Peter Pokorný (footballer)

Peter Pokorný (born 8 August 2001) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for MOL Fehérvár in Nemzeti Bajnokság I, on loan Spanish club Real Sociedad, and the Slovak U21 team.

Peter Pokorný
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001
Place of birth Trenčín, Slovakia[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Fehérvár
(on loan from Real Sociedad)
Number 6
Youth career
2007–2018 AS Trenčín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Liefering 23 (0)
2019–2021 Red Bull Salzburg 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Liefering (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 → St. Pölten (loan) 30 (0)
2021– Real Sociedad B 24 (0)
2022– → MOL Fehérvár (loan) 11 (0)
International career‡
2017 Slovakia U16 1 (0)
2018 Slovakia U17 5 (2)
2018 Slovakia U20 2 (0)
2019– Slovakia U21 20 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:17, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Pokorný started playing football with AS Trenčín, before moving to the academy of Red Bull Salzburg. In 2018 he signed with FC Liefering, the feeder team of FC Red Bull Salzburg.[2]

Pokorný made his debut for Liefering on 3 August 2018, before being replaced by Nikola Stošić in the 63rd minute.[3]

On the 16 June 2021, Pokorný signed a three year deal with Spanish side Real Sociedad,[4] being placed initially into the B team under manager Xabi Alonso.[5]

After one season, however, in July 2022, Pokorný departed to Hungarian Nemzeti Bajnokság I to feature for Fehérvár FC on a one-year loan deal.[6]

International career

Pokorný was first recognised as an alternate broader squad member for the senior Slovak national team on 28 September 2021 ahead of two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Croatia.[7] Pokorný then first penetrated into the national team nomination in November 2022 by Francesco Calzona being listed as a part of a 27-man squad for two friendly fixtures against Montenegro and Marek Hamšík's retirement game against Chile.[8] While he was available on the bench for both of the fixtures, he was not fielded in either of them.[9][10] Subsequently, in December 2022, Pokorný was shortlisted in a nomination for senior national team prospective players' training camp at NTC Senec.[11]

Personal life

Other than native Slovak, Pokorný also speaks English, German and Spanish.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 14 August 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liefering 2018–19 2. League 23000—230
Liefering (loan) 2019–20 2. League 14000—140
Total 3700000370
SKN St. Pölten (loan) 2020–21 Bundesliga 290201[lower-alpha 1]0320
Real Sociedad B 2021–22 Segunda División 10——10
Career total 6702010700
  1. Appearance(s) in Relegation Playoffs

References
  1. Peter Pokorný at WorldFootball.net
  2. Weltfußball (german)
  3. FC Salzburg Wiki
  4. "La Real Sociedad ficha a Peter Pokorný para el Sanse". Real Sociedad (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. "Peter Pokorný, primer fichaje para el debut de la Real B en Segunda". MARCA (in Spanish). 16 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  6. "Peter Pokorny a MOL Fehérvár FC-ben folytatja pályafutását!". www.molfehervarfc.hu. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  7. "Vrátil sa Rusnák, prichádza nový útočník. Tarkovič zverejnil nomináciu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  8. Šurin, Peter (8 November 2022). "MUŽI A – Nominácia na zápasy v Čiernej Hore a s Čile: Šesť nováčikov aj Hamšík". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  9. "Slovensko - Čile | Prípravné zápasy Rok, 2022". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  10. "Čierna Hora - Slovensko | Prípravné zápasy Rok, 2022". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  11. SFZ (29 November 2022). "MUŽI A – Päťdňový tréningový kemp, dôležitý pre budúcnosť reprezentácie". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  12. "Peter Pokorny a MOL Fehérvár FC-ben folytatja pályafutását!". www.molfehervarfc.hu. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  13. Peter Pokorný at Soccerway
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