Ladislav Almási (, born 6 March 1999) is a Slovak

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who plays for Hungarian club

Zalaegerszeg Zalaegerszeg (; ; ; ) is the administrative center of Zala County, Zala county in western Hungary. Location Zalaegerszeg lies on the banks of the Zala River, close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, and west-southwest of Budapest by road. Hi ...

on loan from

Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

as a

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Club career

Senica

Almási made his

Slovak Super Liga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Football in Slovakia, Slovak football league system. It was formed ...

debut for

Senica Senica (; ; ) 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' with the suffix ''-ica'' us ...

against ViOn Zlaté Moravce on 1 March 2016.

Akhmat Grozny (loan)

On 20 January 2021, he joined

Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; , ''Rossiyskaya premyer-liga''; РПЛ), also written as Russian Premier Liga, is a professional association football league in Russia and the highest level of the Russian football league system. It was establis ...

club

FC Akhmat Grozny Republican Football Club Akhmat (; ), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, and formerly as Terek Grozny from 1958 to 2017, is a Russian professional Association football, football club based in Grozny that plays in the Russian Premier League. His ...

on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season, with an option to purchase.

Osijek (loan)

On 5 February 2024, Almási joined

Osijek Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja ...

on a half-year loan deal.

Dunajská Streda (loan)

On 3 July 2024, Almási joined

Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda (; ; ) is a town located in southern Slovakia ( Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a population of 22,730, with ethnic Hungarians forming the 72% maj ...

on a one-year loan deal with option to make the move permanent.

International career

On 8 October 2021, Almási debuted for the

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under

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in a

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against

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. He came on after 79 minutes of play to replace

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with the final score of 1-0 already set, through a first-half own goal by

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. Following Tarkovič's dismissal and arrival of

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, Almási was initially excluded of nominations, mainly due to an injury and subsequent low recent playing time. In December 2022, Almási was called up by Calzona for senior national team prospective players' training camp at

NTC Senec NTC Senec (Národné tréningové centrum Senec) is a football training center of the Slovak Football Association and a multi-use stadium in Senec, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ŠK Senec. T ...

Personal life

Almási was born in

Bratislava Bratislava (German: ''Pressburg'', Hungarian: ''Pozsony'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Slovakia, Slovak Republic and the fourth largest of all List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. ...

and is a member of the Hungarian ethnic minority in Slovakia.

Honours

Individual *

Player of the Month: September 2020

References

External links

FK Senica official club profile
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archive
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Futbalnet Profile
1999 births Footballers from Bratislava Living people 21st-century Slovak sportsmen Hungarians in Slovakia Men's association football forwards Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FK Senica players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players FC ŠTK 1914 Šamorín players FC Petržalka players MFK Ružomberok players FC Akhmat Grozny players FC Baník Ostrava players NK Osijek players Zalaegerszegi TE players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Russian Premier League players Czech First League players Croatian Football League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub