Ján Greguš (born 29 January 1991) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Greguš began playing football at the hometown club

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. On 20 May 2009, he made his senior debut in

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against

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at the age of 18. After four games for Nitra, Greguš signed for

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in July 2009. He scored his first goal in a 1–0 away win against

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on 8 April 2012. In January 2013, Greguš joined English Championship club

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on loan with Wanderers manager

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stating he would initially be part of the club's development squad. He scored on his development squad debut against Manchester City in a 3–3 draw. After one year at Bolton Wanderers during which he mostly played for the development squad Greguš returned to

. Greguš moved to Jablonec mid-season during the 2014–15 campaign. He went on to make 36 appearances scoring 6 goals before leaving the club. On 19 June 2016, the Danish club

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announced the signing of Greguš on a four-year contract.

Major League Soccer

On 20 December 2018,

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announced the signing of Greguš as their third designated player. Greguš was selected by

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in Stage 2 of the 2021 MLS Re-Entry Draft on 23 December 2021. He signed with the club on 6 January 2022. On 17 March 2023, Greguš signed with

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until the end of the 2023 season. On 3 August 2023, Greguš returned to Minnesota in exchange for $75,000 in General Allocation Money and Minnesota's second-round pick in the 2024

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. He signed for

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on 31 January 2024. On 7 November 2024, his contract option was declined by Houston following their 2024 season.

International career

Greguš debuted in Slovakia senior team on 31 March 2015 against

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. In the 49th minute of the game, Greguš assisted

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for the winning goal of the match. By the end of the year, he played for matches against

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and

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. Two years later, in his 12th cap for the national team, Greguš scored his first goal in the Slovak senior squad. This was in the 42nd minute of a

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match for a

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against

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, when Greguš' right-foot shot slipped under Andrew Hogg. At that time, the score was tied 1–1, after an early goal by Vladimír Weiss (second minute), followed by 14th-minute equalizer by

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. Slovakia went on to win the game 3–1 and moved to the second position of the Group F table, after five of the ten matches played. After the match, Greguš said that this goal was "so far, the most important" goal in his career. In 2018, he was fielded for the 90 minutes of the final match of the

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against Thailand (3–2 victory), winning his first trophy with Slovakia, after being benched in the semi-finals against

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. Later in the year, he scored his second international goal in a friendly fixture against

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, as a part of their preparation for

. He scored with a right-foot shot from the outside of the penalty box, after calling the ball ahead Albert Rusnák, who got the assist. Greguš only played the second half of the game, replacing the captain

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. Slovakia lost the game 2–1.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Greguš goal.''

Honours

Copenhagen *

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: 2016–17 *

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: 2016–17 Slovakia *

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References

External links

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BANIK OSTRAVA 2014 season highlights
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