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Matúš Kozáčik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmatuːʂ ˈkɔzaːtʂik]; born 27 December 1983) is a Slovak retired football goalkeeper who last played for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, and who now serves as a goalkeeping coach with the club's first team.

Matúš Kozáčik

Personal information
Full name	Matúš Kozáčik
Date of birth	(1983-12-27) 27 December 1983 (age 38)
Place of birth	Dolný Kubín, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1994–1998	Dolný Kubín
1998–2000	1. FC Košice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	1. FC Košice	0	(0)
2002–2007	Slavia Prague	55	(0)
2007–2010	Sparta Prague	17	(0)
2010–2012	Anorthosis Famagusta	51	(0)
2012–2019	Viktoria Plzeň	171	(0)
National team‡
2006–2019	Slovakia	29	(0)
Teams managed
2020–	Viktoria Plzeň (goalkeeping coach)
2022–	Slovakia (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 June 2019

Club career

While Kozáčik was playing for Slavia Prague, Leeds United took him on trial in December 2006.[1]

Anorthosis Famagusta

2010–2011 season

In June 2010 he agreed a two-year contract with the Cypriot side Anorthosis Famagusta until the summer of 2012. He took the Number 1 shirt from the previous Anorthosis goalkeeper Arjan Beqaj. Kozáčik made his debut for Anorthosis Famagusta in the First qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League against Banants. He kept two clean sheets.

Kozáčik lost his place into the starting eleven to the second goalkeeper of the team Marcos Argüello a 0–2 loss against Šibenik at Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium. After the January transfer period Argüello moved to Club Bolivar and Kozáčik returned to the starting line-up for the rest of the season.

2011–2012 season

Kozáčik started as first-choice goalkeeper for the club's European matches. Then, Kozáčik lost his position to other club goalkeeper Dimitar Ivankov for the next two matches. After two matches Ivankov left the club and from this point Kozáčik continued as first-choice goalkeeper.[2]

FC Viktoria Plzeň

In June 2012, Kozáčik signed a three-year deal with Viktoria Plzeň.[3] He quickly established himself as the starting goalkeeper for the club, with which he won the Czech league title in the 2012–2013 season. In February 2014, Kozáčik extended his contract with Plzeň until June 2017.[4]

International career

On 10 December 2006, Kozáčik made his debut for Slovakia when he played in the first half of a friendly against the United Arab Emirates. However, his next game for the national team came almost seven years later when he started in a 2014 World Cup qualifier against Latvia.

Kozáčik had been Slovakia's number one goalkeeper in the successful qualification campaign for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying and was the first choice of coach Ján Kozák. He continued to be preferred in the first half of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, however an injury excluded him from the remainder of the group matches. He only returned on 14 November 2017 to a friendly match against Norway. Since the injury, Kozáčik was only second-choice goalkeeper behind Martin Dúbravka, making sporadic appearances only.

For example, Kozáčik played 90 minutes of a controversial friendly against Denmark, who arrived with a squad of lower division players and futsal internationals,[5] maintaining a clean sheet in the 3–0 win. After that, he appeared over almost a year later, in a friendly against Jordan (5-1 win). In this match, Kozáčik conceded a goal from Musa Al-Taamari after his solo run. In the second half, Kozáčik was replaced by international debutant Dominik Greif.[6]

Managerial career

Since professional retirement in 2019, Kozáčik served in Viktoria Plzeň on various positions. By 2020 he became club's first team's goalkeeping coach. In September 2022, he took on the role of goalkeeping coach with the Slovak national team under first non-Czech nor Slovak coach for the team Francesco Calzona. He also became the sole Slovak in a managerial position with the team.[7]

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League:
  • Champion: 2009–10
• Czech Cup :
  • Champion: 2007-08

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League:
  • Runner-up: 2002-03, 2004-05, 2006-07

Viktoria Plzeň

• Czech First League:
  • Champion (4): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18

Career statistics

As of 1 June 2018

Club	Season	Appearances
		League	Europe	Cup
1. FC Košice	2000–01	0	0	0
	2001–02	0	0	0
Slavia Prague	2002–03	0	0	0
	2003–04	1	3	0
	2004–05	14	0	0
	2005–06	16	8	0
	2006–07	16	2	0
Sparta Prague	2007–08	0	0	0
	2008–09	9	6	0
	2009–10	7	1	2
Anorthosis F.C.	2010–11	20	5	5
	2011–12	30	2	2
Viktoria Plzeň	2012–13	27	12	1
	2013–14	27	13	3
	2014–15	29	2	1
	2015–16	27	8	1
	2016–17	26	9	0
	2017–18	24	0	0
	2018–19	10	2	0
Career totals		274	58	15

External links

• Statistics on SK Slavia Praha website
• Matúš Kozáčik – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Matúš Kozáčik at National-Football-Teams.com

References

На других языках

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[de] Matúš Kozáčik

Matúš Kozáčik (* 27. Dezember 1983 in Dolný Kubín, Tschechoslowakei, heute Slowakei) ist ein slowakischer Fußballspieler. Der Torwart steht seit 2012 bei Viktoria Pilsen unter Vertrag.

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- [en] Matúš Kozáčik

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[es] Matúš Kozáčik

Matúš Kozáčik (Dolný Kubín, Eslovaquia, 27 de diciembre de 1983) es un exfutbolista y entrenador eslovaco. Jugaba en la posición de portero. Actualmente es entrenador de porteros del FC Viktoria Plzeň.

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[fr] Matúš Kozáčik

Matúš Kozáčik est un footballeur international slovaque né le 27 décembre 1983 à Dolný Kubín. Il évolue au poste de gardien de but.

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[it] Matúš Kozáčik

Matúš Kozáčik (Dolný Kubín, 27 dicembre 1983) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore slovacco, di ruolo portiere.

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[ru] Козачик, Матуш

Ма́туш Ко́зачик (словацк. Matúš Kozáčik; род. 27 декабря 1983 года в Дольни-Кубине) — словацкий футболист, вратарь; тренер. Выступал за сборную Словакии.

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