Jaroslav Mihalik

Jaroslav Mihalik (born 27 July 1994) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Maccabi Petah Tikva as a winger.

He signed for Slavia Prague from Zilina in January 2016 for a fee of €650,000. He made 20 league appearances and scored two goals in the next 12 months, before joining Cracovia on loan with an option to buy.

International Career

Mihalik was an important part of Slovakia's squad at the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where Mihalik scored Slovakia's second goal in the final group stage match against Sweden, contributing to a 3-0 victory. He was in the starting line-up of all three games of Slovakia in the group stage.

Mihalik 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, by Jan Kozak. 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 Albert Rusnak in the 87th minute. Slovakia won the game 3–0 and regained the 2nd place in Group F. By the end of the year, he was capped again in a friendly match against Norway, coming on as a substitute in the second half.

In 2018, he was substituted into friendly matches against UAE and Netherlands, but lost the spot in the national team for the debut edition of the UEFA Nations League.

He regained the spot in the national team in the second nomination of the new Czech-born coach Pavel Hapal, in the March 2019 squad for a double UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Hungary and Wales. In June's friendly fixture, on 7 June 2019, against Jordan, Mihalik scored his first international goal for the senior team at Stadion Antona Malatinskeho in Trnava. Although Slovakia was one down at half time, after a goal from Musa Al-Taamari, Slovakia managed to score 5 in the second half to settle the score at 5–1. Mihalik scored Slovakia's last goal in the 84th minute, after a pass by a f

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