Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1980)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ján Kozák | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Košice, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1996 | Lokomotíva Košice | ||
| 1996–1997 | 1. FC Košice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2000 | 1. FC Košice | 18 | (6) |
| 1998–1999 | → Lokeren (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Slavia Prague | 13 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | 1.FC Košice | 34 | (6) |
| 2003–2009 | Artmedia Petržalka | 160 | (40) |
| 2006 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | (3) |
| 2010–2011 | Politehnica Timişoara | 10 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | Larissa | 3 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Bunyodkor | 21 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | DSG Union Perg | 4 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | SV Stripfing | 10 | (3) |
| Total | 300 | (61) | |
| National team | |||
| 2004–2010 | Slovakia | 25 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015–2019 | Slovan Bratislava B | ||
| 2019–2020 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Ján Kozák (born 22 April 1980) is a Slovak football coach and former player.
Personal[]
Kozak' father, Ján, was also former national player. He has 55 caps for Czechoslovakia and was also head coach of Slovakia. His nephew Filip Lesniak is also a professional footballer.
Club career[]
A midfielder, Kozák joined Bratislava in the year 2003, winning the Corgoň Liga with the club the very next season, 2004–05. He scored 7 goals in 34 appearances in the season.
In 2005–06, he played in 11 matches for the club, scoring three goals, before moving to West Bromwich Albion in January 2006. He made his debut for Albion on 4 February 2006, coming on as a substitute for Geoff Horsfield in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers. He was not considered good enough for the then manager Bryan Robson to sign, so left at the end of his loan spell.
He made his debut for Poli Timișoara in an away match at Gloria Bistriţa. On 21 July 2010, he was released.
Ján Kozák ended his career playing in the Austrian 2. Landesliga for DSG Union Perg.[1] and SV Stripfing.
International career[]
He made his first appearance for Slovakia on 30 November 2004, a 1–0 win against Hungary.[2]
Kozák has played in Euro 2008 qualifying and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was selected to take the captain's armband. He also made the squad for Slovakia's World Cup debut in 2010.
Managerial career[]
On 1 August 2015, he became the head coach of Slovan Bratislava B. He was named the interim manager of the first team in July 2019. After a successful spell as interim coach, Kozák was given the role on a permanent basis in August 2019.[3] He subsequently progressed with Slovan into the group stage of Europa League and won the Slovak double. He was sacked by the club in September 2020.[4]
Career statistics[]
International goals[]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 October 2008 | Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino |
0–2 | 1–3 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| 2 | 6 June 2009 | Bratislava, Slovakia | San Marino |
5–0 | 7–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | ||||||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[5] | ||||||||||||||
Honours[]
Player[]
Artmedia Petržalka
- Corgoň liga: Winners (2): 2007–08, 2008–09[6]
- Slovak Cup: Winners: 2004,2008
FC Bunyodkor
- Uzbekistan Super League: Winner: 2013
- Uzbekistan Cup: Winner: 2012
Manager[]
Individual[]
- Slovak Manager of the Year: Winner: 2019[7]
Club[]
Slovan Bratislava
Footgolf[]
As a footgolfer, he won the bronze medal in the 2016 FootGolf World Cup held in Argentina.[8][9]
References[]
- ^ "Bývalý reprezentant Kozák sa upísal rakúskemu regionálnemu klubu Perg". Pravda (in Slovak). 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
- ^ Footballdatabase.eu: Hungary – Slovakia 0:1
- ^ "Ján Kozák ml. oficiálne hlavným trénerom ŠK Slovan Bratislava" (in Slovak). Slovan Bratislava. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "Ján Kozák ml. skončil na lavičke ŠK Slovan Bratislava!" (in Slovak). Šport.sk. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Football PLAYER: Ján Kozák
- ^ "Slovakia - J. Kozák - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
- ^ https://profutbal.sk/clanok/241041-futbalista-roka-2019-vysledky-su-zname-kto-je-najlepsi-hrac-ci-trener
- ^ Argentina 2016 WorldCup – Torneo Individual (archive) (in Spanish)
- ^ Neuveriteľné sa stalo skutočným: Ján Kozák na MS vo FootGolfe bronzový! (video) (in Slovak)
External links[]
- Profile on BBC Sport
- Ján Kozák at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Ján Kozák coach profile at Soccerway
- Ján Kozák at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Košice
- Slovak footballers
- Slovak expatriate footballers
- Slovakia international footballers
- FC VSS Košice players
- FC Petržalka players
- K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players
- Czech First League players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- ŠK Slovan Bratislava players
- AE Larissa FC players
- FC Bunyodkor players
- Premier League players
- Liga I players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Slovak Super Liga players
- Slovak expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Romania
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Uzbekistan
- 2010 FIFA World Cup players
- Association football midfielders