Ján Ďurica

Ján Ďurica (born 10 December 1981) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a central defender. He worked as assistant manager of FC Petržalka.[1][2]

Ján Ďurica
Ďurica with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-12-10) 10 December 1981
Place of birth Dunajská Streda, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2003 DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda 26 (1)
2003–2005 Artmedia Petržalka 78 (2)
2006–2008 Saturn Moscow Oblast 72 (2)
2009–2016 Lokomotiv Moscow 131 (6)
2010 → Hannover 96 (loan) 9 (0)
2016–2018 Trabzonspor 46 (0)
2018–2019 Dukla Prague 17 (2)
Total 379 (13)
International career
2004–2017 Slovakia 91 (4)
Managerial career
2019–2020 FC Petržalka (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club 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
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
DAC Dunajská Streda 2001–02 Slovakian 2. Liga 2000–20
2002–03 24100–241
Total 2610000261
Artmedia Petržalka 2003–04 Slovak Super Liga 3000042342
2004–05 28200–282
2005–06 20000120320
Total 78200162944
Saturn Ramenskoye 2006 Russian Premier League 27061–331
2007 25040–290
2008 20210–212
Total 72211100833
Lokomotiv Moscow 2009 Russian Premier League 10000–100
2010 1000000100
2011–12 2731060343
2012–13 20110–211
2013–14 30100–301
2014–15 2102020250
2015–16 1311060201
Total 1316501401506
Hannover 96 (loan) 2009–10 Bundesliga 9000–90
Trabzonspor 2016–17 Süper Lig 28050–330
2017–18 12020–140
Total 4706000420
Career total 3521122130240414

International
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ďurica goal.
List of international goals scored by Ján Ďurica
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
113 October 2007Mestský štadión, Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia San Marino7–07–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
212 October 2010Stadium Pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia Republic of Ireland3–11–1UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
37 June 2013Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein Liechtenstein1–11–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
45 March 2014Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel Israel2–03–1Friendly

Personal life

Born in Dunajská Streda, he belongs to the Hungarian minority in Slovakia through her mother.[5]

Honours

Artmedia Petržalka

Lokomotiv Moscow

Individual

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

References
  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.
  5. "Bemutatjuk a vb magyar játékosát" [Meet the Hungarian player of the World Cup]. 24 (in Hungarian). 15 June 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2022. ebben társa lehet a magyar édesanyától származó Ján Durica [Ján Durica, born to a Hungarian mother, could be a partner in this]
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