Dávid Hancko

Dávid Hancko
Hancko with Feyenoord in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-12-13) 13 December 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Prievidza, Slovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, left-back
Team information
Current team
 Feyenoord
Number 33
Youth career
2006–2008 Tatran Kamenec
2010–2013 Baník Horná Nitra
2013–2016 Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Žilina B 45 (11)
2016–2018 Žilina 35 (3)
2018–2021 Fiorentina 5 (0)
2019–2021 → Sparta Prague (loan) 43 (7)
2021–2022 Sparta Prague 33 (7)
2022– Feyenoord 82 (9)
International career‡
2015–2017 Slovakia U19 8 (1)
2017–2018 Slovakia U21 9 (0)
2018– Slovakia 44 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:23, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:23, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Dávid Hancko (born 13 December 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or left-back for Eredivisie club Feyenoord and the Slovakia national team.[1]

Club career

MŠK Žilina

Hancko made his Slovak Super Liga debut for Žilina against ŽP Šport Podrbezová on 12 March 2016.[2] He was included by UEFA on its list of most promising talents for 2018.[3]

Fiorentina

On 14 June 2018, Hancko had signed a five-year contract with Fiorentina.[4] He played in multiple friendly pre-season fixtures, but made his competitive debut on 22 September 2018, after being benched for four matches, during a 3–0 home victory over SPAL, coming as a substitute for Cristiano Biraghi at half time. His performance was generally well-received, receiving an average mark of 7.0/10 by the Sofascore internet portal.[5]

During January 2019 transfer window, it was reported that Zenit Saint Peterburg were looking to sign Hancko on a half-season loan, for €500,000, with an option to buy for €20 million. At this point, Hancko had only started as a substitute in two Serie A games, but was important for the national team in October and November fixtures of UEFA Nations League. Nonetheless, Fiorentina did not agree to the terms of the deal.[6]

Sparta Prague

After failing to make a significant impact in Fiorentina, Hancko was out on loan to AC Sparta Prague.[7] The loan was made permanent on 6 June 2021.[8] On 31 July 2022, in a 2–1 home loss against Slovan Liberec, Hancko made his 100th appearance for Sparta Prague.[9]

Feyenoord

On 22 August 2022, Hancko joined Feyenoord for 6m euros, signing a four-year contract.[10] He debuted five days later against FC Emmen, and provided the assist which enabled Quinten Timber to score the first goal in a 4–0 win for Feyenoord.[11]He made it to the TransferFeed Top 100 Stars of the transfer window 2024.[12]

International career

On 2 October 2018, shortly after his debut in Serie A, Hancko was called Slovakia's senior national team by coach Ján Kozák for matches against the Czech Republic (a part of 2018–19 UEFA Nations League) and a friendly match against Sweden.[citation needed] Hancko debuted in the former match, coming as a substitute to left-back Tomáš Hubočan in the 80th minute.[13]

After the international retirement of Tomáš Hubočan in February 2019,[14] Hancko was nominated as the preferred choice as a left-back, playing the entirety of a qualifying match against Hungary on 21 March. As in previous matches, Hancko presented himself with a quite offensive football, at times playing in the line with attacking midfielders.[15] On 11 June, Hancko scored his first international goal in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualification against Azerbaijan, ending in a 5–1 victory.[16]

