Pavol Ďurica

Pavol Ďurica
Personal information
Full name Pavol Ďurica
Date of birth (1983-05-17) 17 May 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth Czechoslovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–2001 DAC Dunajská Streda
2001 Bardejov
2001–2002 DAC Dunajská Streda 1 (0)
2002–2003 MŠO Štúrovo
2004–2007 DAC Dunajská Streda 51 (7)
2007–2009 Artmedia Petržalka
2008 →FC Fehérvár (loan) 4 (0)
2009–2010 MFK Petržalka 24 (2)
2010–2012 DAC Dunajská Streda 25 (0)
2012–2013 SC Ritzing
2013–2014 DSC Orechova Poton
2014–2016 Rapid Ohrady
2016–2018 SK Vydrany
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 July 2012

Pavol Ďurica (born 17 May 1983) is a former Slovak football midfielder

In early 2008 he joined the Hungarian team FC Fehérvár on loan from Artmedia Bratislava, where he played only four games, but during this short period he scored a remarkable own goal against Debreceni VSC in the Hungarian Cup quarter-final on 27 March 2008. The match was heading towards extra time, when Debrecen was awarded a penalty in the last minute, which was saved by the goalkeeper of FC Fehérvár, but the ball bounced back to the penalty spot and the arriving Ďurica, desperately wanting to clear to the stands, hammered it into his own goal clipping the post.

The video of the own goal immediately became a major hit on the internet, producing millions of downloads within only a few days.

A few days after this match, Ďurica was released from FC Fehérvár because he failed to show up for a match with the reserves.

He is the brother of Slovak international Ján Ďurica.