Adam Jakubech (born 2 January 1997) is a Slovak professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for the
Slovak First Football League
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team
MFK Zemplín Michalovce
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.
Club career
Spartak Trnava
Jakubech signed for
Spartak Trnava
FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Slovak league system, having participated in more seasons than any other club.
Founded in ...
in January 2015. In 2015, he usually played in II. liga for the reserves squad, being featured in a total of 17 games. In the second to last round of the 2014–15 season, he managed to debut for Spartak's senior team, when he played against Dukla Banská Bystrica on 23 May 2015 under
Juraj Jarábek
Juraj Jarábek (born 3 October 1962) is a Slovak football manager and former player.
His father, Stanislav Jarábek, was also a footballer and manager.
Career
He managed Zlaté Moravce since October 2009 until May 2013. In his first season as ...
. Spartak won the home fixture at Štadión Antona Malatinského 3–1. Jakubech lost the clean sheet by a 90th-minute goal from Jozef Rejdovian.
In the two subsequent seasons he recorded 47 starts for Spartak in the Fortuna liga. By the 2016–17 season, Jakubech was Spartak's uncontested preferred goalkeeper.
During the summer of 2017, it was announced that
Lille
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had shown interest in Jakubech. In the 2017–18 season, he was only featured in a first round match against Zemplín Michalovce. Spartak won the game 1–0, thanks to an early goal by
Štefan Pekár
Štefan Pekár (born 3 December 1988) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for FK Pohronie in 2. Liga as a winger or second striker.
Club career
He was signed by Spartak Trnava in July 2017.Nestor El Maestro went on to win Spartak's first title in 45 years that season, with Martin Vantruba replacing Jakubech and winning himself a transfer to
Slavia Prague
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after the season.
Lille
Jakubech's transfer to
OSC Lille
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was announced in late July 2017. He spent the 2017–18 season in Lille's lower division reserves squad.
However for the 2018–19 season, Jakubech was, for most of the games, benched as the replacement keeper for
Mike Maignan
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. Nonetheless, he did not make a competitive appearance for the first time. Despite this fact, he was cited, in October 2018, as happy, in Lille, acknowledging the benefits the training process has on his career and performance. He also claimed, that the move to France caused him some difficult months at the start. Lille went on to finish second in this season, 16 points behind
Paris Saint-Germain
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, but only three ahead of
Lyon
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. Still, they qualified directly to the group stage of the next edition of
UEFA Champions League
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. In 2022, Jakubech's club profile read that he is second or third preferred goalkeeper but had continuously provided professionalism to the club.
Jakubech spent two sessions at Lille on loan at
K.V. Kortrijk
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. At the end of the 2024 session, he was released as free agent after his contract at Lille expired. After spending half a year as without a club, Jakubech signed a new contract with Slovakian first league outfit Zemplín Michalovce.
International career
Jakubech was first called up for Slovakia's two unofficial friendly fixtures in
Abu Dhabi
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, in January 2017 against
Uganda
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and
Sweden
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. He made his debut against
Uganda
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, when he substituted
Michal Šulla
Michal Šulla (born 15 July 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Líšeň.
Club career
Early career
Michal Šulla began his career at FK Senica, where he went through various youth categories. In 2010, he ...
in the 46th minute, conceding a goal in 77th minute by Geofrey Massa after a corner kick, which marked the 1–3 defeat. Jakubech did not appear in the 0–6 loss against Sweden later that week.
He was next called up to the squad in October 2018, when
Matúš Kozáčik
Matúš Kozáčik (; born 27 December 1983) is a Slovak retired football goalkeeper who last played for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, and who now serves as a goalkeeping coach with the club's first team.
Club career
While Kozáčik was playing fo ...
had to withdraw due to an illness. He was called up to the squad, although he was set to prepare with the U21 for
UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
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fixtures against
Estonia
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and
Northern Ireland
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, joining
Martin Dúbravka
Martin Dúbravka (born 15 January 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Newcastle United and the Slovakia national team. He is widely considered one of the best Slovakian footballers of all time.
After p ...