Adam Jakubech (born 2 January 1997) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Spartak Trnava

Jakubech signed for Spartak Trnava in January 2015. In 2015, he usually played in II. liga for the reserves squad, being featured in a total of 17 games. In the second to last round of the 2014–15 season, he managed to debut for Spartak's senior team, when he played against Dukla Banská Bystrica on 23 May 2015 under

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. Spartak won the home fixture at Štadión Antona Malatinského 3–1. Jakubech lost the clean sheet by a 90th-minute goal from Jozef Rejdovian. In the two subsequent seasons he recorded 47 starts for Spartak in the

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. By the 2016–17 season, Jakubech was Spartak's uncontested preferred goalkeeper. During the summer of 2017, it was announced that

had shown interest in Jakubech. In the 2017–18 season, he was only featured in a first round match against

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. Spartak won the game 1–0, thanks to an early goal by

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went on to win Spartak's first title in 45 years that season, with Martin Vantruba replacing Jakubech and winning himself a transfer to Slavia Prague after the season.

Lille

Jakubech's transfer to

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was announced in late July 2017. He spent the 2017–18 season in Lille's lower division reserves squad. However for the 2018–19 season, Jakubech was, for the most of the games, benched as the replacement keeper for

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. Nonetheless, he did not make a competitive appearance for the first time. Despite this fact, he was cited, in October 2018, as happy, in Lille, acknowledging the benefits the training process has on his career and performance. He also claimed, that the move to France caused him some difficult months at the start. Lille went on to finish second in this season, 16 points behind Paris Saint-Germain, but only three ahead of

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. Still, they qualified directly to the group stage of the next edition of

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. In 2022, Jakubech's club profile read that he is second or third preferred goalkeeper but had continuously provided professionalism to the club.

International career

Jakubech was first called up for Slovakia's two unofficial friendly fixtures in

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, in January 2017 against

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and

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. He made his debut against

, when he substituted Michal Šulla in the 46th minute, conceding a goal in 77th minute by Geofrey Massa after a corner kick, which marked the 1–3 defeat. Jakubech did not appear in the 0–6 loss against Sweden later that week. He was next called up to the squad in October 2018, when

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had to withdraw due to an illness. He was called up to the squad, although he was set to prepare with the U21 for

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fixtures against

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and

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, joining Martin Dúbravka and Michal Šulla.

References

External links

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Futbalnet profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jakubech, Adam 1997 births Living people Footballers from Prešov Men's association football goalkeepers Slovak footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers 1. FC Tatran Prešov players FC Spartak Trnava players Lille OSC players K.V. Kortrijk players Slovak Super Liga players Ligue 1 players Belgian Pro League players Slovak expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Expatriate footballers in Belgium