Matúš Mikuš (born 8 July 1991) is a
Slovak football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
who plays for Austrian club
SC/ESV Parndorf.
Career
In January 2013, he signed a contract with the
Austrian Bundesliga
The Austrian Football Bundesliga (german: Österreichische Fußball-Bundesliga, italic=no , "Austrian Football Federal League"), also known as Admiral Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Austrian football league system. Th ...
club
Admira Wacker Mödling. He left them in December 2013.
FK Pohronie
Mikuš had signed with Pohronie at the end of February 2020. At the time, Pohronie was the last team of the
Fortuna Liga
The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...
table. He had signed the club as a
free agent
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. Previously, during the autumn part of the season, he was featured in two fixtures of
Nitra
Nitra (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. It is located 95 km east of Bratislava. With a population of about 78,353, it is the fifth la ...
, who was ranked 11 of 12 for the most of the season.
Mikuš made his debut for Pohronie in the first available fixture, on 1 March 2020, in a
home
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fixture against
Senica
Senica (; german: Senitz; hu, Szenice) is a town in Trnava Region, western Slovakia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Záhorie lowland, close to the Little Carpathians.
Etymology
The name is derived from the word ''seno'' ("hay") ...
. Mikuš came on as a replacement for
Roland Gerebenits in the 66th minute and played as a
secondary striker
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...
. Despite multiple chances on both sides and partly owing to the difficult terrain, the game concluded in a goal-less tie, allowing the home side to equal Nitra in the table, achieving their 16th point in the season.
After the season, in which Pohronie managed to avoid relegation from the
Fortuna Liga
The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...
, Mikuš was let go from the club.
SC/ESV Parndorf
In 2021, Mikuš joined Austrian club
SC/ESV Parndorf.
Profile at ÖFB
oefb.at
References
External links
FC Nitra profile
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1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Topoľčany
Footballers from the Nitra Region
Men's association football forwards
Slovak men's footballers
Slovakia men's youth international footballers
Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers
FC Nitra players
FC Admira Wacker Mödling players
Bohemians 1905 players
FK Železiarne Podbrezová players
FK Pohronie players
SC-ESV Parndorf 1919 players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
Czech First League players
Slovak First Football League players
Austrian Landesliga players
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic