Matej Rakovan

Matej Rakovan
Personal information
Full name Matej Rakovan
Date of birth (1990-03-14) 14 March 1990
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Žilina 0 (0)
2011–2012 → Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš (loan) 11 (0)
2012 → Karviná (loan) 14 (0)
2013 → Slavia Prague (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2015 Slavia Prague 14 (0)
2015–2018 Vysočina Jihlava 31 (0)
2018–2019 Dundee United 9 (0)
2019–2025 Zlín 87 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Slovakia U21 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 January 2025

Matej Rakovan (born 14 March 1990) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.[1]

Club career

Slavia Prague

In January 2013, he was loaned to Slavia Prague, where many of his former teammates played. The loan deal also included a transfer option.[2][3] He made his debut in the 1st league in the last round of the 2012/13 season in a match against Vysočina Jihlava (a 1–3 defeat).[4] After the season, Slavia exercised the option.[5]

Later career

Rakovan signed a two-year contract with Dundee United in June 2018. He was released from his contract on 23 January 2019 [6]

On 30 January 2019, Rakovan signed a contract until the end of 2020 with FC Fastav Zlín.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Matej Rakovan at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Slavia získala na hostování brankáře Mateje Rakovana". www.slavia.cz. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Brankár Matej Rakovan bude na jar obliekať dres pražskej Slavie". MŠK Žilina (in Czech). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Brankár Slavie Rakovan: Premiéru som si predstavoval inak". profutbal.net. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "Postupové oslavy boli neskutočné. O to ťažšie sa mi odchádzalo, priznáva slovenský brankár". Denník Šport (in Slovak). Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "Dundee United sign goalkeepers Matej Rakovan and Benjamin Siegrist". BBC Sport. 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  7. ↑ ŠEVCI MAJÍ DRUHOU ZIMNÍ POSILU. DO ZLÍNA PŘICHÁZÍ BRANKÁŘ MATĚJ RAKOVAN, fcfastavzlin.cz, 30 January 2019


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