Jakub Hromada

Jakub Hromada
Hromada with Slovakia at UEFA Euro 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-05-25) 25 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Košice, Slovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 14
Youth career
–2013 KAC Jednota Košice
2011–2012 → Zemplín Michalovce (loan)
2012–2013 → Juventus (loan)
2013–2015 Juventus
2014 → Genoa (loan)
2015 Sampdoria
2015 → Pro Vercelli (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Sampdoria 0 (0)
2015–2016 → Senica (loan) 25 (5)
2016–2017 → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 18 (1)
2017–2024 Slavia Prague 77 (2)
2020 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 22 (2)
2024 → Rapid București (loan) 8 (1)
2024– Rapid București 11 (0)
International career‡
2011 Slovakia U15 2 (0)
2011 Slovakia U16 1 (0)
2012–2013 Slovakia U17 7 (1)
2014 Slovakia U18 3 (0)
2014–2015 Slovakia U19 6 (2)
2016–2017 Slovakia U21 10 (1)
2021 Slovakia 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Jakub Hromada (born 25 May 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București.

Club career

Senica

On 12 August 2015, Senica signed two-year loan with Hromada from Sampdoria. He made his professional Fortuna liga debut for Senica against Slovan Bratislava on 15 August 2015.[1]

Loan to Viktoria Plzeň

On 23 June 2016, Hromada signed one-year loan with option to buy from Sampdoria.

Slavia Prague

On 20 June 2017, Hromada signed for Slavia Prague,[2] although the transfer rumours were on for most of June. At the time of the signing Hromada was expected to be at 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, but had to withdraw a couple of days before its commencement, due to a knee injury.[3] On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017-18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.[4]

Loan to Rapid București

On 4 February 2024, Slavia loaned Hromada to Romanian Liga I club Rapid București until end of the season with option to make transfer permanent. He made his professional debut on 24 February 2024, in a 3–1 away loss to Politehnica Iaşi. Three weeks later, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Universtatea Craiova.[5]

Rapid Bucureşti

On 17 June 2024, Jakub Hromada joined on a three-year contract after the club decided to pay €500,000 to Slavia Prague and sign him for a permanent deal.[6]

International career

In March 2021, Hromada was first called up to Slovak senior national team by Štefan Tarkovič for three 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures against Cyprus, Malta and Russia.[7]

After being benched for two ties against Cyprus (away, 0–0) and Malta (home, 2–2), Tarkovič granted Hromada his international debut on 30 March 2021 in a crucial qualifier against Russia, which could have seen Slovakia's chances of qualification diminish after first set of fixtures. Hromada debuted in the starting-XI and saw Slovakia take a lead in the first half through a header by Milan Škriniar. He was booked with a yellow card in first-half injury time, following a foul on Rifat Zhemaletdinov.[8] Hromada was replaced after 60 minutes of play by Patrik Hrošovský. In his absence, Russia equalised through Fernandes, but Róbert Mak sealed Slovak 2–1 victory soon after.[9] After his debut, Hromada was praised for exhibition of "modern football", defensive anticipation, rebound collection, ball exportation and speed.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[11]
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Senica (loan) 2015–16 Slovak Super Liga 25 5 3 1 — — 28 6
Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 2016–17 Czech First League 18 1 0 0 6 0 — 24 1
Slavia Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 14 0 4 0 4 0 — 22 0
2018–19 1 0 — — — 1 0
2019–20 0 0 1 0 — 1 0 2 0
2020–21 14 0 3 1 5 0 — 22 1
2021–22 22 1 1 0 3 0 — 26 1
2022–23 19 1 3 0 0 0 — 22 1
2023–24 7 0 1 0 3 0 — 11 0
Total 77 2 13 1 15 0 1 0 106 3
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2019–20 Czech First League 13 0 3 0 — — 16 0
2020–21 9 2 0 0 8 1 — 17 3
Total 22 2 3 0 8 1 — 33 3
Rapid București (loan) 2023–24 Liga I 8 1 — — — 8 1
Rapid București 2024–25 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Career total 161 11 19 2 29 1 1 0 210 14

International

As of match played 14 November 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovakia 2021 5 0
Total 5 0

Honours

Slavia Prague

References

  1. ^ FK Senica 1:1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 15.08.2015, futbalnet.sk
  2. ^ "Slavia přivedla Slováka Hromadu ze Sampdorie, upsal se na tři roky".
  3. ^ "Slováci před Eurem "21" přišli o Hromadu, Slavia zájem neztrácí".
  4. ^ "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
  5. ^ "Slávistický záložník Hromada bude na jaře hostovat v Rapidu Bukurešť". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Jakub Hromada has signed with Rapid". fcrapid.ro (in Romanian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Štefan Tarkovič oznámil nomináciu na úvodné kvalifikačné zápasy na MS 2022". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Slovakia-Russia | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Kvalifikácia MS 2022: Slovensko je späť v hre! Sebavedomí Rusi odchádzajú z Trnavy s prehrou". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Kucka bol ako buldog. Hromada ukázal futbalovú modernu (hodnotenie)". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  11. ^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.