Dalibor Takáč (born 11 October 1997) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for FC Košice.

Club career

MFK Ružomberok

In January 2017, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with

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. Takáč made his Fortuna Liga debut for Ružomberok on 26 February 2017 against ŽP Šport Podbrezová. He played as a rotating player during his first season with Ružomberok. Takáč played an important role in Ružomberok's

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qualification journey in the following season. In the first qualification round against

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, he came on from the bench in the second leg, forced Nikola Kovačević to score an own goal, which levelled the aggregates, and assisted Ján Maslo with a free kick to help Ružomberok come back from a 1–2 first leg deficiency. In the next round against Norwegian side Brann, he assisted Kristi Qose with a corner kick and created a penalty kick, which was converted by Dominik Kružliak. Ružomberok came back again to win 2–1 on aggregates.

International

Takáč was called up to Slovakia U21 squad on 22 August 2017 for

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matches against

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and

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. It was his first time to be nominated by the Slovak national team of any year level. Hapal Oznámil 24 Mien Novej 21-ky
22.08.2017, futbalsfz.sk

References

External links

MFK Ružomberok official club profile
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Futbalnet profile
1997 births Living people Footballers from Košice Slovak men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC VSS Košice players MFK Ružomberok players Korona Kielce players FC Košice (2018) players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Slovak First Football League players I liga players Ekstraklasa players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub