Adam Nemec

Adam Nemec
Nemec in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-09-02) 2 September 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Žarnovica
Žiar nad Hronom
0000–2003 Dubnica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Dubnica 19 (8)
2004–2008 Žilina 62 (17)
2007–2008 → Erzgebirge Aue (loan) 29 (10)
2008–2009 Genk 21 (4)
2009–2012 1. FC Kaiserslautern 61 (9)
2012 FC Ingolstadt 15 (2)
2012–2015 Union Berlin 60 (14)
2015 New York City 9 (0)
2015–2016 Willem II 10 (0)
2016–2018 Dinamo București 57 (17)
2018–2020 Pafos 42 (17)
2020–2021 Dinamo București 30 (4)
2021–2026 Voluntari 154 (39)
2026– Höflein 0 (0)
Total 550 (141)
International career
2006 Slovakia U21 1 (0)
2006–2019 Slovakia 43 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2026

Adam Nemec (born 2 September 1985) is a former Slovak professional footballer who played as a forward.

Club career

Nemec played with MSK Žilina from 2004 to 2007, winning the Slovak First Football League in his last season. He then played on loan for Erzgebirge Aue in Germany, scoring 10 goals in 29 games. He joined the club for €85,000 with an option to buy for €750,000 if the club managed to stay in the league.

In 2008, he signed with Belgian club Genk but only stayed one year. He returned to Germany, this time to Kaiserslautern in 2009, where he played until 2012. He had an injury in 2011 from falling from a tree. After that, he played for Ingolstadt and Union Berlin in Germany. In 2015, he joined New York City FC in the USA but left after a few months. He then signed with Willem II in the Netherlands. In 2016, he joined Dinamo București in Romania, where he scored two goals in the cup final and won a trophy. Later, he played for Pafos in Cyprus, where he scored 16 goals and won a golden boot. He retired from his professional career in 2026, at the age of 40.

International career

Nemec playing against Ukraine in 2014.

On 10 December 2006, Nemec debuted for the Slovak senior squad during a friendly match against United Arab Emirates. He scored five goals in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, including in three in two matches against Malta.

On 22 February 2019, Nemec announced his retirement from international football at the age of 33, along with two national team defenders Tomáš Hubočan and Martin Škrtel. The trio shared a farewell game on 13 October 2019 in a friendly match against Paraguay, which coincided with a national team return to Tehelné pole after ten years.

References

  1. ↑ "Adam Nemec". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bývalý slovenský útočník ukončil kariéru. Nastúpil za národný tím 43-krát". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  3. ↑ "Sándor Nagy". fussballdaten.de (in German). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Adam Nemec s hodnotou aspoň 1,5 milióna eur, odhaduje LVZ". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  5. ↑ "Adam Nemec prestúpil do belgického Genku - Zahraničné ligy - Futbal - Športweb - pravda.sk". www.pravda.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  6. ↑ "Soccer-Kaisterlautern's Nemec injured in cherry tree plunge". Reuters UK. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  7. ↑ "Nemec zavesil profesionálnu kariéru na klinec, no nekončí: V 6. lige si zahrá po boku brata". Šport24.sk. 2026-07-18. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  8. ↑ "Bývalý futbalový reprezentant Adam Nemec v 40 rokoch ukončil profesionálnu kariéru". Denník N (in Slovak). 2026-07-18. Retrieved 2026-07-21.
  9. ↑ Joríková, Viktória (24 March 2017). "Video | Adam Nemec: "Nič nepodceniť a v piatok vybehnúť po tri body"". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press.
  10. ↑ "Video: Adam Nemec strelil Malte dva góly, z divákov mal husiu kožu". SITA (in Slovak). News Agency of the Slovak Republic. 9 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Futbalisti Škrtel, Hubočan, a Nemec prekvapivo ukončili reprezentačnú kariéru". Sme. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Slováci v príprave remizovali s Paraguajom, s reprezentáciou sa rozlúčila trojica hráčov". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. Retrieved 13 October 2019.