Ján Ďurica

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Ján Ďurica
Personal information

Full name	Ján Ďurica
Date of birth	(1981-12-10) 10 December 1981
Place of birth	Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Lokomotiv Moscow
Number	28
Youth career
	Dunajská Streda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2003	Dunajská Streda	26	(1)
2003–2005	Petržalka	78	(2)
2006–2008	Saturn Moscow Oblast	72	(2)
2009–	Lokomotiv Moscow	86	(5)
2010	→ Hannover 96 (loan)	9	(0)
National team^‡
2004–	Slovakia	63	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 December 2013. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2013

Ján Ďurica (born 10 December 1981) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a central defender for Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow.^[1]

Career

Ďurica moved to FC Saturn Moscow Oblast after a highly successful UEFA Champions League campaign with FC Artmedia Bratislava. On 31 January 2009, Ďurica signed a three-year contract with Lokomotiv Moscow, who have paid around 3,5 million euros to overtake Celtic and Panathinaikos in the auction for the Slovakia national.^[2] On 13 January 2010, it was confirmed that he would join Hannover 96 on-loan until the end of the season.^[3]

Attributes

Ďurica is a centre back or sweeper. He is quite an attacking player for his position and likes to play the ball out of midfield using his passing skills.^[4]

Career stats

Season	Club	Level	Apps	Goals
2011	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	I	1	1
2010	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	I	10	0
2009–10	Hannover 96	I	9	0
2009	FC Lokomotiv Moscow	I	10	0
2008	FC Saturn Moscow Oblast	I	20	2
2007	FC Saturn Moscow Oblast	I	25	0
2006	FC Saturn Moscow Oblast	I	27	0
2005–06	FC Artmedia Bratislava	I	20	0
2004–05	FC Artmedia Petržalka	I	28	2
2003–04	FC Artmedia Petržalka	I	30	0
2002–03	DAC Dunajská Streda	II	24	1
2001–02	DAC Dunajská Streda	II	2	0

International career

On 9 July 2004, Ďurica made his national team debut against Japan at the 2004 Kirin Cup. He was picked for the Slovak squad for their first FIFA World Cup ever, held in South Africa. He played all four matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

International goals

Score and Result lists Slovakia's goals first

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 October 2007	Štadión Zimný, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia	San Marino	7–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2.	12 October 2010	Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia	Republic of Ireland	1–1	1–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
3.	7 June 2013	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–1	1–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

↑ "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
↑ "Ján Ďurica je spokojný, všetko dopadlo podľa jeho predstáv" (in Slovak). profutbal. 31 January 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
↑ "Hannover sign Slovakian defender". ontheminute.com. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
↑ "Hannover 96: Yankov geht – Durica soll kommen" (in German). transfermarkt.de.

External links

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Ján Ďurica at National-Football-Teams.com
Ján Ďurica – FIFA competition record

v t e Slovakia squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup

1 Mucha 2 Pekarík 3 Škrtel 4 Čech 5 Zabavník 6 Štrba 7 Weiss 8 Kozák 9 Šesták 10 Sapara 11 Vittek 12 Perniš 13 Hološko 14 Jakubko 15 Stoch 16 Ďurica 17 Hamšík (c) 18 Jendrišek 19 Kucka 20 Kopúnek 21 Saláta 22 Petráš 23 Kuciak Coach: Weiss

v t e FC Lokomotiv Moscow – current squad

1 Guilherme 4 Zapater 6 Grigoryev 7 Maicon 9 Pavlyuchenko 11 Boussoufa 14 Ćorluka 17 Mykhalyk 19 Samedov 23 Tarasov 24 Ivanov 26 Tsiharow 27 Ozdoyev 28 Ďurica 29 Denisov 33 N'Doye 41 Lobantsev 49 Shishkin 51 Belyayev 55 Yanbayev 59 Al. Miranchuk 77 Tkachev 81 Abayev 85 Diarra Manager: Kuchuk

Persondata
Name	Ďurica, Ján
Alternative names
Short description	Slovak footballer
Date of birth	10 December 1981
Place of birth	Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death

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