Ján Mucha

Ján Mucha
Personal information
Full name	Jánko Mucha
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Everton FC
Number	82
Youth career
	TJ Slovan Belá nad Cirochou
	MŠK Snina
1997-2000	Inter Bratislava
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	Inter Bratislava
2002–2005	MŠK Žilina
2005	→ Humenné (loan)
2005–2010	Legia Warszawa
2010–	Everton
International career‡
2008–	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2010; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 March 2010

Ján Mucha (born 5 December 1982 in Belá nad Cirochou) is a Slovak football goalkeeper who currently plays for the English club Everton F.C and the Slovakia national football team.

Club career

Early career

Ján Mucha started his career in his local club TJ Slovan Belá nad Cirochou. Then he moved to MŠK Snina, and later to Inter Bratislava. He spent there 2 seasons in A-team, but he didn't play in any match. He moved to MŠK Žilina in summer 2002. He won the Slovak championship there twice. In 2005, he was sent on a half-year loan to 1. HFC Humenné.

He signed for Legia Warszawa in Poland in summer 2005. In the 2005–06 season he was second-choice goalkeeper, behind Łukasz Fabiański. Fabiański moved to Arsenal in 2007, and Mucha became first-choice 'keeper. With Legia he has won the 2007–08 Polish Cup and the Polish Supercup in 2008. In January 2010 Mucha signed a pre-contract deal with English club Everton to join in July the same year.^[1]