Michal Hrivňák

Michal Hrivňák (born 5 March 1991) is a Slovak football goalkeeper.

Michal Hrivňák
Personal information
Full name Michal Hrivňák
Date of birth (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991
Place of birth Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Rimavská Sobota
Jozef Vengloš Academy
2008–2010 Brescia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Brescia 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Civitanovese (loan) 0 (0)
2012–2013 Dunfermline Athletic 8 (0)
2013–2014 Spartak Trnava 0 (0)
2014 → Šúrovce (loan)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of TJ Slavoj Boleráz

Club career

Hrivňák signed for Brescia in 2011; however he failed to make any appearances for the first team, instead playing a number of matches for their reserve squad.[1] For the remainder of the 2011–12 season, he was loaned out to Serie C1 side Civitanovese.[1]

In July 2012, Hrivňák joined Scottish First Division team Dunfermline Athletic on a one-year deal after impressing in a pre-season friendly against Scottish Third Division side Berwick Rangers.[1] He made his first-team debut in December 2012 against Livingston, replacing injured first-choice keeper Paul Gallacher.[2] In March 2013, with Dunfermline in administration and having released a number of players, including Gallacher, Hrivňák was promoted to first-choice keeper and played in the 2–2 draw against Livingston.[3] From that on, Hrivňák was featured as a first-choice goalkeeper throughout the season and the club was relegated. In August, Hrivňák left Dunfermline Athletic by mutual consent after spending time on the bench ahead of the 2013–14 season and was replaced by loanee goalkeeper Ryan Scully. According to manager Jim Jefferies, Hrivňák's departure was due to not settling well.[4][5]

Following his release from Dunfermline Athletic, Hrivňák returned to his homeland by signing for Spartak Trnava.[6][7]

References
  1. "Michal Hrivňák at dafc.co.uk". dafc.co.uk. dafc.co.uk. July 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. "Livingston 2–1 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "Livingston 2-2 Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  4. "Goalkeeper leaves the Pars". Dunfermline Press. 30 August 2013. Archived from the original on 11 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  5. "Dunfermline Athletic in entertaining draw with Falkirk". Dunfermline Press. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  6. "Spartak Trnava stiffen goalie post" [Spartak Trnava vystužil brankársky post] (in Slovak). Profutbal.sk. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  7. "Trnavské "bin" in the fall surprised. Certainly not relieved, refers Hrivňák" [Určite nepoľavíme, odkazuje Hrivňák] (in Slovak). Profutbal.sk. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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