Juraj Kucka
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Kucka in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Juraj Kucka | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bojnice, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Milan | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2002 | Prievidza | ||
| 2002–2004 | Radvaň | ||
| 2004–2006 | Podbrezová | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Podbrezová | 42 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Ružomberok | 48 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | Sparta Praha | 45 | (11) |
| 2011–2015 | Genoa | 122 | (9) |
| 2015– | Milan | 50 | (4) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007–2008 | Slovakia U21 | 11 | (0) |
| 2008– | Slovakia | 52 | (6) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2016 |
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Juraj Kucka (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjuraj ˈkutska]; born 26 February 1987) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a midfielder for Italian club Milan in Serie A and the Slovakia national football team. He is nicknamed Kuco, a moniker he was given in kindergarten.
Kucka made his Slovak Super Liga debut for MFK Ružomberok on 11 March 2007. He played six games in his first season. Overall, Kucka played 49 games and scored eight goals for Ružomberok. Czech manager Michal Bílek, coaching Ružomberok in 2008, recommended Kucka for Sparta Praha. In January 2009, he has signed a three-year contract for Sparta. In 2009–10 Czech First League season he won the champions.
On 6 January 2011, he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract for €3.55 million transfer fee with Genoa C.F.C. (later extended one more year to 30 June 2016). He made his debut in the Coppa Italia match against Inter on 12 January 2011. He was voted man of the match by Genoa fans after 1–1 draw against Milan on 6 February 2011. Kucka proved immediately to fit fine in the squad, showing a remarkable physical strength and good technical skills, resulting the second best player of Genoa. He scored his first goal for Genoa in a 2–1 away win against Lazio on 18 September 2011.
On 31 August 2011, the last day of transfer window, Inter and Genoa came to an agreement to swap co-ownerships of Juraj Kucka (€8M) and Emiliano Viviano (€5M). In June 2012 Kucka returned to Genoa where he spent 2011–12 season on loan for just €6.5 million, co-currently Samuele Longo returned to Inter for €7M.
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