Ivan Mesík

Ivan Mesík (born 1 June 2001) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a centre back for Nordsjælland and Slovakia U21.

Ivan Mesík
Personal information
Full name Ivan Mesík
Date of birth (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Nordsjælland
Number 25
Youth career
2009–2016 Dukla Banská Bystrica
2016–2019 Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019−2020 Spartak Trnava 17 (1)
2020– Nordsjælland 14 (0)
National team‡
2017 Slovakia U16 2 (0)
2017–2018 Slovakia U17 10 (1)
2019 Slovakia U18 1 (0)
2018–2019 Slovakia U19 4 (0)
2020– Slovakia U21 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 November 2020

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Mesík made his Fortuna Liga debut for Spartak against Nitra on 18 May 2019. He had played the entire match of the 0:1 away win that was sealed by a goal by David Depetris. [1] This was Mesík's only appearance in the season.

In the 2019–20 season, Mesík became a regular in the red-black jersey playing in 16 of 18 league rounds. He scored his first league goal against Nitra, in the third round, on 4 Augustu 2019, during a 2:0 home win, after a corner by Marko Tešija.[2] He also scored a goal against a third league side Jednota Bánová in the cup, in a narrow 3:2 win.[3] He also made appearances in the pre-season Czechoslovak Supercup, against Slavia Prague, as a late replacement for Jozef Menich,[4] as well as unsuccessful Europa League qualifying campaign, against both Radnik Bijeljina and Lokomotiv Plovdiv.[5] Overall, by January, Mesík had collected 23 competitive starts and 2 goals for Spartak.

Nordsjælland

On 28 January 2020, it was announced that Mesík was leaving Spartak Trnava, aged only 19 years old. He had signed a five-year deal with Nordsjælland, playing in the Superliga. The club was battling for promotion for the season's championship group at the time of his arrival. He became a second Slovak to feature for the club with Stanislav Lobotka playing there few years before.[6]

References
  1. NITRA VS. SPARTAK TRNAVA 0 - 1 18.05.2019, soccerway.com
  2. "VIDEO Trnava v treťom kole zdolala Nitru, Sereď prekvapila Dunajskú Stredu". Športky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  3. http://www.bart.sk, webdesign and software: bart sk s r o. "TJ Jednota Bánová - FC Spartak Trnava | 2 - 3". sfz.futbalnet.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  4. "Slavia po výhře 3:0 v Trnavě získala Československý Superpohár | ČeskéNoviny.cz". www.ceskenoviny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  5. "Slovakia - I. Mesík - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  6. "Trnavu opúšta mladý stopér, Mesík zamieril na sever Európy | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2020-01-28.
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