Juraj Ančic (born 12 July 1981) is a

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who played for clubs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He is currently manager of

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Career

Born in

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, Ančic began playing football for the youth side of TTS Trenčín. He signed his first professional contract with Dukla Ozeta Trenčín. Ančic joined Czech

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side

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in 2002. He was unable to work his way into Slovan's starting squad on a regular basis and went on a six-month loan to

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in January 2007. In the summer of 2007, he moved on to

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. After a short spell with Žilina, he joined AS Trenčín in late 2008. He left the club in the summer 2009 and spent the fall at Spartak Bánovce. In 2011 he joined FC Kyjov 1919.

Coaching career

In the beginning of January 2012, Ančic was hired at

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as a youth coach. On 29 January 2018, Ančic was promoted to the first team assistant manager under head manager

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. He worked in this position for a year, before joining

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also as an assistant manager. Ančic actually switched position with Richard Slezák, who worked for

and joined

as an assistant manager, while Ančic took his position at

. In January 2022, Ančic entered his third managerial spell at Trenčín, but only lasted half-season and was replaced by

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ahead of the new

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season. His spell was commented on in the media as largely successful, exhibiting dominance in the Relegation Group, while also supporting players like Adam Tučný, Dominik Hollý or Philip Azango in their development. It was also noted, that club advisor

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did not support Ančic's continuation at the club.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancic, Juraj 1981 births Living people Footballers from Trenčín Slovak men's footballers Slovak football managers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Czech First League players FC Slovan Liberec players AC Sparta Prague players MŠK Žilina players Slovak First Football League players AS Trenčín players FK Slovan Duslo Šaľa players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic AS Trenčín managers Slovak First Football League managers Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Slovak sportsmen