Dominik Greif (born 6 April 1997) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Slovan Bratislava

Greif made his professional debut for Slovan Bratislava against

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on 13 May 2016. During the 2018–19 season, Greif was the first-choice goalkeeper over Michal Šulla, playing in 29 of the 32 games during the season.

Mallorca

On 6 July 2021, Greif joined newly-promoted

club

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on a five-year contract. Shortly after his arrival, he was plagued by various health problems: a muscle injury first sidelined him for a month, he then had to fight an infection of his wisdom teeth and he was sidelined by major chronic pain caused by an unspecified illness not related to football. He could not practice for almost a year until doctors finally found the cause and provided appropriate treatment. Greif eventually came back to play in a competitive game in December 2022. During the

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, Greif dropped out of a training camp in

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due to a gastric illness. He returned in the semi-final against

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on 27 February 2024, saving a penalty from Brais Méndez in the first half and from

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at the start of the subsequent

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, which Mallorca won 5–4 to reach the final.

International career

Although Greif was noted as a back-up goalkeeper in the Slovak senior team, he was first called up to the national team on 25 May 2019 by

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. The nomination was for a double fixture in June – a home friendly match against

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, to which, unusually, 29 players were called-up and a

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fixture against

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, played away on 11 June 2019. The squad was reduced to 23 players for the latter fixture. Greif debuted for the Slovak senior squad against

on 7 June 2019 in a 5–1 win at the

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. He came on in the second half as a replacement for Matúš Kozáčik, with Slovakia losing 1–0, maintaining a clean sheet despite only having to face few rather undangerous situations. By the end of 2019, Greif also played in another friendly match against

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, known as a farewell match for former captains Martin Škrtel,

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, and Adam Nemec.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20,

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: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20,

Individual *

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Player of the Month: February/March 2020 *

Best Goalkeeper: 2019-20, 2020-21 *

Team of the Season: 2019-20, 2020-21

References

External links

Profile
at the RCD Mallorca website
Futbalnet profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greif, Dominik 1997 births Living people Footballers from Bratislava Slovak men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players La Liga players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players RCD Mallorca players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Slovak sportsmen