Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1980)


Ján Kozák is a retired Slovak footballer and a current manager of Slovan Bratislava.

Personal

Kozak' father, Ján Kozák, was also former national player. He has 55 caps for Czechoslovakia and was also head coach of Slovakia.

Club career

A midfielder, Kozák joined Bratislava in the year 2003, winning the Corgoň Liga with the club the very next season, 2004–05. He scored 7 goals in 34 appearances in the season.
In 2005–06, he played in 11 matches for the club, scoring three goals, before moving to West Bromwich Albion in January 2006. He made his debut for Albion on 4 February 2006, coming on as a substitute for Geoff Horsfield in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rovers. He was not considered good enough for the then manager Bryan Robson to sign, so left at the end of his loan spell.
He made his debut for Poli Timișoara in an away match at Gloria Bistriţa. On 21 July 2010, he was released.
Ján Kozák ended his career playing in the Austrian 2. Landesliga for DSG Union Perg. and SV Stripfing.

International career

He made his first appearance for Slovakia on 30 November 2004, a 1-0 win against Hungary.
Kozák has played in Euro 2008 qualifying and 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification. He was selected to take the captain's armband. He also made the squad for Slovakia's World Cup debut in 2010.

Managerial career

On 1 August 2015, he became head coach of Slovan Bratislava B.

Career statistics

International goals

Honours

Player

Artmedia Petržalka
FC Bunyodkor

Individual

Slovan Bratislava
As a footgolfer, he won the bronze medal in the 2016 FootGolf World Cup held in Argentina.