Ján Ďurica

Ján Ďurica
	Ďurica with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Ján Ďurica
Date of birth	10 December 1981
Place of birth	Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Club information
Current team	FC Petržalka (assistant)
Youth career
	DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
2019–2020	FC Petržalka (assistant)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ján Ďurica (born 10 December 1981) is retired Slovak footballer who played as a central defender and currently the assistant manager of FC Petržalka.[1][2]

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 to overtake Celtic and Panathinaikos in the auction for the Slovakia national.[3] On 13 January 2010, it was confirmed that he would join Hannover 96 on-loan until the end of the season.[4]

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. He also remained a regular center-back for the upcoming years, forming a solid defensive duo with Martin Škrtel (for a majority of his career - both players debuting in the same match). After contributing to Slovakia's first appearance at a UEFA European Championship he was one of the players who completed all of Slovakia's four matches of the tournament. After the tournament, he hinted the intention to retire from international football after the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, where he spent a notable part of his career. However, as Slovakia failed to qualify, Ďurica retired on 14 November 2017, in a home friendly match against Norway (1–0 win), with a final statistic of 91 caps and 4 goals.

Career statistics

Club

As of 14 November 2017

Club	Div	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Div	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
DAC Dunajská Streda	D2	2001-02	2	0	0	0	-		2	0
	D2	2002-03	24	1	0	0	-		24	1
	Total		26	1	0	0	0	0	26	1
Artmedia Petržalka	D1	2003-04	30	0	0	0	4	2	34	2
		2004-05	28	2	0	0	-		28	2
		2005-06	20	0	0	0	12	0	32	0
	Total		78	2	0	0	16	2	94	4
Saturn	D1	2006	27	0	6	1	-		33	1
		2007	25	0	4	0	-		29	0
		2008	20	2	1	0	-		21	2
	Total		72	2	11	1	0	0	83	3
Lokomotiv	D1	2009	10	0	0	0	-		10	0
Lokomotiv	Total		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Hannover 96 (loan)	D1	2009/10	9	0	0	0	-		9	0
Hannover 96 (loan)	Total		9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
Lokomotiv	D1	2010	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
		2011-12	27	3	1	0	6	0	34	3
		2012-13	20	1	1	0	-		21	1
		2013-14	30	1	0	0	-		30	1
		2014-15	21	0	2	0	2	0	25	0
		2015-16	13	1	1	0	6	0	20	1
	Lokomotiv Total		131	6	5	0	14	0	150	6
Trabzonspor	D1	2016–17	28	0	5	0	-		33	0
	D1	2017–18	12	0	2	0	-		14	0
	Total		47	0	6	0	0	0	42	0
Career total			352	11	22	1	30	2	404	14

International goals

Score and Result lists Slovakia's goals first

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	13 October 2007	Mestský štadión, 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
4.	5 March 2014	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel	Israel	2–0	3–1	Friendly match

Honours

Club

Artmedia Petržalka

Lokomotiv Moscow

Russian Cup: 2014–15

Individual

List of 33 top players of the Russian league: #1 (2007), #2 (2013/14).

References

Ján Ďurica sa stal asistentom trénera FC Petržalka, bratislavskenoviny.sk, 25 July 2019
"Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
"Ján Ďurica je spokojný, všetko dopadlo podľa jeho predstáv" (in Slovak). profutbal. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
"Hannover sign Slovakian defender". ontheminute.com. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

External links

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

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[1] Ján Ďurica sa stal asistentom trénera FC Petržalka, bratislavskenoviny.sk, 25 July 2019

[2] "Slovakia – Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 8 February 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

[3] "Ján Ďurica je spokojný, všetko dopadlo podľa jeho predstáv" (in Slovak). profutbal. 31 January 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

[4] "Hannover sign Slovakian defender". ontheminute.com. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2011.