), Kamil Čontofalský (1978), Karina Habšudová (1973), and Alex Král (1998).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among hockey players born in Slovakia, Marián Gáborík ranks 10. Before him are Miroslav Šatan (1974), Žigmund Pálffy (1972), Zdeno Chára (1977), Iveta Šranková (1963), Marián Hossa (1979), and Róbert Švehla (1969). After him are Ľuboš Bartečko (1976), Marcel Hossa (1981), Ľubomír Višňovský (1976), Róbert Petrovický (1973), Martin Štrbák (1975), and Michal Handzuš (1977).

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