Adrián Kaprálik

Adrián Kaprálik (born 10 June 2002) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ekstraklasa club Górnik Zabrze, on loan from Žilina.

Adrián Kaprálik
Personal information
Full name Adrián Kaprálik
Date of birth (2002-06-10) 10 June 2002
Place of birth Trstená, Slovakia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Górnik Zabrze
(on loan from Žilina)
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2015 Oravan Oravská Jasenica
2015–2019 Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Žilina B 23 (6)
2020– Žilina 94 (17)
2023– → Górnik Zabrze (loan) 30 (7)
International career‡
2016 Slovakia U15 2 (0)
2017–2018 Slovakia U16 3 (0)
2019 Slovakia U17 5 (1)
2019 Slovakia U18 3 (0)
2021 Slovakia U19 1 (0)
2021– Slovakia U21 29 (8)
2022– Slovakia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:20, 5 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Kaprálik made his Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina in a home fixture against Spartak Trnava on 14 June 2020.He came on as a second-half replacement for Patrik Iľko, when Žilina led by a single goal, following strikes by Dávid Ďuriš and Ján Bernát. The scoresheet remained unchanged and Žilina took the 2–1 victory. He scored his first league goal in a 4–2 win over AS Trenčín.[1]

On 15 August 2023, after making six appearances and scoring thrice across all competitions at the start of the 2023–24 campaign, Kaprálik joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Górnik Zabrze on a year loan.[2] He scored a late league goal against Ruch Chorzów which ended in a 2–1 victory for Górnik Zabrze.[3]

International career

On 17 November 2022, Kaprálik received his first call-up to the Slovak senior squad for two friendly matches against Montenegro and Chile.[4] He debuted in the latter match on 20 November, coming as a substitute in the 89th minute to replace Tomáš Suslov which ended in a goalless draw.[5]

Career statistics

Club
As of 5 June 2024
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Žilina 2019–20 Fortuna Liga 20———20
2020–21 Fortuna Liga 3126210—384
2021–22 Fortuna Liga 2543080—364
2022–23 Fortuna Liga 331031——3611
2023–24 Fortuna Liga 310032—63
Total 9417123122—11822
Górnik Zabrze (loan) 2023–24 Ekstraklasa 30721——328
Career total 124241441220015030

References
  1. "Žilina vs. Spartak Trnava". Soccerway. 14 June 2020.
  2. "Adrián Kaprálik piłkarzem Górnika Zabrze!". Górnik Zabrze (in Polish). 15 August 2023.
  3. "Famózne sólo od polovice ihriska: Kaprálik strelil nádherný gól, to musíte vidieť!". Športky (in Slovak). 16 March 2024.
  4. "Zahanbil Slovan a dočkal sa pozvánky do reprezentácie: Týždeň snov, teší sa Kaprálik". Športky (in Slovak). 14 November 2022.
  5. Šurin, Peter (20 November 2022). "Muži A | S Čile bezgólová remíza a Hamšíkov odchod slávobránou, podľa Calzonu "je nádherný"". Slovak Football Association (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 November 2022.


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