Tomáš Malec (born 5 January 1993) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club Dukla Banská Bystrica.. Retrieved 15 April 2025.

Club career

While playing for

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, Malec finished the

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as top scorer with 14 goals. On 11 August 2014, he went on loan to Rosenborg in Norway for the rest of the season. The agreement included an option for expanding the loan into a permanent transfer if agreed at the end of the current season Having scored 6 goals in 20 league matches for Rosenburg, Malec signed a one-year loan deal with

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side

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in August 2015. He scored on his Olomouc debut, netting the deciding goal in a 2–1 win against

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. In 2016 he left Olomouc and signed for

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of Austria, subsequently heading back to Norway, this time on loan to

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. In the 2018 season Malec played for

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,scoring 8 goals in 25 matches. After the season he left team. On 20 August 2019, he signed with Italian

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club

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. Malec returned to Slovak football ahead of the 2020–21 season, joining

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. He scored five goals for the club in his first four months.

National team

Malec was first called up to the senior national team for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in

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, UAE, in January 2017, against

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and

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. He made his debut against Uganda, being fielded from the start until the 70th minute, when he was substituted for

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. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. He also played the last thirty minutes of a 0–6 loss against Sweden, replacing Pavol Šafranko.

Honours

Rosenborg *

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Lillestrøm * Norwegian Cup:

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Žalgiris *

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RFS *

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Individual *

top scorer: 2013–14

References

External links

AS Trenčín profile
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Hmpsport.sk profile
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