Jakub Sylvestr (born 2 February 1989) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a forward. He made six appearances for the Slovakia national team.

Career

Sylvestr scored his first

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in a match against Tatran Prešov on 4 April 2009. On 19 February 2017, Sylvestr scored in his league debut for

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club AaB. In his second match he scored a hattrick, and was voted ''Player of the Month'' in the league. In December 2017, he left the club. On 20 October 2020, Sylvestr joined

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club

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on a one-year deal. He appeared with the club in 19 league matches and scored twice as Chennaiyin finished on eighth position. On 9 January 2023, Sylvestr joined Polish second division side Resovia.

Honours

Individual * 2. Bundesliga top scorer: 2013–14 *

Player of the Month: February 2017

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* * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Banská Bystrica Men's association football forwards Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Petržalka players GNK Dinamo Zagreb players FC Erzgebirge Aue players 1. FC Nürnberg players SC Paderborn 07 players AaB Fodbold players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C. players F.C. Ashdod players Hapoel Haifa F.C. players Chennaiyin FC players FK Žalgiris players Resovia (football) players Sektzia Ness Ziona F.C. players KFC Komárno players Slovak First Football League players Croatian Football League players 2. Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players Israeli Premier League players Indian Super League players A Lyga players I liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in India Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Israel Slovak expatriate sportspeople in India Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub