Jaroslav Mihalík (born 27 July 1994) is a Slovak

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who last played for

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as a winger. 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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. 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

International

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External links

MŠK Žilina profile
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mihalik, Jaroslav 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Spišská Nová Ves Footballers from the Košice Region Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards MŠK Žilina players SK Slavia Prague players KS Cracovia players Lechia Gdańsk players SK Sigma Olomouc players Maccabi Petah Tikva F.C. players FK Pohronie players MFK Skalica players MFK Karviná players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players Israeli Premier League players Czech National Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Israel