Dominik Greif (born 6 April 1997) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club

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and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Slovan Bratislava

Greif made his professional debut for Slovan Bratislava against

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on 13 May 2016. During the 2018–19 season, Greif was the dominantly preferred goalkeeper over

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, playing in 29 of the 32 games during the season.

Mallorca

On 6 July 2021, Greif joined newly promoted La Liga side

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on a five-year deal. Shortly after his arrival, he got plagued by various health problems. A muscle injury first sidelined him for a month after his arrival to

. Consequently, he had to fight an infection of his wisdom teeth. Finally, Greif got long-term sidelined by major chronic pain due to an unspecified illness not related to soccer. He was unable to practice for almost a year until doctors finally found the cause and appropriate treatment. Greif was able to come back and play in a competitive game in December 2022.

International career

While Greif was previously noted as a goalkeeper alternate in the Slovak senior national team nomination, he was first called up to the national team on 25 May 2019 by

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. The nomination was for a double fixture in June - a home friendly against Jordan, to which, unusually, 29 players were called-up and a

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fixture against Azerbaijan, played away on 11 June 2019. The squad was to be reduced to 23 players for the latter fixture. Greif made his debut against Jordan on 7 June 2019 in a 5–1 win at the

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in Trnava. He came on in the second half as a replacement for

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, with Slovakia losing 1–0. Greif maintained a clean sheet in the second half, yet only had to face few rather undangerous situations. Still, a surprise shot from

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made it past Greif, but had hit the bar. By the end of the year he was also capped in another friendly against Paraguay, which was a return game to the Tehelné pole stadium, after over ten years, when the old

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from 1940s was demolished. Tehelné pole also happens to be the home stadium of Greif's then club, Slovan Bratislava. Greif's second game concluded with a tie 1–1. He conceded a goal from Kaku. Slovakia's goal was scored by

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. The game was also dubbed a farewell game for ex-captain

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and Adam Nemec.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20,

References

External links

Profile
at the RCD Mallorca website
Futbalnet profile
1997 births Living people Footballers from Bratislava Slovak footballers Association football goalkeepers Slovak Super Liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players La Liga players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players RCD Mallorca players Slovak expatriate footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Slovakia youth international footballers Slovakia under-21 international footballers Slovakia international footballers {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub