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Juraj Kucka

Juraj Kucka

Midfield - Central Midfield  at Banik Prievidza
Age39
CitizenshipSlovakia
Height1.86 m
Footright
BornFebruary 26, 1987
at Banik Prievidza 327 days · joined 2025-07-01
👕500+ Apps 50+ Goals 🏴100+ Caps Veteran
Market value €250k
Central Midfield Midfield

Career snapshot

9
clubs played for
07/08
debut season
0.13
goals / match
Genoa CFC
top club · 127 apps

Position rank · 24/25

#1253
goals rank
#1626
assists rank
72
season goals
46
season assists

Among 2,799 Midfield - Central Midfields · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€9.00m
peak value · 2016
€6.40m
top transfer fee · 18/19
8
best season · 22/23
123 / 14
int'l caps / goals
554Appearances
72Goals
46Assists
112Yellow cards
3Red cards
154Full matches (90′)
Full nameJuraj Kucka
Date of birth1987-02-26 (39 yrs)
Place of birthBojnice, Slovakia
CitizenshipSlovakia
PositionMidfield - Central Midfield (main: Midfield)
Footright
Height186.00 m
Current clubBanik Prievidza
Joined2025-07-01
Contract expires2027-06-30
AgentStars & Friends
OutfitterNike
Jul 2025
Transfer: Slo. Bratislava → Banik Prievidza
25/26 · Transfer
Jan 2025
Injury: unknown
11 games missed
Sep 2024
Injury: unknown
6 games missed
Aug 2024
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2024
24/25 — Slovan Bratislava
19 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2023
23/24 — Slovan Bratislava
39 matches · 5 G · 6 A · across 6 competitions
Jul 2022
22/23 — Slovan Bratislava
50 matches · 8 G · 1 A · across 7 competitions
Jul 2022
Transfer: Parma → Slo. Bratislava
22/23 · Transfer
Jun 2022
Transfer: Watford → Parma
21/22 · Return from loan
Jun 2022
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2021
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2021
Transfer: Parma → Watford
21/22 · Loan
Jul 2021
21/22 — Watford FC
27 matches · 1 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
May 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jan 2021
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Jul 2020
20/21 — Parma Calcio 1913
28 matches · 7 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Mar 2020
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2020
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Dec 2019
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Sep 2019
Injury: unknown
4 games missed
Jul 2019
19/20 — Parma Calcio 1913
28 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2019
Transfer: Trabzonspor → Parma
18/19 · Transfer · €6.40m
Nov 2018
Injury: unknown
8 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Parma Calcio 1913, Trabzonspor
28 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2017
Transfer: AC Milan → Trabzonspor
17/18 · Transfer · €5.00m
Jul 2017
17/18 — Trabzonspor
28 matches · 3 G · 6 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — AC Milan
33 matches · 4 G · 2 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2015
Transfer: Genoa → AC Milan
15/16 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2015
15/16 — AC Milan, Genoa CFC
35 matches · 1 G · 4 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Genoa CFC
34 matches · 2 G · 2 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Genoa CFC
12 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Genoa CFC
33 matches · 3 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2011
11/12 — Genoa CFC
29 matches · 2 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2011
Transfer: Sparta Prague → Genoa
10/11 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2010
10/11 — AC Sparta Prague, Genoa CFC
42 matches · 5 G · 1 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — AC Sparta Prague B, AC Sparta Prague
30 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 5 competitions
Jan 2009
Transfer: Ruzomberok → Sparta Prague
08/09 · Transfer
Jul 2008
08/09 — MFK Ruzomberok, AC Sparta Prague
34 matches · 6 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — MFK Ruzomberok
25 matches · 5 G · 2 A · across 1 competition
Jan 2007
Transfer: Podbrezova → Ruzomberok
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2006
Transfer: Podbrezova U19 → Podbrezova
06/07 · Transfer
Aug 2004
Transfer: Junior Radvan → Podbrezova U19
04/05 · Transfer
Aug 2002
Transfer: Prievidza Yth. → Junior Radvan
02/03 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €9.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 2053 other Midfield - Central Midfields with ≥500 minutes in 24/25. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals2 total · 0.51/90
84
Assists1 total · 0.25/90
69
G+A3 total · 0.76/90
80
Yellow cards1 total · 0.25/90
68
13,890 min
Minutes played by club
Slovan Bratislava 12.0%
Watford FC 13.8%
Parma Calcio 1913 7.5%
Trabzonspor 4.8%
AC Milan 21.2%
Genoa CFC 22.5%
AC Sparta Prague 11.4%
AC Sparta Prague B 0.0%
MFK Ruzomberok 6.8%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Slovan Bratislava 3 22/23 24/25 108 15 8 1,660
Watford FC 1 21/22 21/22 27 1 1 1,923
Parma Calcio 1913 3 18/19 20/21 74 17 8 1,041
Trabzonspor 2 17/18 18/19 38 3 7 672
AC Milan 2 15/16 16/17 67 5 6 2,944
Genoa CFC 6 10/11 15/16 127 9 6 3,126
AC Sparta Prague 3 08/09 10/11 68 14 6 1,579
AC Sparta Prague B 1 09/10 09/10 2 0 0 0
MFK Ruzomberok 2 07/08 08/09 43 8 4 945

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

3€2.3M6€4.5M8€6.8M11€9M07/08 — 5 goals (MFK Ruzomberok)07/08 — 2 assists707/0808/09 — 6 goals (MFK Ruzomberok)08/09 — 3 assists908/0909/10 — 6 goals (AC Sparta Prague)09/10 — 4 assists1009/1010/11 — 5 goals (AC Sparta Prague)10/11 — 1 assists610/1111/12 — 2 goals (Genoa CFC)11/12 — 1 assists311/1212/13 — 3 goals (Genoa CFC)12/13 — 3 assists612/1313/14 — 2 goals (Genoa CFC)213/1414/15 — 2 goals (Genoa CFC)14/15 — 2 assists414/1515/16 — 1 goals (AC Milan)15/16 — 4 assists515/1616/17 — 4 goals (AC Milan)16/17 — 2 assists616/1717/18 — 3 goals (Trabzonspor)17/18 — 6 assists917/1818/19 — 4 goals (Parma Calcio 1913)18/19 — 3 assists718/1919/20 — 6 goals (Parma Calcio 1913)19/20 — 4 assists1019/2020/21 — 7 goals (Parma Calcio 1913)20/21 — 2 assists920/2121/22 — 1 goals (Watford FC)21/22 — 1 assists221/2222/23 — 8 goals (Slovan Bratislava)22/23 — 1 assists922/2323/24 — 5 goals (Slovan Bratislava)23/24 — 6 assists1123/2424/25 — 2 goals (Slovan Bratislava)24/25 — 1 assists324/2509/10 — €1.5M10/11 — €2.3M11/12 — €5.5M12/13 — €5M13/14 — €7M14/15 — €6.5M15/16 — €6M16/17 — €9M17/18 — €9M18/19 — €4.5M19/20 — €5M20/21 — €4M21/22 — €3M22/23 — €1.8M23/24 — €1.2M24/25 — €500KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

07/08: 5507/0808/09: 6608/0909/10: 6609/1010/11: 5510/1111/12: 2211/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 2213/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 3317/1818/19: 4418/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 7720/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 8822/2323/24: 5523/2424/25: 2224/25

Assists by season

07/08: 2207/0808/09: 3308/0909/10: 4409/1010/11: 1110/1111/12: 1111/1212/13: 3312/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 2214/1515/16: 4415/1616/17: 2216/1717/18: 6617/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 4419/2020/21: 2220/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 1122/2323/24: 6623/2424/25: 1124/25
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
24/25 Champions League Slovan Bratislava 3 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Champions League Qu. Slovan Bratislava 8 2 0 1 0 355
24/25 Niké Liga Slovan Bratislava 5 0 1 0 0 0
24/25 Nike Liga - Champ. G. Slovan Bratislava 2 0 0 0 0 0
24/25 Slovnaft Cup Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 0 0 0
23/24 Champions League Qu. Slovan Bratislava 4 0 1 1 1 0
23/24 Conference L. Slovan Bratislava 8 2 0 2 0 321
23/24 Europa League Qualifying Slovan Bratislava 2 0 1 1 0 0
23/24 Niké Liga Slovan Bratislava 18 3 3 1 0 421
23/24 Nike Liga - Champ. G. Slovan Bratislava 5 0 1 0 0 0
23/24 Slovnaft Cup Slovan Bratislava 2 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Champions League Qu. Slovan Bratislava 4 0 0 2 0 0
22/23 Conference L. Slovan Bratislava 8 2 1 0 0 359
22/23 Europa League Qualifying Slovan Bratislava 2 0 0 1 0 0
22/23 Fortuna Liga Slovan Bratislava 18 6 0 4 0 204
22/23 Nike Liga - Champ. G. Slovan Bratislava 10 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Slovnaft Cup Slovan Bratislava 7 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 UECL Quali Slovan Bratislava 1 0 0 1 0 0
21/22 FA Cup Watford FC 1 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Premier League Watford FC 26 1 1 3 0 1,923
20/21 Italy Cup Parma Calcio 1913 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Serie A Parma Calcio 1913 28 7 2 8 0 335
19/20 Italy Cup Parma Calcio 1913 2 0 1 0 0 0
19/20 Serie A Parma Calcio 1913 26 6 3 4 1 322
18/19 Serie A Parma Calcio 1913 18 4 2 4 0 384
18/19 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 8 0 1 3 0 0
18/19 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 2 0 0 1 0 0
17/18 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 25 3 6 8 0 672
17/18 Türkiye Kupasi Trabzonspor 3 0 0 1 0 0
16/17 Italy Cup AC Milan 2 1 0 1 0 169
16/17 Serie A AC Milan 30 3 2 7 1 693
16/17 Supercoppa Italiana AC Milan 1 0 0 1 0 0
15/16 Italy Cup AC Milan 5 0 1 0 0 0
15/16 Serie A AC Milan 29 1 3 11 0 2,082
15/16 Serie A Genoa CFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Italy Cup Genoa CFC 0 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Serie A Genoa CFC 34 2 2 5 0 931
13/14 Italy Cup Genoa CFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Serie A Genoa CFC 11 2 0 2 0 398
12/13 Serie A Genoa CFC 33 3 3 6 0 940
11/12 Italy Cup Genoa CFC 3 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Serie A Genoa CFC 26 2 1 8 0 857
10/11 Champions League Qu. AC Sparta Prague 6 0 0 2 0 0
10/11 Europa League AC Sparta Prague 5 2 1 1 0 222
10/11 Gambrinus Liga AC Sparta Prague 13 3 0 1 0 370
10/11 Italy Cup Genoa CFC 1 0 0 0 0 0
10/11 Serie A Genoa CFC 17 0 0 1 0 0
09/10 2. CFL AC Sparta Prague B 2 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Europa League AC Sparta Prague 5 1 0 2 0 353
09/10 Europa League Qualifying AC Sparta Prague 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 Gambrinus Liga AC Sparta Prague 20 5 4 5 0 285
09/10 Ondrasovka Cup AC Sparta Prague 3 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 Corgon Liga MFK Ruzomberok 18 3 2 2 0 540
08/09 Gambrinus Liga AC Sparta Prague 12 3 1 2 0 349
08/09 Pohar CMFS AC Sparta Prague 4 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Corgon Liga MFK Ruzomberok 25 5 2 8 0 405
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
02/03 2002-08-08 Prievidza Yth. Junior Radvan Transfer 0
04/05 2004-08-03 Junior Radvan Podbrezova U19 Transfer 0
06/07 2006-07-01 Podbrezova U19 Podbrezova Transfer 0
06/07 2007-01-10 Podbrezova Ruzomberok Transfer 0
08/09 2009-01-26 Ruzomberok Sparta Prague Transfer 600000
10/11 2011-01-01 Sparta Prague Genoa Transfer 2300000 €4.00m
15/16 2015-08-28 Genoa AC Milan Transfer 6000000 €4.00m
17/18 2017-07-07 AC Milan Trabzonspor Transfer 9000000 €5.00m
18/19 2019-01-15 Trabzonspor Parma Transfer 2500000 €6.40m
21/22 2021-08-06 Parma Watford Loan 3000000
21/22 2022-06-30 Watford Parma Return from loan 1800000
22/23 2022-07-01 Parma Slo. Bratislava Transfer 1800000
25/26 2025-07-01 Slo. Bratislava Banik Prievidza Transfer 250000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
18/19 Abdominal muscle strain 2018-11-15 2018-12-20 36 8
19/20 Calf problems 2019-09-12 2019-09-30 19 4
19/20 Calf muscle tear 2019-12-09 2019-12-23 15 2
19/20 Hamstring strain 2020-02-13 2020-03-02 19 1
19/20 Lumbago 2020-03-05 2020-03-12 8 1
19/20 Muscle fatigue 2020-07-13 2020-07-23 11 3
20/21 bruise 2020-12-03 2020-12-17 15 3
20/21 muscular problems 2021-01-04 2021-01-18 15 3
20/21 Adductor injury 2021-04-15 2021-05-03 19 4
20/21 Knock 2021-05-10 2021-05-24 15 3
21/22 Leg injury 2021-08-16 2021-08-26 11 2
21/22 minor knock 2022-06-09 2022-06-13 5 2
24/25 Knee injury 2024-08-30 2024-09-06 8 1
24/25 Knee surgery 2024-09-20 2024-10-20 31 6
24/25 Meniscus injury 2025-01-10 2025-03-31 81 11
Current€400k
Peak€9.00m
Low€250k
Δ since start−€200k
€250k€2.44m€4.63m€6.81m€9.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €250k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €9.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €8.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.20m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €4.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #24965 11 0 former national player
Team #3503 #19 112 14 retired national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Vladimír Weiss 2 6 0
Peter Pekarík 2 0 0
Tigran Barseghyan 2 2 0
Guram Kashia 2 0 0
Jaba Kankava 2 1 0
Robert Mak 2 0 0
Aleksandar Cavric 2 3 0
Jaromir Zmrhal 2 1 0
Lukas Pauschek 2 0 0
David Strelec 2 4 0
Manuel Pamic 2 0 0
Tomas Repka 2 0 0
Simone Iacoponi 1 1 0
Gianluigi Donnarumma 2 0 0
Carlos Bacca 2 2 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
20/21 Serie A Parma Calcio 1913 7 28
19/20 Serie A Parma Calcio 1913 6 26
22/23 Fortuna Liga Slovan Bratislava 6 18