Personal life

From 2019 to 2020, Hancko was in a relationship with model Laura Longauerová.[17] Afterwards, he began a relationship with Czech tennis player Kristýna Plíšková. They got married in July 2021 and welcomed a son one year later.[18]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 December 2024[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Žilina B 2014–15 2. Liga 1 0 — — — 1 0
2015–16 2. Liga 29 5 — — — 29 5
2016–17 2. Liga 13 6 — — — 13 6
2017–18 2. Liga 2 0 — — — 2 0
Total 45 11 — — — 45 11
Žilina 2015–16 Slovak Super Liga 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
2016–17 Slovak Super Liga 3 0 1 0 — — 4 0
2017–18 Slovak Super Liga 27 3 3 1 0 0 — 30 4
Total 35 3 5 1 0 0 — 40 4
Fiorentina 2018–19 Serie A 5 0 0 0 — — 5 0
Sparta Prague (loan) 2019–20 Czech First League 19 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 23 3
2020–21 Czech First League 24 5 2 1 2[a] 1 0 0 28 7
Sparta Prague 2021–22 Czech First League 30 7 2 1 12[b] 2 0 0 44 10
2022–23 Czech First League 3 0 — 2[c] 0 0 0 5 0
Total 76 14 8 3 16 3 0 0 100 20
Feyenoord 2022–23 Eredivisie 31 2 4 0 10[a] 2 — 45 4
2023–24 Eredivisie 34 5 5 1 8[d] 1 1[e] 0 48 7
2024–25 Eredivisie 17 2 1 0 6[f] 1 1[e] 0 25 3
Total 82 9 10 1 24 4 2 0 118 14
Career total 243 37 22 4 40 7 2 0 307 48
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  6. ^ Appearances inUEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 16 November 2024[20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovakia 2018 4 0
2019 8 1
2021 8 0
2022 5 1
2023 10 2
2024 12 1
Total 47 5
As of match played 16 November 2024.
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hancko goal.[20]
List of international goals scored by Dávid Hancko
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 June 2019 Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 5–1 5–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2 17 November 2022 City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 1–0 2–2 Friendly
3 11 September 2023 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Liechtenstein 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
4 13 October 2023 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal  Portugal 1–2 2–3 UEFA Euro 2024 qualification
5 16 November 2024 Strawberry Arena, Solna, Sweden  Sweden 1–1 1–2 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C

Honours

Sparta Prague

Feyenoord

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Hancko patří Spartě! Je čtvrtá nejdražší posila, ovlivní to příchody?". Blesk (in Czech). 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "ŽP Šport Podbrezová – MŠK Žilina". Sme (in Slovak). 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "UEFA included two Slovaks among biggest talents for 2018". The Slovak Spectator (in Slovak). 9 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Video: Hviezdy Žiliny mieria do talianskej Serie A. Hancko sa upísal Fiorentine". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Fiorentina SPAL live score, video stream and H2H results". Sofascore. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ^ "Hancko mal šancu byť tretím najdrahším Slovákom, jeho klub ponuku odmietol". Sme (in Slovak). 23 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Dávid Hancko už vie, kam ho pošle Fiorentina na hosťovanie" [Dávid Hancko already knows where Fiorentina will send him on loan]. Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2022 – via Slovak footballer Dávid Hancko will be on loan to Sparta Prague for one year from Italian club Fiorentina, with an option for a permanent transfer. According to Šport Aktuality, an agreement was confirmed by the Czech club on Saturday on its official website.
  8. ^ "Klub Sparta Praha získal Hancka na trvalý prestup" [AC Sparta Prague bought Hancko on a permanent transfer]. Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Hancko odehrál 100. zápas za Spartu". AC Sparta Prague (in Czech). Archived from the original on 2 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Dávid Hancko tekent meerjarig contract bij Feyenoord" [Dávid Hancko signs multi-year contract with Feyenoord]. Feyenoord (in Dutch). 22 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Feyenoord in debuutgoalgala langs FC Emmen". vi.nl (in Dutch). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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  13. ^ "Dávid Hancko debutoval v základe a hneď búral dogmy" [Dávid Hancko debuted in the base and immediately broke dogmas]. Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). Ringier Axel Springier Slovakia. 19 October 2018.
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  18. ^ "Obří radost u Hancků: Kristýna porodila překrásné děťátko!". Blesk (in Czech). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  19. ^ Dávid Hancko at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 February 2022.
  20. ^ a b "Dávid Hancko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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