Patrick Karhan (born 19 June 2003) is a Slovak

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who plays for

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, and ...

as a

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Club career

Spartak Trnava

Karhan made his

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, ...

debut for

in a home fixture at Štadión Antona Malatinského on 2 May 2021 in a

traditional derby Traditional derby ( sk, Tradičné derby) also known as the West-Slovakia derby ( sk, Západoslovenské derby) is the name for the rivalry between the two Slovak football teams ŠK Slovan Bratislava and FC Spartak Trnava. The two teams are the mos ...

against Slovan Bratislava. He came on in the 86th minute to replace Martin Bukata with the score set at 3-0, following a two penaltiy goals by

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and a second-half strike by Bamidele Yusuf. Less than two minutes into his debut, Karhan was involved in an in-play incident with

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during an attempt to header the ball. Karhan had struck Bozhikov, who suffered an injury and had to be taken off the pitch. Subsequently, Erik Gemzický had awarded Karhan with a

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. This foul was judged as a youthful over-motivation or inexperienced misjudgment after the match by the media. The result meant that Slovan was denied the opportunity to celebrate title retention. In June 2022, Karhan signed his first professional contract with Spartak along with

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, whose father Marek played over 400 matches for Spartak and collected caps for

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. Both players were to succeed their fathers in their careers and serve as a motivation for other Academy players of Spartak Trnava, according to club President Peter Macho.

Personal life

Karhan was born in

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. Karhan is the son of

Miroslav Karhan Miroslav Karhan (born 21 June 1976) is a Slovak football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Karhan started and finished his career at Spartak Trnava; in between, he played in Spain, Turkey and Germany, where he spent ten seas ...

, who managed

and played over 200 matches for them, featured in over 280 matches in the

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, while playing for

and

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and was the first player to collect 100 caps for the Slovak national team (107 in total), holding the record for the most capped player until it was beaten by

Marek Hamšík Marek Hamšík (; born 27 July 1987) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. He formerly captained the Slovakia national team. After beginning his club career with Slovan Bratislava in 20 ...

in 2018. He also has a younger brother named Alex Thomas. He studied high school at a sports gymnasium in

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Honours

Spartak Trnava *

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: 2021–22,

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References

External links

Futbalnet profile
* * 2003 births Living people People from Wolfsburg Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Spartak Trnava players Slovak First Football League players {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub