Róbert Mak (; born 8 March 1991) is a Slovak professional

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who currently plays as a winger for Slovan Bratislava and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Early career

Mak, a native of

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, began playing football at the youth squad of the local club Slovan Bratislava. When he was 13, he joined Manchester City Academy. There he played with his countrymen Vladimír Weiss and Filip Mentel. He progressed to Manchester City Reserves aged 17, but never got a chance at the senior squad. He is a 2007–08

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winner.

1. FC Nürnberg

On 11 June 2010, Mak signed a three-year contract for 1. FC Nürnberg for an undisclosed fee. He enjoyed time on the pitch right from the start and completed the season in Germany's top flight with 22 appearances established himself as a dependable option on the right flank of the attack. He scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 3–1 defeat against

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on 20 November 2010. He stayed in the club for four seasons, however their

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to second-tier football coincided with the expiration of his contract.

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made an attempt to sign with him, but

PAOK PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...

's offer and the opportunity to play in the

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brought him to the Toumpa Stadium.

PAOK

2014–15 season

On 19 July 2014, he signed a three-year contract with PAOK playing in

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. He enjoyed time on the pitch right from the start, and helped PAOK to lead the championship until December 2014, but poor results made the club fall in the league table to third place. On 22 February 2015, PAOK returned to winning ways after beating

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3–1 which ended a disappointing period of bad results for the club. He completed the 2014–15 Superleague Greece season with seven goals (third in his first season after Facundo Pereyra and Stefanos Athanasiadis) and five assists (second after Giannis Skondras).

2015–16 season

On 16 July 2015, in the preliminary round of the UEFA Europa League PAOK was beaten 2–1 in the first leg in Croatia against Lokomotiva with Mak scoring the lone goal. In the second leg against Lokomotiva Zagreb, Mak scored a brace, with one of them being a right footed shot from more than 35-yards out, in a 6–0 win to advance. On 20 August, in the first leg of the Europa League playoffs against

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, Mak had a hand in all five goals, as he netted a hat-trick, created the second goal, and teed up Garry Rodrigues for the third. On 12 September, in his third appearance for the 2015–16 season he scored his first goal in a 3–0 away win against

. Two weeks later, he scored in extra time giving his club the victory against

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. On 1 October, in a home match against

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in the Europa League, Mak contributed a 34th-minute goal in a 1–1 draw. In late October, it was reported that Mak was in talks with the club regarding a contract extension until 2019. On 5 November 2015, Mak reduced the club side's arrears in added time in a 2–1 away loss for Europa League against

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. On 30 November, he was substituted off the pitch in a 3–1 win over

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after sustaining a knee injury. On 6 December, he gave the lead by scoring the first goal in a 2–1 home win against

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. Four days later, he scored his ninth goal in this year's Europa League to force a surprise defeat on Borussia Dortmund, who qualified in second place from Group C despite the loss. Mak ran onto a

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throughball, knocked it beyond goalkeeper

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and cut home from a tight angle. On 30 January 2016, he gave the lead to his club after an assist from Dimitris Pelkas, in a 1–1 home draw in the 20th day of the league against

. On 4 March, after the episodic semi-final derby for the

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against champions

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, that never finished due to excessive episodes, Mak received four match ban and a €250 fine after his red card. On 11 April, in his return to action scored sealing a 2–0 home win against

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. After a good

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with the club, PAOK, according to Real News, started negotiations offering to the player double wages on a new three-year deal. After a successful

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with the

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, Mak was no longer considered to be a member of PAOK, as the Slovak winger had farewelled all his teammates and the members of the club at the pre-season squad's hotel in Netherlands. The administration of the Greek club confirmed that there were three official transfers bids for him and he had taken leave of absence, in order to start negotiations with the interested sides.

Zenit Saint Petersburg

On 22 July 2016, Zenit and PAOK officially announced the transfer of Mak to the Russian club, for about €3.5 million. The 25-year-old international, who had scored 20 goals in 45 appearances with the Greek club during 2015–16 season, passed the medical examinations and signed a four-year contract with the 2007–08

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winners. Mak scored his first goal for Zenit on 11 September in a match against

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. He came on the pitch on the 46th minute, substituting

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and scored 20 minutes later, on the 66th minute. Mak scored the third goal in the match, which Zenit won by 5–0. After a poor season, despite a good early start, Mak was linked with a move back to PAOK for the next season on a loan basis. PAOK would cover 60% of his contract by paying €800,000 while the player's purchase clause would be set at €2.5 million.

PAOK loan

On 3 August 2017, Mak opened the score in a 2–0 home win game for the 2nd leg of UEFA Europa League third qualifying round against

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, after an assist of

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. It was his first goal after his return to

. It was reported, that PAOK did not intend to sign Mak permanently in the summer of 2018. He scored five goals in 37 official performances in all competitions during 2017–18 season.

Konyaspor

On 30 January 2020 Mak's signing with

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was announced. After being advised by Zenit's manager,

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, that his play time may continue to remain limited, due to high number of foreigners in the squad, Mak had moved to the

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side to maintain play time, to be of use for the

. He was signed for half-season He made his debut on 1 February 2020, in an away fixture against

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. He came on as a second-half replacement for Farouk Miya. The match concluded in a goal-less tie. In upcoming fixtures, he also made appearances against Göztepe,

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and Kasımpaşa, being featured in the starting XI against the latter two. In late March, during the

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, Mak had announced, that if tested positive he intends to terminate his contract with Konyaspor and travel to

, to reunite with his family, despite the agreement to keep the foreign players with their clubs. Mak feared further restrictions and the closure of the club's training center. He also claimed he didn't believe that the 2019–20 season would be completed. He was critical of authorities' late decision to suspend the Süper Lig season and enact pandemic spread prevention measures. On 30 March 2020, it was announced that Mak and Konyaspor had terminated the contract by agreement.

Ferencváros

On 29 September 2020, he was member of the Ferencváros team which qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage after beating

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on 3–3 aggregate (away goals) at the

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. On 20 April 2021, Ferencváros won the

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season by beating archrival

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3–0 at the

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. The goals were scored by Myrto Uzuni (3rd and 77th minute) and Nguen (30th minute). On 28 July 2021, he scored the third goal for Ferencváros against Žalgiris in the 2021-22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase at the

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. Ferencváros won the match 3–1 in

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Sydney FC

On 9 August 2022, Mak signed for Australian professional football side

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. This came after a lackluster previous season for Sydney FC that saw them miss the finals and hence release numerous players to refresh the squad with international talent. After finding success in Europe and Sydney's need for a prolific winger, the move appeared a logical and much needed one. Mak scored his first goal for Sydney FC against

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on 8 October. This came in an unfortunate 3–2 defeat, with a former

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star Nani providing an impressive performance that saw Sydney FC face defeat in their first game at the new Allianz Stadium. Mak's goal is also the first goal to be scored at the brand new stadium. Following this, Mak provided numerous impressive performances for Sydney, including a goal in the friendly win against Scottish Champions,

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on 17 November 2022. After returning to Sydney following an impressive international break, having scored his first international goal for Slovakia since 2021, Mak would score his first brace for Sydney against

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in an exciting 3–3 draw at home. Mak concluded his stay with the ''Sky Blues'' in May 2024, winning 2023 Australia Cup with the side, scoring the winning goal of in the 3–1 victory.

Slovan Bratislava

On 10 June 2024, Mak's return to boyhood club and reigning Slovak champions Slovan Bratislava was announced. Club's manager Ivan Kmotrík Jr. announced the two-season contract highlighting Mak's "great football quality and determination to fulfill a dream of playing for Slovan at the new

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stadium". Mak's signing was requested by the manager Vladimír Weiss Sr. Upon signing, Mak expressed his cordial relations with his youth club, life-long affiliation as a ''Slovanist'', 2016 interview for the club television channel, in which he expressed the desire to play for the club, and laid out goals of a successful European campaign and a successful title defence.

International career

On 6 February 2013, Mak debuted in a 2–1 loss against

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, coming as a substitute for winger

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in the 61st minute. On 8 September 2014, in a 1–0

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victory against

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, Mak led Slovakia to its first appearance as an independent country at the European Championship. On 17 November 2015, he scored his first two goals against

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in a pre-tournament friendly match. Following Tarkovič's departure after the

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and lower playing time at club level, Mak fell out of regular national team nominations in 2022, but was re-nominated by Francesco Calzona for the start of

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campaign due to apparent shortage of wingers.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Slovakia's score is listed first, score column indicates score after each Mak goal.''

Honours

Manchester City *

: 2007–08 Zenit *

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: 2018–19 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

PAOK *

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: 2017–18 Ferencváros *

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, 2021–22 *

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: 2021–22 Sydney FC *

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Slovakia *

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2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Individual * Peter Dubovský Award: 2011, 2012

References

External links

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