Ivan Mesík

Ivan Mesík (born 1 June 2001) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian Serie C Group B club Pescara, and the Slovakia U21 team.

Ivan Mesík
Ivan Mesík in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ivan Mesík
Date of birth (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Pescara
Number 24
Youth career
2009–2016 Dukla Banská Bystrica
2016–2019 Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019−2020 Spartak Trnava 17 (1)
2020–2023 Nordsjælland 38 (0)
2021 → Stabæk (loan) 12 (1)
2022 → Odd (loan) 10 (0)
2022 → Odd 2 (loan) 12 (0)
2023– Pescara 6 (0)
International career‡
2017 Slovakia U16 3 (0)
2017–2018 Slovakia U17 10 (1)
2019 Slovakia U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Slovakia U19 4 (0)
2020– Slovakia U21 15 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:34, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Mesík made his Fortuna Liga debut for Spartak against Nitra on 18 May 2019. He had played the entire match of the 0:1 away win that was sealed by a goal by David Depetris.[1] This was Mesík's only appearance in the season.

In the 2019–20 season, Mesík became a regular in the red-black jersey playing in 16 of 18 league rounds. He scored his first league goal against Nitra, in the third round, on 4 Augustu 2019, during a 2:0 home win, after a corner by Marko Tešija.[2] He also scored a goal against a third league side Jednota Bánová in the cup, in a narrow 3:2 win.[3] He also made appearances in the pre-season Czechoslovak Supercup, against Slavia Prague, as a late replacement for Jozef Menich,[4] as well as unsuccessful Europa League qualifying campaign, against both Radnik Bijeljina and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[5] Overall, by January, Mesík had collected 23 competitive starts and 2 goals for Spartak.

Nordsjælland

On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Mesík was leaving Spartak Trnava, aged only 19 years old. He had signed a five-year deal with Nordsjælland, playing in the Superliga. The club was battling for promotion for the season's championship group at the time of his arrival. He became a second Slovak to feature for the club with Stanislav Lobotka playing there few years before.[6]

On 31 August 2021, Mesík was loaned out to Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball for the rest of 2021.[7]

Pescara

On 5 January 2023, Mesík signed for Serie C club Pescara on a permanent transfer.[8]

International career

On 7 June 2022, Mesík was called up to the Slovak senior team for the first time as an alternate following an injury of newly appointed national team captain Milan Škriniar. Mesík was to be available for two away UEFA Nations League fixtures against Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan on 10 and 13 June 2022.[9] In the initial nomination by Štefan Tarkovič, who was fired from managerial duties on the same day following a home defeat to Kazakhstan on 6 June,[10] Mesík was not even listed as an alternate,[11] and therefore appeared with the Slovakia U21 team in a nomination by Jaroslav Kentoš.[12]

References
  1. NITRA VS. SPARTAK TRNAVA 0 - 1 18 May 2019, soccerway.com
  2. "VIDEO Trnava v treťom kole zdolala Nitru, Sereď prekvapila Dunajskú Stredu". Športky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. "TJ Jednota Bánová - FC Spartak Trnava | 2 - 3". sfz.futbalnet.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. "Slavia po výhře 3:0 v Trnavě získala Československý Superpohár | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. "Slovakia - I. Mesík - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. "Trnavu opúšta mladý stopér, Mesík zamieril na sever Európy | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  7. IVAN MESIK LÅNES UD TIL STABÆK, fcn.dk, 31 August 2021
  8. "UFFICIALE: IVAN MESIK E' BIANCAZZURRO" [OFFICIAL: IVAN MESIK IS BLUE-WHITE]. www.pescaracalcio.com (in Italian). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
  9. "Slováci po prehre prišli o veľkú posilu. Kapitán Škriniar vynechá dva zápasy". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  10. TA3, TA3 COM | TELEVÍZIA. "Tarkovič končí ako tréner futbalovej reprezentácie. Odvolali ho po fiasku s Kazachstanom". TA3 (in Slovak). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  11. "Bez Dúbravku a Hamšíka. Tarkovič nominoval na zápasy Ligy národov". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  12. Sarňák, Branislav (24 May 2022). "U21 – Kentoš na júnový dvojzápas povolal 23 hráčov – bez Trusu a Bernáta, ale so Strelcom". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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