Juraj Ančic (born 12 July 1981) is a Slovak international football midfielder who played for clubs in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He is currently manager of Šamorín.

Juraj Ančic
Personal information
Full name Juraj Ančic
Date of birth (1981-07-12) 12 July 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Trenčín, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
AS Trenčín (caretaker manager)
Youth career
1992–1996 TTS Trenčín
1996–1998 Dukla Ozeta Trenčín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Dukla Ozeta Trenčín 69 (5)
2002–2007 FC Slovan Liberec 75 (2)
2007Sparta Prague (loan) 3 (0)
2007–2008 MŠK Žilina 8 (0)
2008–2009 FK AS Trenčín
2009 Spartak Bánovce
2010 Slovan Duslo Šaľa
2011 Kyjov 1919
International career
2001 Slovakia U-21 8 (0)
2002 Slovakia 1 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2018 AS Trenčín (assistant)
2018 AS Trenčín (assistant)
2019 Inter Bratislava (assistant)
2020- AS Trenčín (assistant)
2021 AS Trenčín (caretaker)
2022 AS Trenčín
2023- Šamorín
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2009
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2009

Career edit

Born in Trenčín, Ančic began playing football for the youth side of TTS Trenčín. He signed his first professional contract with Dukla Ozeta Trenčín.

Ančic joined Czech Gambrinus liga side FC Slovan Liberec in 2002. He was unable to work his way into Slovan's starting squad on a regular basis and went on a six-month loan to Sparta Prague in January 2007. In the summer of 2007, he moved on to MŠK Žilina.

After a short spell with Žilina, he joined AS Trenčín in late 2008.[1] He left the club in the summer 2009 and spent the fall at Spartak Bánovce.[2] In 2011 he joined FC Kyjov 1919.[3]

Coaching career edit

In the beginning of January 2012, Ančic was hired at AS Trenčín as a youth coach.[4] On 29 January 2018, Ančic was promoted to the first team assistant manager under head manager Vladimír Cifranič.[5] He worked in this position for a year, before joining Inter Bratislava also as an assistant manager. Ančic actually switched position with Richard Slezák, who worked for Inter Bratislava and joined AS Trenčín as an assistant manager, while Ančic took his position at Inter Bratislava.[6]

In January 2022, Ančic entered his third managerial spell at Trenčín, but only lasted half-season and was replaced by Peter Hyballa ahead of the new 2022–23 season. His spell was commented on in the media as largely successful, exhibiting dominance in the Relegation Group, while also supporting players like Adam Tučný, Dominik Hollý or Philip Azango in their development. It was also noted, that club advisor Ivan Galád did not support Ančic's continuation at the club. [7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Juraj Ančic novou posilou Trenčína" (in Slovak). Profutbal.sk. 29 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  2. ^ Juraj Ančic odmietol ponúknutý kontrakt v FC Tescoma Zlín, futbalportal.net, 2 February 2010
  3. ^ Dres Kyjova oblékne exligista Juraj Ančic, jmfotbal.estranky.cz, 13 July 2011
  4. ^ Ančic sa dal na trénerstvo, začne pri mládeži v Trenčíne, sportky.zoznam.sk, 12 January 2012
  5. ^ Trenčín povedie na jar ako hlavný tréner Cifranič. Marčok sa vrátil k juniorom, sport.sme.sk, 29 January 2018
  6. ^ Trenčín a Inter Bratislava si vymenili asistentov trénera, sport.aktuality.sk, 8 January 2019
  7. ^ s.r.o, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Slovakia Media. "Komentár: Nie trójske kone, ale vlastní". Šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 14 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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