Lukáš Jánošík (born 5 March 1994) is a Slovak professional

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who plays for MŠK Považská Bystrica as a winger. Jánošík began his career at

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

, where he started playing for the reserves and went on loan to

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and Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš, before being promoted to the first team, for whom he played for five seasons. After spending a year in the Czech Republic with Dynamo České Budějovice, Jánošík returned to Žilina, where he played for another season before joining Michalovce in 2022.

Career

MŠK Žilina

Jánošík started at

with the club's B-team, also spending time out on loan at

for half a season, followed by a season with second-division side Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš. Jánošík made his professional debut for Žilina in the

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against

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on 7 November 2015. In the game he was featured in the starting line-up, but was replaced 16 minutes before the end of the game by later international Jaroslav Mihalík. ''Šošoni'' won the game 2–0. In April 2020, Jánošík was released from Žilina, as the club had entered

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, due to the

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. He left the club with Slovak First Football League totals of 11 goals in 66 matches.

Dynamo České Budějovice

Czech side Dynamo České Budějovice signed Jánošík on a three-year contract, starting from the beginning of the 2020–21 season. After playing 13 matches and scoring twice during the

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, he was released by České Budějovice.

Return to Slovakia

Jánošík rejoined

in September 2021, after spending the early part of the season training with the club's B-team. In June 2022 Jánošík again left Žilina, signing a two-year deal with Zemplín Michalovce after being lured into the club by the manager

Norbert Hrnčár Norbert Hrnčár (born 9 June 1970) is a former Slovak football player and manager. Playing career Hrnčár spent two seasons in the Slovak top division with FC Nitra, appearing in 32 league matches. Managerial career He started his manageri ...

Honours

MŠK Žilina * Fortuna Liga: 2016-17 Individual *

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Goal of the Month: February 2020, March 2020

References

External links

MŠK Žilina official profile

Futbalnet profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Janosik, Lukas 1994 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards MŠK Žilina players MŠK Rimavská Sobota players MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players MŠK Považská Bystrica (football) players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Czech First League players Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic 21st-century Slovak sportsmen