Personal information | |||
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Full name | Erik Jendrišek | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Trstená, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Forward / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Cracovia | ||
Number | 62 | ||
Youth career | |||
2001–2003 | Ružomberok | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003–2006 | Ružomberok | 56 | (30) |
2006–2007 | Hannover 96 | 9 | (0) |
2007–2010 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 90 | (34) |
2010 | Schalke 04 | 3 | (0) |
2011–2013 | SC Freiburg | 36 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Energie Cottbus | 29 | (1) |
2014 | Spartak Trnava | 13 | (5) |
2015– | Cracovia | 53 | (17) |
National team‡ | |||
2008– | Slovakia | 37 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2014 |
Erik Jendrišek (born 26 October 1986) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Cracovia as a forward.
Jendrišek was the best youth player in Slovakia during the 2002–03 season. Playing as a professional with Ružomberok between 2003 and 2006, he scored 30 goals in 56 league games. In 2006, he won the Slovak league and cup double with the club, also being the country's top goalscorer for the 2005–06 season with 21 goals, alongside Róbert Rák.
In the summer of 2006, Jendrišek was signed by Hannover 96 on a season-long loan deal with the option of a permanent deal at the end of the season. He made his competitive debut for the club on 9 September 2006 in the first round of the 2006–07 DFB-Pokal, coming on as a substitute in their 3–2 away win at Dynamo Dresden. He went on to make his Bundesliga debut on 23 September 2006 in a 1–1 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen, once again coming on as a substitute. However, he never managed to find his place as a first-team regular with Hannover, finishing the season with only nine Bundesliga appearances on his tally, all of them as a substitute.
On 30 May 2007, Jendrišek moved to 1. FC Kaiserslautern on a three-year contract. He made his Kaiserslautern debut on 4 August 2007 in their 4–0 away win against SV Wilhelmshaven in the first round of the 2007–08 DFB-Pokal. His league debut for Kaiserslautern came on 13 August 2007 in the club's opening match of the season, a 1–1 draw at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach. He quickly established himself as a regular with the club, scoring five goals in 16 league appearances during the first half of the season. He also recorded three assists during that period of the season.