Róbert Mazáň

Róbert Mazáň (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈɾɔːbɛɾt ˈmazaːɲ] born 9 February 1994) is a Slovak professional football player who plays as a left back for Mladá Boleslav and the Slovakia national football team.[1]

Róbert Mazáň
Personal information
Full name Róbert Mazáň
Date of birth (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994
Place of birth Trenčín, Slovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Mladá Boleslav
Number 15
Youth career
OFK Drietoma
AS Trenčín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 AS Trenčín 55 (1)
2014 Senica 29 (0)
2015–2016 Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała 2 (0)
2015–2016 → Žilina (loan) 17 (0)
2016–2018 Žilina 30 (1)
2018–2020 Celta Vigo 3 (0)
2019 → Venezia (loan) 7 (0)
2019–2020 → Tenerife (loan) 11 (1)
2020– Mladá Boleslav 13 (0)
National team‡
Slovakia U15
Slovakia U16
2011 Slovakia U17 3 (0)
2011–2014 Slovakia U19 9 (0)
2013–2017 Slovakia U21 13 (0)
2017– Slovakia 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2020

Club career

AS Trenčín

Mazáň made his debut in the November 2011, 2–0 Corgoň Liga loss against DAC Dunajská Streda.[2]

FK Senica

On 2 February 2014, Mazáň signed a new two and a half year contract that ran until 30 June 2016 with Senica.[3]

Celta Vigo

Mazáň joined Celta Vigo, despite apparent interest from Benfica and Atalanta Bergamo. He joined the club, to which his childhood friend and former team-mate from AS Trenčín, Stanislav Lobotka, signed to just few weeks prior. Mazáň had expressed that this is a huge moment in his career, remarking that while at Podbeskidzie, he felt unappreciated. He had also expressed an interest in getting a spot on Celta's first team.[4]

In his first season, however, he played more minutes in the Slovak national team than at Celta, starting only in two games, against Deportivo Alavés and Levante. His post of a left-back was largely filled by Jonny Castro.

Ironically, his first game at Celta, in which he completed the entire 90 minutes, was against later 2018–19 La Liga champions - FC Barcelona at Camp Nou, on 22 December 2018.[5] After the game, Barcelona's first goal, after the frequent Alba–Messi combination, was partly blamed on Mazáň.[6] This was the only game Mazáň starred in for Celta in the 2018–19 season, as Celta sent him on a loan to Serie B, during the winter transfer period.

Loan at Venezia

In late January 2019, it was announced that Mazáň would join Venezia on a half-season loan, to collect more play time.[7] Just as Celta, Venezia too had been battling relegation in its respective league. Mazáň had made a debut against Livorno on 24 February 2019, playing 90 minutes of the 0:1 defeat. He also played the full-time against Perugia, three days later, playing against his fellow Slovak and a member of the wider national team squad, Norbert Gyömbér, in a 2:3 defeat.

During an interview, while preparing with the national team in June 2019, Mazáň had revealed, that he fell on harder times initially, after the departure of Walter Zenga, who chose him from Celta, and the arrival of Serse Cosmi. Nonetheless, by the end of the season under Cosmi, Mazáň made three 90 minute appearances. After the conclusion of the loan, Mazáň had stated that he was prepared to return to Spain and fight for his position in the first team.[8] In Venice, he played in 7 games, overall.

Loan to Tenerife

On 24 July 2019, Mazáň was loaned out to Segunda División side CD Tenerife, for one year.[9]

FK Mladá Boleslav

On 11 September 2020, Mazáň signed a new contract with Mladá Boleslav.[10]


International career

Mazáň was first called up to Slovakia's senior national football team in September 2017, for a double qualification matchday in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign, as an alternative for Dušan Švento, who was troubled with an injury. He did not make a cap in a game against Slovenia or England, but he was also called up for the October double matchday, making his debut against Malta, on 8 October 2017, substituting Tomáš Hubočan in the 87th minute. Slovakia won the game 3–0 and sealed the 2nd place in Group F, yet it failed to qualify for the play-offs. By the end of the year, he also appeared in a friendly fixture against Norway.

In 2018 Mazáň was called up to 2018 King's Cup. In the semi-finals against UAE (2–1 win), he substituted Tomáš Hubočan, in the 78th minute, however 3 days later he played the entire match for the first time in national team against Thailand in a 3–2 victory.

Mazáň continued to spend most of 2018, with the senior national team, mainly covering for the long-term international left-back Tomáš Hubočan, who suffered from low play time at Olympique Marseille. However, with the arrival of Pavel Hapal to the national team, he lost the spot in the nomination in November 2018, failing to regain it even in the March 2019, despite his move to Venezia and higher play time.[11]

Honours

MŠK Žilina

Career statistics
As of match played 22 December 2018[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup European Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AS Trenčín 2011–12 Corgoň Liga 7000—70
2012–13 30100—301
2013–14 180003[lower-alpha 1]0210
Trenčín total 5510030581
Senica 2013–14 Corgoň Liga 1102000130
2014–15 Fortuna Liga 18010—190
Senica 2903000320
Podbeskidzie 2014–15 Ekstraklasa 2030—50
Žilina (loan) 2015–16 Fortuna Liga 170401[lower-alpha 1]0220
Žilina II (loan) 2015–16 DOXXbet liga - West 30——30
Žilina 2016–17 Fortuna Liga 13110—141
2017–18 170102[lower-alpha 2]0200
Žilina total 3012020341
Žilina II 2016–17 DOXXbet liga - West 50——50
Celta Vigo 2017–18 La Liga 2000—20
2018–19 1010—20
Celta Vigo total 30100040
Career total 1422100601582
  1. Appearances in the Europa League
  2. Appearances in the Champions League

References
  1. "El eslovaco Robert Mazan, primer fichaje invernal del Celta" (in Spanish). Marca. 4 January 2018.
  2. Corgoň liga - 17. kolo Archived 2014-02-19 at the Wayback Machine 19.11.2011, astrencin.sk
  3. Róbert Mazáň na dva roky do Senice! Archived 2014-02-02 at Archive.today 02.02.2014, corgonliga.sk
  4. "Mazáň má ohľadom budúcnosti jasno: Chcem sa presadiť v tomto klube | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  5. "Po návrate Lobotku bola Barcelona pod tlakom, Mazáň odohral celý zápas". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2018-12-22. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  6. "VIDEO Mazáň zažil na Nou Campe krst ohňom: Messi superzrýchlením nedal Slovákovi šancu!". Športky.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  7. "OFICIÁLNE: Róbert Mazáň sa sťahuje z Celty Vigo do Talianska". Šport7.sk (in Slovak). 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  8. "Mazáň má ohľadom budúcnosti jasno: Chcem sa presadiť v tomto klube | ProFutbal.sk". profutbal.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  9. "Róbert Mazáň jugará cedido en el CD Tenerife" [Róbert Mazáň will play on loan at CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). Celta Vigo. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  10. Odmítl Benfiku i Atalantu, teď je v Mladé Boleslavi. České kluby se zásobují ve španělské lize 11.09.2020, sport.cz
  11. "Hapal oznámil nomináciu bez Škrtela a spol. Kapitánsku pásku prevzal Hamšík". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  12. "R. Mazáň". soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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