Roman Gergel (born 22 February 1988) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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Club career

Gergel made his

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debut in the 7–1 defeat against

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on 14 July 2007. After his first season he relegated with Trenčín to the

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. He scored 10 goals in the 2008–09 season and 3 goals in the 2009–10 season. In September 2010, he signed four-year contract for MŠK Žilina for an undisclosed fee. He played four games for Žilina at the

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International career

Gergel was first called up to the Slovakia senior national team for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in

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, UAE, in January 2017, against

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and

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. He capped his debut against

, being fielded from the start until the 70th minute, when he was substituted for

Miroslav Káčer Miroslav Káčer (born 2 February 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for MŠK Žilina in the Niké Liga. Club career MŠK Žilina Káčer began his football career at his hometown club MŠK Žilina. Aged 16, Mirosla ...

. Slovakia went on to lose the game 3–1. Gergel also appeared in the second half of the match against Sweden. In the 60th minute he substituted Káčer. Slovakia lost the match 0–6.

Honours

Žilina *

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: 2011–12 *

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: 2011–12 Individual * I liga Player of the Year: 2020 *

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top scorer:

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References

External links

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MŠK Žilina profile

Corgoň Liga profile
* 1988 births Living people People from Bánovce nad Bebravou Slovak men's footballers Footballers from the Trenčín Region Men's association football forwards Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovak First Football League players Ekstraklasa players I liga players AS Trenčín players MŠK Žilina players 1. FC Tatran Prešov players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Górnik Zabrze players Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub