Martin Kuciak

Martin Kuciak
Kuciak with Považská Bystrica in 2020
Personal information
Full name Martin Kuciak
Date of birth (1982-03-15) 15 March 1982 (age 44)
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Považská Bystrica (manager)
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Kysucké Nové Mesto
2005–2009 Rimavská Sobota
2010–2014 ViOn Zlaté Moravce 132 (0)
2014–2015 Hradec Králové 5 (0)
2015–2019 ŽP Šport Podbrezová 111 (0)
2019 Slavia Prague 0 (0)
2019–2020 Nitra 1 (0)
2020–2022 Považská Bystrica
Managerial career
2026– Považská Bystrica
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Kuciak (born 15 March 1982) is a Slovak professional football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently in charge of 2. Liga club MŠK Považská Bystrica.

He is the elder brother of fellow goalkeeper Dušan Kuciak.

Club career

Martin Kuciak is a product of Žilina youth academy.

Rimavská Sobota

After a spell at Kysucké Nové Mesto, Kuciak joined Rimavská Sobota in summer 2005, who had been relegated from the Slovak top flight the previous season. He became the number one goalkeeper at the club in the spring part of the 2007–08 season.

ViOn Zlaté Moravce

Kuciak transferred to the Corgoň liga club ViOn Zlaté Moravce in the winter break of the 2009–10 season. In the following four and a half years at Zlaté Moravce, he played in every single competitive game. Despite his success at the club, Kuciak decided not to renew his contract and left Zlaté Moravce after it expired in summer 2014.

Hradec Králové

Shortly afterwards, Kuciak signed for the Czech First League club Hradec Králové. He made his debut for Hradec Králové in a 1–0 league loss to Příbram on 4 October 2014. He was mostly used as a back-up goalkeeper behind Tomáš Koubek. Kuciak was relegated with the club at the end of the season.

ŽP Šport Podbrezová

Kuciak came to ŽP Šport Podbrezová in the summer of 2015. He made his competitive debut for the club in a 2–0 league loss to AS Trenčín on 25 July 2015. In January 2019, he joined Slavia Prague.

References

  1. ↑ "Gólman Kuciak považuje ViOn za správnu voľbu" (in Slovak). SME. 5 February 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Slovenský brankář Kuciak: 'Jako zahraniční štaci to neberu'" (in Czech). Hradecký deník. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Martin Kuciak bude pokračovať v českom Hradci Králové" (in Slovak). Šport. 26 June 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Predstavujeme novú posilu ŽP Šport Podbrezová" (in Slovak). ŽP Šport Podbrezová. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Začiatok prípravy ŽP Šport Podbrezová v znamení nového trénera Frťalu" (in Slovak). Profutbal. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Muži prehrali s AS Trenčín" (in Slovak). ŽP Šport Podbrezová. 25 July 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Brankářský tým doplní Martin Kuciak". Slavia Prague. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019.