Jakub Hromada

Jakub Hromada
	Hromada with Slovakia at UEFA Euro 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	25 May 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Košice, Slovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Rapid București
Number	14
Youth career
0000–2013	KAC Jednota Košice
2011–2012	→ Zemplín Michalovce (loan)
2012–2013	→ Juventus (loan)
2013–2015	Juventus
2014	→ Genoa (loan)
2015	Sampdoria
2015	→ Pro Vercelli (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Sampdoria
2015–2016	→ Senica (loan)
2016–2017	→ Viktoria Plzeň (loan)
2017–2024	Slavia Prague
2020	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)
2024	→ Rapid București (loan)
2024–	Rapid București
International career‡
2011	Slovakia U15
2011	Slovakia U16
2012–2013	Slovakia U17
2014	Slovakia U18
2014–2015	Slovakia U19
2016–2017	Slovakia U21
2021	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2021

Jakub Hromada (born 25 May 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București.

Club career

Senica

On 12 August 2015, Senica signed two-year loan with Hromada from Sampdoria. He made his professional Fortuna liga debut for Senica against Slovan Bratislava on 15 August 2015.^[1]

Loan to Viktoria Plzeň

On 23 June 2016, Hromada signed one-year loan with option to buy from Sampdoria.

Slavia Prague

On 20 June 2017, Hromada signed for Slavia Prague,^[2] although the transfer rumours were on for most of June. At the time of the signing Hromada was expected to be at 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Poland, but had to withdraw a couple of days before its commencement, due to a knee injury.^[3] On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017-18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.^[4]

Loan to Rapid București

On 4 February 2024, Slavia loaned Hromada to Romanian Liga I club Rapid București until end of the season with option to make transfer permanent. He made his professional debut on 24 February 2024, in a 3–1 away loss to Politehnica Iaşi. Three weeks later, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Universitatea Craiova.^[5]

Rapid Bucureşti

On 17 June 2024, Jakub Hromada joined on a three-year contract after the club decided to pay €500,000 to Slavia Prague and sign him for a permanent deal.^[6]

International career

In March 2021, Hromada was first called up to Slovak senior national team by Štefan Tarkovič for three 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification fixtures against Cyprus, Malta and Russia.^[7]

After being benched for two ties against Cyprus (away, 0–0) and Malta (home, 2–2), Tarkovič granted Hromada his international debut on 30 March 2021 in a crucial qualifier against Russia, which could have seen Slovakia's chances of qualification diminish after first set of fixtures. Hromada debuted in the starting-XI and saw Slovakia take a lead in the first half through a header by Milan Škriniar. He was booked with a yellow card in first-half injury time, following a foul on Rifat Zhemaletdinov.^[8] Hromada was replaced after 60 minutes of play by Patrik Hrošovský. In his absence, Russia equalised through Fernandes, but Róbert Mak sealed Slovak 2–1 victory soon after.^[9] After his debut, Hromada was praised for exhibition of "modern football", defensive anticipation, rebound collection, ball exportation and speed.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[11]
Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Senica (loan)	2015–16	Slovak Super Liga	25	5	3	1	—		—		28	6
Viktoria Plzeň (loan)	2016–17	Czech First League	18	1	0	0	6	0	—		24	1
Slavia Prague	2017–18	Czech First League	14	0	4	0	4	0	—		22	0
	2018–19		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2019–20		0	0	1	0	—		1	0	2	0
	2020–21		14	0	3	1	5	0	—		22	1
	2021–22		22	1	1	0	3	0	—		26	1
	2022–23		19	1	3	0	0	0	—		22	1
	2023–24		7	0	1	0	3	0	—		11	0
	Total		77	2	13	1	15	0	1	0	106	3
Slovan Liberec (loan)	2019–20	Czech First League	13	0	3	0	—		—		16	0
	2020–21	Czech First League	9	2	0	0	8	1	—		17	3
	Total		22	2	3	0	8	1	—		33	3
Rapid București (loan)	2023–24	Liga I	8	1	—		—		—		8	1
Rapid București	2024–25	Liga I	13	0	0	0	—		—		13	0
Career total			163	11	19	2	29	1	1	0	212	14

International

As of match played 14 November 2021

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Slovakia	2021	5	0
Total		5	0

Honours

Slavia Prague

References

^ FK Senica 1:1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 15.08.2015, futbalnet.sk
^ "Slavia přivedla Slováka Hromadu ze Sampdorie, upsal se na tři roky".
^ "Slováci před Eurem "21" přišli o Hromadu, Slavia zájem neztrácí".
^ "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
^ "Slávistický záložník Hromada bude na jaře hostovat v Rapidu Bukurešť". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
^ "Jakub Hromada has signed with Rapid". fcrapid.ro (in Romanian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ "Štefan Tarkovič oznámil nomináciu na úvodné kvalifikačné zápasy na MS 2022". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^ "Slovakia-Russia | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Kvalifikácia MS 2022: Slovensko je späť v hre! Sebavedomí Rusi odchádzajú z Trnavy s prehrou". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Kucka bol ako buldog. Hromada ukázal futbalovú modernu (hodnotenie)". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

External links

Jakub Hromada at Soccerway (in English)
Jakub Hromada at WorldFootball.net
FK Senica official profile Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovak)
Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)

[1] FK Senica 1:1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava 15.08.2015, futbalnet.sk

[2] "Slavia přivedla Slováka Hromadu ze Sampdorie, upsal se na tři roky".

[3] "Slováci před Eurem "21" přišli o Hromadu, Slavia zájem neztrácí".

[4] "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".

[5] "Slávistický záložník Hromada bude na jaře hostovat v Rapidu Bukurešť". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.

[6] "Jakub Hromada has signed with Rapid". fcrapid.ro (in Romanian). 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[7] "Štefan Tarkovič oznámil nomináciu na úvodné kvalifikačné zápasy na MS 2022". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 16 March 2021.

[8] "Slovakia-Russia | European Qualifiers". UEFA.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[9] "Kvalifikácia MS 2022: Slovensko je späť v hre! Sebavedomí Rusi odchádzajú z Trnavy s prehrou". Šport.sk (in Slovak). SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia as. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[10] "Kucka bol ako buldog. Hromada ukázal futbalovú modernu (hodnotenie)". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[11] Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.

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