Ján Greguš

Ján Greguš (born 29 January 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United and the Slovakia national team.

Ján Greguš
Greguš with Copenhagen in 2018
Personal information
Full name Ján Greguš
Date of birth (1991-01-29) 29 January 1991
Place of birth Nitra, Slovakia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Minnesota United
Number 24
Youth career
1997–2009 Nitra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Nitra 4 (0)
2009–2015 Baník Ostrava 95 (4)
2013–2014 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 0 (0)
2015–2016 Jablonec 32 (6)
2016–2018 Copenhagen 67 (4)
2019–2021 Minnesota United 63 (2)
2022 San Jose Earthquakes 27 (0)
2023 Nashville SC 15 (0)
2023 → Huntsville City (loan) 1 (0)
2023– Minnesota United 3 (1)
International career‡
2009–2010 Slovakia U19 7 (0)
2010–2012 Slovakia U21 19 (2)
2015– Slovakia 36 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2021

Club career

Greguš began playing football at the hometown club Nitra. On 20 May 2009, he made his senior debut in Corgoň Liga against Spartak Trnava at the age of 18.

After four games for Nitra, Greguš signed for Baník Ostrava in July 2009. He scored his first goal in a 1–0 away win against Hradec Králové on 8 April 2012.

In January 2013 Greguš joined English Championship club Bolton Wanderers on loan with Wanderers manager Dougie Freedman stating he would initially be part of the club's development squad. He scored on his development squad debut against Manchester City in a 3–3 draw.[1] After one year at Bolton Wanderers during which he mostly played for the development squad Greguš returned to Baník Ostrava.

Greguš moved to Jablonec mid-season during the 2014–15 campaign. He went on to make 36 appearances scoring 6 goals before leaving the club.[2]

On 19 June 2016, the Danish club Copenhagen announced the signing of Greguš on a four-year contract.[2]

On 20 December 2018, Minnesota United announced the signing of Greguš as their third designated player.[3]

Greguš was selected by San Jose Earthquakes in Stage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft on 23 December 2021.[4] He signed with the club on 6 January 2022.[5]

On 17 March 2023, Greguš signed with Nashville SC on a deal until the end of the 2023 season.[6] On 3 August 2023, Greguš returned to Minnesota in exchange for $75,000 in General Allocation Money and Minnesota's second-round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft.[7]

International career

Greguš debuted in Slovakia senior team on 31 March 2015 against Czech Republic. In the 49th minute of the game he assisted Ondrej Duda for the winning goal of the match. By the end of the year, he was also fielded for matches against Spain, Switzerland and Iceland.

Two years later, in his 12th cap for the national team, Greguš scored his first goal in the senior squad. This was in the 42nd minute of a qualifying match for a 2018 FIFA World Cup against Malta in Ta'Qali, when Greguš's right-foot shot slipped under Andrew Hogg. At that time, the score was tied 1–1, after an early goal by Vladimír Weiss (2nd minute), followed by 14th-minute equalizer by Jean Paul Farrugia.[8] Slovakia went on to win the game 3–1 and moved to the second position of the Group F table, after five of the ten matches played. After the match, Greguš said that this goal was "so far, the most important" goal in his career.[9]

In 2018, he was fielded for the 90 minutes of the final match of the 2018 King's Cup against Thailand (3–2 victory), winning his first trophy with Slovakia, after being benched in the semi-finals against UAE. Later in the year, he scored his second international goal in a friendly fixture against Morocco, as a part of their preparation for 2018 FIFA World Cup. He scored with a right-foot shot from the outside of the penalty box, after calling the ball ahead Albert Rusnák, who got the assist. Greguš only played the second half of the game, replacing the captain Marek Hamšík. Slovakia lost the game 2–1.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 December 2020[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nitra 2008–09[11] Slovak Super Liga 4000——40
Baník Ostrava 2009–10 Czech First League 120———120
2010–11 210—3[lower-alpha 1]0—240
2011–12 26130——291
2012–13 6010——70
2013–14 142———142
2014–15 15120——171
Total 9446030001034
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2012–13 Championship 0000——00
2013–14 0000——00
Jablonec 2014–15 Czech First League 13351——184
2015–16 253714[lower-alpha 1]1—365
Total 3861224100549
Copenhagen 2016–17 Danish Superliga 2824110[lower-alpha 2]1—424
2017–18 210109[lower-alpha 3]1—311
2018–19 1821014[lower-alpha 1]0—332
Total 67461332001067
Minnesota United 2019 MLS 30141—1[lower-alpha 4]1353
2020 181——3[lower-alpha 4]0211
Total 482410041564
Career total 251162844034132324
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Two appearances in UEFA Europa League and eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
  3. Four appearances in UEFA Europa League and five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

International
As of match played 14 June 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovakia 201540
201670
201741
201871
201941
202061
202140
Total364
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Greguš goal.
List of international goals scored by Ján Greguš[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 March 2017Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta Malta2–13–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 June 2018Stade de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland Morocco1–01–2Friendly
37 June 2019Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Jordan3–15–1Friendly
415 November 2020Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia Scotland1–01–02020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Copenhagen

Slovakia

References
  1. "Under-21s: Man City 3-3 Wanderers". Bolton Wanderers FC. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  2. "Slovakia midfielder Jan Gregus moves to Copenhagen". USA Today. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. "Minnesota United adds FC Copenhagen's Jan Gregus as third designated player". Minneapolis Star Tribune. 20 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. "NEWS: Earthquakes Select Midfielder Jan Gregus in Re-Entry Draft Stage 2 | San Jose Earthquakes". sjearthquakes.
  5. "NEWS: Earthquakes Sign Slovakian Midfielder Jan Gregus | San Jose Earthquakes". sjearthquakes.
  6. "Nashville SC sign MLS veteran midfielder Ján Gregus | MLSSoccer.com". mlssoccer.
  7. https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/minnesota-united-acquire-jan-gregus-in-trade-with-nashville-sc
  8. "VIDEO Slovensko splnilo víťaznú misiu: Krásny gól Weissa a dve červené karty!". 26 March 2017.
  9. "Ťažký zápas poznačili hlúposti a hrubé chyby: Hlasy sokolov po dueli na Malte". 26 March 2017.
  10. Ján Greguš at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. "Greguš, Ján". National Football Teams. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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