Ján Mucha

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Ján Mucha

Mucha with Slovakia in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ján Mucha
Date of birth (1982-12-05) 5 December 1982
Place of birth Belá nad Cirochou, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Slovan Bratislava
Number 82
Youth career
TJ Slovan Belá nad Cirochou
MŠK Snina
1997–2000 Inter Bratislava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Inter Bratislava 0 (0)
2002–2005 Žilina 32 (0)
2005 → Humenné (loan)
2005–2010 Legia Warszawa 95 (0)
2010–2013 Everton 2 (0)
2013–2015 Krylia Sovetov Samara 10 (0)
2015 → Arsenal Tula (loan) 12 (0)
2015– Slovan Bratislava 34 (0)
National team‡
2008– Slovakia 46 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2016

Ján Mucha (born 5 December 1982) is a Slovak football goalkeeper who plays for ŠK Slovan Bratislava.

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 two seasons in the first team there, but he did not play in a match in that time. He moved to MŠK Žilina in summer 2002 and won the Slovak championship there twice. In January 2005, he was sent on a half-year loan to Humenné.

He signed for Legia Warszawa in summer of 2005. For the first two years at Legia he was second-choice goalkeeper, behind Łukasz Fabiański, until Fabiański moved to Arsenal in the summer of 2007. For the next three years Mucha was Legia's first-choice keeper and consistently excelled in this position. He won the 2007–08 Polish Cup and the Polish Supercup in 2008. In the summer of 2010 his contract ran out and on the back of an excellent season he signed for Everton on a free.

Everton

In January 2010, Mucha signed a pre-contract deal with English Premier League club Everton to join them on 1 July.[2] On 4 August 2010, Mucha made his Everton debut playing the first 45 minutes of a pre-season friendly against Chilean side Everton de Viña del Mar at Goodison Park, before being replaced in goal by Iain Turner at half-time. His competitive debut for Everton came in the first match of their League Cup campaign, a 5–1 win over Huddersfield Town. He went on to play in the successive League Cup match against Brentford, in which he saved a penalty kick in the second half, but could not keep his side in the competition in the penalty shootout to decide the match, which Everton lost 4–3.[3] Mucha made his sixth appearance for the club and his first in the 2012/13 season in a League Cup tie at home to Leyton Orient in August 2012, which Everton won 5–0.[4] Mucha played in the next round as Everton lost 2–1 away to Leeds United.[5][6]

He was on the bench in all 38 Premier League fixtures of 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons as an unused sub. On 2 March 2013, with regular keeper Tim Howard injured, Mucha finally made his league debut for Everton in a 3–1 home win against Reading.[7] On 9 March 2013, with Howard still injured, Mucha made his FA Cup debut in a 3–0 home loss to Wigan.[8] He made his 10th appearance for the club the following week in a home league game against Manchester City. Everton ran out 2–0 winners with Mucha producing a string of fine saves.[9] Mucha left Everton when his contract expired at the end of the season.[10]

Krylia Sovetov Samara

In July 2013 Mucha signed for Russian side Krylia Sovetov Samara.[11]

On 15 January 2015, Mucha signed with Arsenal Tula on loan till the end of the 2014–15 season.[12]

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

On 28 June 2015, Mucha signed four-year contract with Slovak giant ŠK Slovan Bratislava.[13]

International career

Mucha made his debut for Slovakia in February 2008, in a friendly match against Hungary, and became the national team's first-choice goalkeeper. When Slovakia qualified for the FIFA World Cup for the first time, in 2010, Mucha played in all four games as Slovakia made it to the second round of the competition.[14]

Personal life

In March 2013 Mucha was ordered to do 250 hours of community service after being caught driving with a suspended license.[15]

Honours

Club

Žilina

Legia

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Jacob, Gary; Barrett, Tony; Caulkin, George (21 January 2010). "Everton keen on loan move for Arsenal's Philippe Senderos". The Times. London. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  3. ↑ "Brentford v Everton". Everton FC. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Everton 5–0 Leyton Orient". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Leeds 2–1 Everton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "1. Jan Mucha". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. ↑ Hughes, Si (2 March 2013). "Everton 3 Reading 1: match report". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "Everton 0–3 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  9. ↑ "Everton 2–0 Manchester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Three Deals to Expire". Everton F.C. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Jan Mucha's New Adventure at Krylia Sovetov". FTB Pro. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ян Муха перешел в "Арсенал". http://www.kc-camapa.ru/ (in Russian). FC Krylia Sovetov Samara. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  13. ↑ Prichádza strojca historického úspechu Slovenska June 28, 2015
  14. ↑ "1 Jan MUCHA". FIFA. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  15. ↑ King, Dominic (14 March 2013). "Everton keeper ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work after driving while banned... and he tells police he didn't know because he doesn't read his OWN MAIL!". Daily Mail. London.
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