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
17/18 Süper Lig Trabzonspor 6 25
09/10 Gambrinus Liga AC Sparta Prague 4 20
15/16 Serie A Genoa CFC 3 30

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
21/22 2022-06-30 Watford Parma Return from loan €1.80m
21/22 2021-08-06 Parma Watford Loan €3.00m

Teams faced most often by Juraj Kucka's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
SSC Napoli 60 10 18 32 55 98 -43 17%
Torino FC 56 15 22 19 68 64 +4 27%
AS Roma 56 14 13 29 65 93 -28 25%
ACF Fiorentina 55 15 23 17 65 73 -8 27%
Cagliari Calcio 55 27 15 13 94 63 +31 49%
Udinese Calcio 54 19 18 17 75 68 +7 35%
Inter 44 10 9 25 36 67 -31 23%
Empoli FC 36 16 15 5 56 36 +20 44%
Lazio Roma 35 13 7 15 46 52 -6 37%
Sampdoria 34 13 8 13 43 36 +7 38%
Sassuolo Calcio 33 17 6 10 53 47 +6 52%
Atalanta 33 6 10 17 39 61 -22 18%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
07/08 Senior debut season
07/08 First senior goal
20/21 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
24/25 19 355 1 0 0 0.25
23/24 39 742 6 0 1 0.85
22/23 50 563 8 0 0 1.28
21/22 27 1,923 3 1 0 0.19
20/21 28 335 8 0 0 2.15
19/20 28 322 4 0 1 1.4
18/19 28 384 8 1 0 2.11
17/18 28 672 9 0 0 1.21
16/17 33 862 9 2 1 1.25
15/16 35 2,082 11 0 0 0.48
14/15 34 931 5 0 0 0.48
13/14 12 398 2 0 0 0.45
12/13 33 940 6 1 0 0.67
11/12 29 857 8 1 0 0.95
10/11 42 592 5 0 0 0.76
09/10 30 638 7 0 0 0.99
08/09 34 889 4 0 0 0.4
07/08 25 405 8 1 0 2

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Serie A
253 apps
30 G
18 A
Niké Liga
84 apps
17 G
8 A
Gambrinus Liga
45 apps
11 G
5 A
Conference L.
16 apps
4 G
1 A
Süper Lig
33 apps
3 G
7 A
Europa League
10 apps
3 G
1 A
Champions League Qu.
22 apps
2 G
1 A
Italy Cup
14 apps
1 G
2 A
Premier League
26 apps
1 G
1 A
Nike Liga - Champ. G.
17 apps
0 G
1 A

Frequently asked about Juraj Kucka

Who is Juraj Kucka?

Juraj Kucka is a Slovakia professional footballer who plays as a central midfield for Banik Prievidza.

How old is Juraj Kucka?

Juraj Kucka is 39 years old. He was born on February 26, 1987 in Bojnice.

What position does Juraj Kucka play?

Juraj Kucka plays as a central midfield (Midfield - Central Midfield).

What club does Juraj Kucka play for?

Juraj Kucka currently plays for Banik Prievidza.

How many career goals has Juraj Kucka scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Juraj Kucka has scored 72 goals in 554 appearances.

What is Juraj Kucka's market value?

Juraj Kucka's most recent reported market value is €250k.