Dávid Hancko

Dávid Hancko (born 13 December 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Slovakia national team.[1]

Dávid Hancko
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-13) 13 December 1997
Place of birth Prievidza, Slovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 33
Youth career
Tatran Kamenec
2010–2013 Baník Horná Nitra
2013–2016 Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Žilina B 45 (11)
2016–2018 Žilina 35 (3)
2018–2021 Fiorentina 5 (0)
2019–2021 → Sparta Prague (loan) 43 (7)
2021–2022 Sparta Prague 33 (7)
2022– Feyenoord 31 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 Slovakia U21 9 (0)
2018– Slovakia 31 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:59, 28 May 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 September 2023

Club career

MŠK Žilina

Hancko made his Slovak Super Liga debut for Žilina against ŽP Šport Podrbezová on 12 March 2016.[2] He also played in 45 fixtures, scoring 11 goals, in the reserves team, between 2014 and 2018.

He was included by UEFA on its list of most promising talents for 2018.[3]

Fiorentina

On 14 June 2018, it was announced that Hancko had signed a five-year contract with Fiorentina.[4] He played in multiple friendly pre-season fixtures, but made his competitive debut on 22 September 2018, after being benched for four matches, during a 3–0 home victory over S.P.A.L., substituting Cristiano Biraghi at half time. His performance was generally well received, receiving an average mark of 7.0/10 by the Sofascore internet portal.[5]

During January 2019 transfer window, it was reported that Zenit Saint Peterburg were looking to sign Hancko on a half-season loan, for €500,000, with an option to buy for €20 million. At this point, Hancko had only started as a substitute in two Serie A games, but was important for the national team in October and November fixtures of UEFA Nations League. Nonetheless, Fiorentina did not agree to the terms of the deal.[6]

In the season, Hancko was in the starting eleven of games against Juventus, playing the entire match, and Napoli, the top two teams in the league table, despite not being fielded in other, minor matches.

Sparta Prague

On 31 July 2022, in a 2–1 home loss against Slovan Liberec, Hancko made his 100th appearance for Sparta Prague.[7]

Feyenoord

On 22 August 2022, Hancko joined Feyenoord for 6m euros, signing a four-year contract.[8] He made his debut five days later against FC Emmen, and provided the assist which enabled Quinten Timber to score the first goal in a 4–0 win for Feyenoord.[9]

International career

Hancko was initially called up to Slovakia's senior national team on 2 October 2018 by the coach Ján Kozák, shortly after his debut in Serie A, for matches against Czech Republic (a part of 2018–19 UEFA Nations League) and a friendly against Sweden later in October. Hancko was fielded in the match against Czech Republic, in the 80th minute, substituting left-back Tomáš Hubočan. He also played a game under Štefan Tarkovič on 16 October 2018, who managed the team on caretaker basis, against Sweden, since Kozák resigned on 14 October 2018.

After the international retirement of Tomáš Hubočan in February 2019,[10] Hancko was nominated as the preferred choice as a left-back, playing the entirety of a qualifying match against Hungary on 21 March 2019. As in previous matches, Hancko presented himself with a quite offensive football, at times playing in the line with attacking midfielders.[11]

Personal life

From 2019 to 2020 he was in a relationship with the model Laura Longauerová.[12] Since the end of 2020, he has been in a relationship with Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková, in July 2021 they got married; they have a son.[13]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 28 May 2023[14]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Žilina B 2014–15 2. Liga 10———10
2015–16 2. Liga 295———295
2016–17 2. Liga 136———136
2017–18 2. Liga 20———20
Total 4511———4511
Žilina 2015–16 Slovak Super Liga 5010——60
2016–17 Slovak Super Liga 3010——40
2017–18 Slovak Super Liga 2733100—304
Total 3535100—404
Fiorentina 2018–19 Serie A 5000——50
Sparta Prague (loan) 2019–20 Czech First League 192410000233
2020–21 Czech First League 245212[lower-alpha 1]100287
Sparta Prague 2021–22 Czech First League 3072112[lower-alpha 2]200443
2022–23 Czech First League 30—2[lower-alpha 3]00050
Total 7614831610010010
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 3124010[lower-alpha 1]2—454
Career total 192301742650023539
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 11 September 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovakia 201840
201981
202180
202251
202372
Total324
As of match played 17 November 2022.[15]
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hancko goal.
List of international goals scored by Dávid Hancko
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
111 June 2019Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan5–15–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
217 November 2022Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro1–02–2Friendly
311 September 2023Tehelné pole, Slovakia Liechtenstein1–03–02024 UEFA Euro Qualifying
413 October 2023Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal Portugal1–22–32024 UEFA Euro Qualifying

Honours

Sparta Prague

Feyenoord

Individual

References
  1. Vacek, Jan. "Hancko patří Spartě! Je čtvrtá nejdražší posila, ovlivní to příchody?". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. Futbalnet / Únia ligových klubov / Fortuna liga / ŽP Šport Podbrezová – MŠK Žilina 12 March 2016, futbalnet.sk
  3. UEFA included two Slovaks among biggest talents for 2018. spectator.sme.sk.
  4. "VIDEO: Hviezdy Žiliny mieria do talianskej Serie A. Hancko sa upísal Fiorentine".
  5. "Fiorentina SPAL live score, video stream and H2H results". sofascore.com. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. "Hancko mal šancu byť tretím najdrahším Slovákom, jeho klub ponuku odmietol". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  7. "Hancko odehrál 100. zápas za Spartu". Sparta Prague (in Czech). Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. "Dávid Hancko tekent meerjarig contract bij Feyenoord" [Dávid Hancko signs multi-year contract with Feyenoord]. www.feyenoord.nl (in Dutch). 22 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  9. "Feyenoord in debuutgoalgala langs FC Emmen" (in Dutch). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. "Škrtel, Hubočan a Nemec v reprezentácii končia. Prečo? - sport.sme.sk". sport.sme.sk. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  11. a.s, Petit Press. "Očakávaná zostava, spoľahliví Škriniar i Hamšík. Slováci splnili plán". sport.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  12. "Slovenskej misske krachol vzťah s futbalistom: Zbohom si dali na Nový rok | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 7 January 2020.
  13. "Obří radost u Hancků: Kristýna porodila překrásné děťátko!" (in Czech). iSport.cz. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  14. Dávid Hancko at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2022.
  15. "Dávid Hancko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  16. "Sparta v euforii! Remíza na Slovácku odstartovala mistrovské oslavy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  17. "Feyenoord verslaat Go Ahead en is na zes jaar weer kampioen van Nederland" [Feyenoord beats Go Ahead and is champions of the Netherlands after six years] (in Dutch). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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