Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1980)

Ján Kozák
Personal information
Full name	Ján Kozák
Date of birth	22 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth	Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Slovan Bratislava B (coach)
Youth career
1988–1996	Lokomotíva Košice
1996–1997	1.FC Košice
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	1.FC Košice
1998–1999	→ Lokeren (loan)
2000–2002	Slavia Prague
2002–2003	1.FC Košice
2003–2008	Artmedia Petržalka
2006	→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)
2009	Slovan Bratislava
2010	Politehnica Timişoara
2011	Larissa
2012	Bunyodkor
2013–2014	DSG Union Perg
2014–2015	SV Stripfing
Total
International career‡
2004–2010	Slovakia
Managerial career
2015–	Slovan Bratislava B
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2013; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 December 2010

Ján Kozák (born 22 April 1980) is a retired Slovak footballer and a current coach at Slovan Bratislava B.

He is also a successful footgolf player. He represented his country at Footgolf World Cup 2016 in Argentina where he ended up on 3rd place.

Career

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.

Managerial career

On 1 August 2015, he became head coach of Slovan Bratislava B.

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.

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^[3]