Jakub Sylvestr (born 2 February 1989) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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. He made six appearances for the Slovakia national team.

Career

Sylvestr scored his first

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in a match against Tatran Prešov on 4 April 2009. On 19 February 2017, Sylvestr scored in his league debut for

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club AaB. In his second match he scored a hattrick, and was voted ''Player of the Month'' in the league. In December 2017, he left the club. On 20 October 2020, Sylvestr joined

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club

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on a one-year deal. He appeared with the club in 19 league matches and scored twice as Chennaiyin finished on eighth position.Player profile: Jakub Sylvestr
''indiansuperleague.com''. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

Honours

Individual *

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top scorer: 2013–14 *

Player of the Month: February 2017

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* * 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Banská Bystrica Association football forwards Slovak footballers Slovakia international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Petržalka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players FC Erzgebirge Aue players 1. FC Nürnberg players SC Paderborn 07 players AaB Fodbold players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Chennaiyin FC players FK Žalgiris players Slovak Super Liga players Croatian Football League players 2. Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Israeli Premier League players Indian Super League players A Lyga players Slovak expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Croatia Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Denmark Expatriate footballers in Israel Expatriate footballers in India Expatriate footballers in Lithuania Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Israel Slovak expatriate sportspeople in India Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub