Jaroslav Mihalík

Jaroslav Mihalík (born 27 July 1994) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa's Lechia Gdańsk, on loan from Cracovia Kraków as a winger.[2]

Jaroslav Mihalík
Personal information
Full name Jaroslav Mihalík
Date of birth (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994[1]
Place of birth Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Lechia Gdańsk
Number 11
Youth career
Spišská Nová Ves
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2016 Žilina 102 (23)
2016–2017 Slavia Prague 20 (2)
2017 → Cracovia Kraków (loan) 10 (1)
2017– Cracovia Kraków 14 (0)
2018–2019 → Žilina (loan) 40 (9)
2019– → Lechia Gdańsk (loan) 17 (2)
National team‡
2010–2011 Slovakia U17 2 (0)
2010–2013 Slovakia U19 3 (0)
2013–2017 Slovakia U21 18 (4)
2017– Slovakia 6 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 June 2019

He signed for Slavia Prague from Žilina in January 2016 for a fee of €650,000.[3] He made 20 league appearances and scored two goals in the next 12 months, before joining Cracovia on loan with an option to buy.[4]

International career

Mihalík was an important part of Slovakia's squad at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Mihalík scored Slovakia's second goal in the final group stage match against Sweden, contributing to a 3-0 victory. He was in the starting line-up of all three games of Slovakia in the group stage.

Mihalík was first called up to Slovakia's senior national football team in September 2017, for a double qualification matchday in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, by Ján Kozák.[5] He did not make a cap in a game against Slovenia or England,[6][7] but he was also called up for the October double matchday,[8] making his debut against Malta, on 8 October 2017, substituting Albert Rusnák in the 87th minute. Slovakia won the game 3–0 and regained the 2nd place in Group F.[9] By the end of the year, he was capped again in a friendly match against Norway, coming on as a substitute in the second half.[10]

In 2018, he was substituted into friendly matches against UAE and Netherlands,[11][12] but lost the spot in the national team for the debut edition of the UEFA Nations League.

He regained the spot in the national team in the second nomination of the new Czech-born coach Pavel Hapal, in the March 2019 squad for a double UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Hungary and Wales.[13] In June's friendly fixture, on 7 June 2019, against Jordan, Mihalík scored his first international goal for the senior team at Štadión Antona Malatinského in Trnava. Although Slovakia was one down at half time, after a goal from Musa Al-Taamari, Slovakia managed to score 5 in the second half to settle the score at 5–1. Mihalík scored Slovakia's last goal in the 84th minute, after a pass by a former team-mate from MŠK Žilina, László Bénes.[14] Mihalík however did not appear 4 days later in Baku, in a qualifier against Azerbaijan (5–1 win).

International goals
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.[15]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.7 June 2019Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia Jordan5–15–1Friendly
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References
  1. Jaroslav Mihalík 27.11.2011, uefa.com
  2. Jaroslav Mihalík neodchádzal zo Slavie v dobrom, teraz ho chce český majster späť‚ tvnoviny.sk, 20 June 2017
  3. "Mihalík o odchodu ze Slavie: Chuť se ztrácela. Měl jsem dostat víc šancí". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  4. "Mihalík jde do Cracovie. Uvidí se, zda stojí za milion eur, píší v Polsku". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  5. "Nováčikovia v reprezentácii so šancou na prvý štart: Mazáň i Mihalík vďační za pozvánku". Športky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  6. a.s, Petit Press. "ONLINE: Slovensko zdolalo Slovinsko 1:0 (kvalifikácia MS 2018, futbal)". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  7. "Video: Slovensko viedlo vo Wembley 1:0, ale Anglicko otočilo výsledok (aktualizované)". Webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  8. "View source for Jaroslav Mihalík", Wikipedia, retrieved 2019-06-15
  9. a.s, Petit Press. "ONLINE: Slovensko zdolalo Maltu 3:0 (kvalifikácia MS 2018)". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  10. a.s, Petit Press. "Slováci zakončili rok víťazstvom, Ďurica hral v reprezentácii naposledy". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  11. a.s, Petit Press. "Slovensko postúpilo do finále Kráľovského pohára, stretne sa s Thajskom". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  12. s, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia a. "VIDEO: Slovensko v príprave remizovalo s Holandskom, Kozákovo jubileum". Šport.sk. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  13. "Hapal oznámil nomináciu bez Škrtela a spol. Kapitánsku pásku prevzal Hamšík". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  14. a.s, Petit Press. "Slováci zdolali Jordánsko, v druhom polčase strelili päť gólov". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  15. "Jaroslav Mihalík". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
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