Miroslav Káčer

Miroslav Káčer
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Káčer
Date of birth	2 February 1996 (age 25)
Place of birth	Žilina, Slovakia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Viktoria Plzeň
Number	66
Youth career
	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2020	Žilina
2020–	Viktoria Plzeň
National team‡
	Slovakia U16
2012–2013	Slovakia U17
2014	Slovakia U18
2014–2015	Slovakia U19
2015–2018	Slovakia U21
2017	Slovakia (unofficial)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 September 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2018

Miroslav Káčer (born 2 February 1996) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Viktoria Plzeň in the Czech First League.^[1]

Club career[]

MŠK Žilina[]

Káčer began his football career at his hometown club MŠK Žilina. Aged 16, Miroslav made his debut for Žilina against Spartak Myjava on 13 July 2012. On his competition debut, he scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win.^[2]

Káčer was released from Žilina, as the club had entered liquidation, due to a coronavirus pandemic.^[3]

Viktoria Plzeň[]

On 6 May 2020 it had been announced that Káčer had signed for Viktoria Plzeň, along with Filip Kaša, who was also released from Žilina. They had re-joined their former coach from the Slovak club, Adrián Guľa, under whom they had won the Slovak Fortuna Liga in the 2016–17 season. The terms of his agreement with Viktoria were not announced.^[4]

International career[]

Káčer was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in January 2017, against Uganda and Sweden. He capped his debut against Uganda, when he was fielded in the 70th minute, when he substituted Roman Gergel. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. He also appeared in the second match against Sweden, playing the first hour of the match, which Slovakia lost 0–6, before being substituted by Gergel.^[5]^[6]