Samuel Mráz

Samuel Mráz
Personal information
Full name Samuel Mráz
Date of birth (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997
Place of birth Malacky, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Empoli
Number 66
Youth career
ŠK Malacky
2009–2014 Senica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Senica 63 (5)
2017–2018 Žilina 46 (23)
2018– Empoli 5 (1)
National team‡
2011–2012 Slovakia U15 6 (2)
2012–2013 Slovakia U16 10 (4)
2013 Slovakia U17 3 (0)
2015–2016 Slovakia U19 6 (1)
2018– Slovakia U21 6 (4)
2018– Slovakia 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 September 2018

Samuel Mráz (born 13 May 1997) is a Slovak football forward who currently plays for Serie A club Empoli.

Club career

FK Senica

He made his professional debut for FK Senica[1] against FK AS Trenčín on 12 April 2014.

On 19 July 2018, Mráz joined to Serie A new team Empoli.[2] Empoli's coach Aurelio Andreazzoli fielded Mráz for his first league fixture on 26 August 2018, against Genoa (1-2 loss). Mráz came on in 77th minute, substituting Antonino La Gumina. He also became the first Slovak to score in his Serie A debut, when he tapped the ball past Federico Marchetti in the 94th minute, after a cross from Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

On 30 September 2018, he was placed into the Starting XI of a game in Italy for the first time. He played 60 minutes of a game against Parma, which Empoli lost 0-1.

International career

Mráz played in all national categories from U15 through to U21.

Mráz was first called up to Slovakia's senior national team on 2 October 2018 by the coach Ján Kozák for matches against Czech Republic (a part of 2018–19 UEFA Nations League) and a friendly against Sweden later in October. Mráz was however also an alternate for friendly games against Netherlands, Morocco, Denmark and Slovakia's first UEFA Nations League match against Ukraine. Nonetheless Kozák faced questions from the press and criticism from the fans on social media for not calling Mráz up earlier in the year, especially for May/June fixture, as Mráz became the top scorer in the finishing Fortuna Liga season.


Honours

Individual


References

  1. ↑ Samuel Mráz zažil corgoňligový debut 14.04.2014, fksenica.eu
  2. ↑ "Samuel Mraz: I'm yours. Dal migliore vivaio slovacco". Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ↑ https://profutbal.sk/clanok/226507-vyhlasili-najlepsich-hracov-sezony-anketu-ovladol-dac-hviezdou-kanonier-ziliny


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