Norbert Gyömbér (, ; born 3 July 1992) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Dukla Banská Bystrica

Born in

Revúca Revúca (; formerly ''Veľká Revúca'' in Slovak; german: Groß-Rauschenbach; hu, Nagyrőce) is a town in Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia. Revúca is the seat of Revúca District. Etymology The name is of Slovak origin and was initially t ...

, Gyömbér started playing football with clu
MFK Revúca
before moving to the youth team of

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club

FK Dukla Banská Bystrica MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica () is a Slovak football club from the town of Banská Bystrica. The club plays at the SNP Stadium. After being relegated from the Slovak 2. liga in 2017, the team had financial problems. History * 1965 – Found ...

in 2006. Norbert made his professional debut with Dukla Banská Bystrica on 1 October 2011 in a league match against

MFK Ružomberok MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok. History Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor ...

. On 25 May 2012, Gyömbér was voted by Dukla Banská Bystrica's fans as player of the season, despite starting in just 18 league matches. He was also named Revelation of the 2011–12 Corgoň Liga's season in July 2012, after his successful first season with FK Dukla Banská Bystrica.

Catania

Calcio Catania officially agreed to the permanent transfer of midfielder Norbert Gyömbér from Dukla Banská Bystrica during the 2013 January transfer window, though the transfer was not officially be completed until 1 July 2013. The 20-year-old signed a 4.5-year deal at the Stadio Angelo Massimino, but finished the 2012–13 season with the top-flight Slovakian side.

Roma

On 18 August 2015, Gyömbér joined

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on a one-year loan, in which the signing was made permanent on 21 June 2016 for €1.5 million.

Pescara

On 15 August 2016, Gyömbér joined

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on a season-long loan. He first appeared in a Cup match against

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in August, however, after only 5 games, he fractured his

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in a 49th minute of a match against

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in September. Although between December 2016 and February 2017 he appeared in 6 of Pescara's 10 matches (out of 2 due to a minor injury), rumours have surfaced about disagreements with some of his teammates and consequently, he was removed from the squad by club's disciplinary action in mid-February. However, according to Gyömbér, this rumour was "not true at all" and the real cause were disagreements with the coach of Pescara at the time,

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, who shortly after replaced by Zdeněk Zeman after a series of unsuccessful results, which Gyömbér claims to be one of the reasons for tensions. He revealed these claims in an interview on 21 March 2017, in a national team camp in Senec, prior to the FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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Terek Grozny

On 16 February 2017, he joined the

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club

FC Terek Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...

on loan until the end of 2016–17 season.

Perugia

On 14 August 2018, he signed a three-year contract with

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club

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Salernitana

On 12 September 2020, he joined

on a three-year contract.

International career

Gyömbér was selected in Slovakia's squad for

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, making two appearances as Slovakia reached the round of 16.

Pavel Hapal era

After the arrival of the Czech-native

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, Gyömbér lost his spot in the national team, as early as November 2018, failing to regain it in March 2019. He managed to make a national team come-back in October 2019 for a

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against

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, when it was required to fill the role of a second

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, as

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had suffered a yellow card suspension. He played for the national team after over a year and his gameplay was seen generally positively, mainly for his uncompromising play, as he was tackled harshly on numerous occasions. His gameplay, however, caused him to be sanctioned with two yellow cards.

Personal life

He belongs to the

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Honours

Slovakia *

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Individual * Peter Dubovský Award: 2013

References

External links

Calcio Catania profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gyomber, Norbert 1992 births Living people People from Revúca Slovak people of Hungarian descent Slovak footballers Association football midfielders Slovakia international footballers Slovakia under-21 international footballers Slovakia youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2016 players Slovak Super Liga players Serie A players Serie B players Russian Premier League players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players Catania S.S.D. players A.S. Roma players Delfino Pescara 1936 players FC Akhmat Grozny players S.S.C. Bari players A.C. Perugia Calcio players U.S. Salernitana 1919 players Slovak expatriate footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Russia