Christián Herc

Christián Herc (born 30 September 1998) is a Slovak professional football midfielder. He is currently on loan at Czech side Karviná from English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Christián Herc
Personal information
Full name Christián Herc[1]
Date of birth (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998
Place of birth Levice, Slovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Karviná
(on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2015 Nitra[2]
2015–2017 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Dunajská Streda (loan) 42 (6)
2019–2020 → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 1 (0)
2020– → Karviná (loan) 15 (1)
National team‡
2015 Slovakia U17 2 (0)
2015–2016 Slovakia U18 6 (2)
2016–2017 Slovakia U19 6 (1)
2017–2020 Slovakia U21 17 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Loan to DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda

Herc made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda against Senica on 18 February 2018. He came on as a replacement for Zsolt Kalmár in the 83rd minute of the match. DAC won the game 0:2.[3] By the end of the 2017–18 season, Herc made a total of 13 appearances for Dunajská Streda, scoring 3 goals.

He scored his first Fortuna liga goal against Zemplín Michalovce in his second game, on 24 February 2018. He replaced Marko Divković in a 77th minute substitution and scored a stoppage time goal to mark the 2:0 win, after a pass from Lukáš Čmelík. Later on in the championship group, on 22 April, he scored two of three in a 3:2 win over MŠK Žilina at the pod Dubňom.

Throughout the 2018–19 season, Herc was an important player for Dunajská Streda. He was featured in 29 of 32 league fixtures and scored 3 further goals. He was also featured in all four DAC games in Europa League qualifying rounds, against Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Minsk.

Loan to Viktoria Plzeň

On 5 June 2019, it was announced that Herc would join Viktoria Plzeň since the following season, on a two-year loan with an option to buy, from Wolverhampton. His move was largely seen as a replacement for Patrik Hrošovský, who was the play-maker at Viktoria for some 7 years, guiding them to three titles as champions and one cup triumph. Although at the time of the announcements of Herc's move Hrošovský's transfer was not definite, it was rumoured that he was to head to Genk.[4]

Loan to Karviná

On 25 August 2020, having been recalled from his planned two-year stay with Viktoria Plzeň, Herc moved on loan to another Czech side, this time joining Karviná for the 2020–21 season.[5]

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. Slovenské talenty: Christián Herc - Myšlienkou vždy o krok vpred 05.02.2016, sport.aktuality.sk
  3. FK Senica - FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda 0:2 18.02.2018, futbalnet.sk
  4. "Hrošovský je blízko k prestupu, Plzeň posilnil mladík Herc". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  5. "Herc joins MFK Karvina on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 25 August 2020.
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