During this period, he played for Czechoslovakia, making 19 appearances and scoring one goal whilst participating at the 1990 FIFA World Cup as well.

He spent a year managing Russian side Saturn Moscow Oblast before returning to Petržalka, where he won another national title in the 2007–08 season, as well as the 2007–08 Slovak Cup for a double.

He stepped down in 2012 having failed to qualify for the next major tournament, and managed Slovak club side Slovan Bratislava before moving to Kazakhstan, where he led Kairat for three years.

[3] As a young man in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Weiss completed his compulsory military service in Komárno.

[13] In July 2008, Weiss was appointed head coach of the Slovakia national team, taking over from Ján Kocian.

[17] Weiss continued as coach of Slovan Bratislava, having started that job alongside that of the Slovakia national team in August 2011.

[19] Weiss became coach of Almaty-based Kazakh football club FC Kairat in 2012, but resigned at the end of November 2015, having won the Kazakhstan Cup twice during his tenure.

[21][22] Weiss announced his resignation in November 2020 after Georgia lost the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs to North Macedonia.

[27] On 28 August, during the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League play-off round, he led the club to their first final tournament in an eventual 4–3 aggregrate victory against FC Midtjylland.

[29] His father, also named Vladimír Weiss, was a footballer who represented Czechoslovakia and won the silver medal from 1964 Summer Olympics.