Jakub Hromada (born 25 May 1996) is a Slovak

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who plays for

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and the Slovak national team as a

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Club career

Senica

On 12 August 2015,

Senica Senica (; german: Senitz; hu, Szenice) 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" ...

signed two-year loan with Hromada from

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. He made his professional

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debut for Senica against Slovan Bratislava on 15 August 2015.

Viktoria Plzeň

On 23 June 2016, Hromada signed one-year loan with option to buy from

Slavia Prague

On 20 June 2017, Hromada signed for

, although the transfer rumours were on for most of June. At the time of the signing Hromada was expected to be at

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in Poland, but had to withdraw a couple of days before its commencement, due to a knee injury. On 9 May 2018 he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017-18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.

International career

In March 2021, Hromada was first called up to Slovak senior national team by

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for three

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fixtures against

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and

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. After being benched for the two upsetting ties against Cyprus (away, 0:0) and Malta (home, 2:2),

granted Hromada his international debut on 30 March 2021 in a crucial qualifier against Russia, which could have seen Slovakia's chances of qualification practically diminish after first set of fixtures. Somewhat surprisingly, Hromada debuted in the starting-XI and saw Slovakia take a lead in the first half through a header by

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. He was booked with a yellow card in first-half injury time, following a foul on

Rifat Zhemaletdinov Rifat Maratovich Zhemaletdinov (russian: Рифат Маратович Жемалетдинов, tt-Cyrl, Рифат Марат улы Җамалетдинов; born 20 September 1996) is a Russian professional football player of Tatar origin w ...

. Hromada was replaced after 60 minutes of play by Patrik Hrošovský. In his absence, Russia equalised through

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, but

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sealed Slovak 2:1 victory soon after. After his debut, Hromada was praised for exhibition of "modern football", defensive anticipation, rebound collection, ball exportation and speed.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

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FK Senica official profile

Futbalnet profile
1996 births Living people Footballers from Košice Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders UC Sampdoria players FK Senica players FC Viktoria Plzeň players SK Slavia Prague players FC Slovan Liberec players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players UEFA Euro 2020 players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub