Jaroslav Mihalík (born 27 July 1994) is a Slovak

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who plays as a winger for FILJO Ladomerská Vieska. He signed for

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from

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in January 2016 for a fee of €650,000. He made 20 league appearances and scored two goals in the next 12 months, before joining

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on loan with an option to buy.

International career

Mihalík was an important part of Slovakia's squad at the

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, where Mihalík scored Slovakia's second goal in the final group stage match against

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, contributing to a 3–0 victory. He was in the starting line-up of all three games of Slovakia in the group stage. Mihalík was first called up to Slovakia's senior national football team in September 2017, for a double qualification matchday in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, by Ján Kozák. He did not make a cap in a game against

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, but he was also called up for the October double matchday, making his debut against

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, on 8 October 2017, substituting Albert Rusnák in the 87th minute. Slovakia won the game 3–0 and regained the 2nd place in Group F. By the end of the year, he was capped again in a friendly match against

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, coming on as a substitute in the second half. In 2018, he was substituted into friendly matches against

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and

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, but lost the spot in the national team for the debut edition of the

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. He regained the spot in the national team in the second nomination of the new Czech-born coach

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, in the March 2019 squad for a double

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fixture against

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and

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. In June's friendly fixture, on 7 June 2019, against

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, Mihalík scored his first international goal for the senior team at Štadión Antona Malatinského in

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. Although Slovakia was one down at half time, after a goal from

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, Slovakia managed to score 5 in the second half to settle the score at 5–1. Mihalík scored Slovakia's last goal in the 84th minute, after a pass by a former team-mate from

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, László Bénes. Mihalík however did not appear 4 days later in

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, in a qualifier against

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(5–1 win).

International goals

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first.''

Honours

Žilina *

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: 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12 Slovakia *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

External links

MŠK Žilina profile
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References

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