Christián Herc

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Christián Herc
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-30) 30 September 1998 (age 25)
Place of birth Levice, Slovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dunajská Streda
Number 24
Youth career
2008–2015 Nitra[1]
2015–2017 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Dunajská Streda (loan) 42 (6)
2019–2020 → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 1 (0)
2020–2021 → Karviná (loan) 31 (6)
2021–2023 Grasshoppers 66 (8)
2023– Dunajská Streda 23 (0)
International career‡
2015 Slovakia U17 2 (0)
2015–2016 Slovakia U18 6 (2)
2016–2017 Slovakia U19 6 (1)
2017–2020 Slovakia U21 17 (4)
2022– Slovakia 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:13, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

Christián Herc[2] (born 30 September 1998) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dunajská Streda and the Slovak national team.

Club career[edit]

Wolverhampton Wanderers[edit]

Loan to DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda[edit]

Herc made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for DAC Dunajská Streda against Senica on 18 February 2018. He came on as a replacement for Zsolt Kalmár in the 83rd minute of the match. DAC won the game 0:2.[3] By the end of the 2017–18 season, Herc made a total of 13 appearances for Dunajská Streda, scoring 3 goals.

He scored his first Fortuna liga goal against Zemplín Michalovce in his second game, on 24 February 2018. He replaced Marko Divković in a 77th minute substitution and scored a stoppage time goal to mark the 2:0 win, after a pass from Lukáš Čmelík. Later on in the championship group, on 22 April, he scored two of three in a 3:2 win over MŠK Žilina at the pod Dubňom.

Throughout the 2018–19 season, Herc was an important player for Dunajská Streda. He was featured in 29 of 32 league fixtures and scored 3 further goals. He was also featured in all four DAC games in Europa League qualifying rounds, against Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Minsk.

Loan to Viktoria Plzeň[edit]

On 5 June 2019, it was announced that Herc would join Viktoria Plzeň since the following season, on a two-year loan with an option to buy, from Wolverhampton. His move was largely seen as a replacement for Patrik Hrošovský, who was the play-maker at Viktoria for some 7 years, guiding them to three titles as champions and one cup triumph. Although at the time of the announcements of Herc's move Hrošovský's transfer was not definite, it was rumoured that he was to head to Genk.[4]

Loan to Karviná[edit]

On 25 August 2020, having been recalled from his planned two-year stay with Viktoria Plzeň, Herc moved on loan to another Czech side, this time joining Karviná for the 2020–21 season. He completed the season with 6 goals and 31 league appearances.[5]

Grasshopper Club Zürich[edit]

In the summer of 2021, Herc had signed a two-year contract with Grasshopper Club Zürich, who had re-gained promotion to Swiss Super League.[6] He gave his debut in the first game of the season against FC Basel. The team lost the game 0–2 and Herc received a booking in the 40th minute. He immediately became a regular for coach Giorgio Contini's midfield and regularly plays the full 90 minutes. This trust would be rewarded soon, as he supplied his first assist in the third game of the season, a 3–1 victory against FC Lausanne-Sport, and another in the fourth game against city rivals FC Zürich. He shot his first goal on 11 September 2021, in a 1–1 draw, equalizing the game in the 51st minute against FC Luzern. He shot another goal against aforementioned rivals FC Zürich in the second derby of the season, on 23 October 2021.

In the first half of the season, he supplied a total of five assists, fifth most of all players in the league. He has since become an integral member of the squad's midfield and a mainstay in the starting lineup.

Return to Dunajská Streda[edit]

On 25 July 2023, he returned to Dunajská Streda, following the expiration of his contract in Switzerland.[7] He signs a contract through the 2024–25 season, with an option to extend a further year.

International career[edit]

Herc was first recognised as an alternate broader squad member for the senior Slovak national team on 28 September ahead of two 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Russia and Croatia.[8]

Career statistics[edit]

As of matches played 29 May 2023[9][10][11][12][13][14]
Club statistics
Club Season League Cup League Cup European Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers U23 2016–17 Premier League 2 19 4 — — — 4[a] 3 23 7
2017–18 11 2 — — — — 11 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2018–19 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
2019–20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DAC Dunajská Streda (loan) 2017–18 Super Liga 13 3 1 0 — — 0 0 14 3
2018–19 29 3 3 0 — 4[b] 0 0 0 36 3
Total 42 6 4 0 — 4 0 0 0 50 6
Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 2019–20 First League 1 0 2 0 — 0 0 0 0 3 0
Karviná (loan) 2020–21 27 5 1 1 — — 0 0 28 6
Grasshopper Club Zürich 2021–22 Super League 34 3 1 0 — — 0 0 35 2
2022–23 32 5 3 0 — — 0 0 35 5
Total 66 8 4 0 — — 0 0 70 8
DAC Dunajská Streda 2023–24 Super Liga 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 0
Career totals 156 25 10 1 0 0 4 0 4 3 174 28
  1. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in Europa League

References[edit]

  1. ^ Slovenské talenty: Christián Herc - Myšlienkou vždy o krok vpred 05.02.2016, sport.aktuality.sk
  2. ^ "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. ^ FK Senica - FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda 0:2 18.02.2018, futbalnet.sk
  4. ^ "Hrošovský je blízko k prestupu, Plzeň posilnil mladík Herc". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  5. ^ "Herc joins MFK Karvina on loan". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 25 August 2020.
  6. ^ slovenski-futbalisti.sk. "Christián Herc natrvalo opúšťa Wolverhampton, smeruje do Švajčiarska". slovenskifutbalisti.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  7. ^ Nagy, Krisztián (25 July 2023). "Christián Herc sa vracia do DAC-u!" [Christián Herc is coming back to DAC!] (in Slovak). FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Vrátil sa Rusnák, prichádza nový útočník. Tarkovič zverejnil nomináciu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  9. ^ "Games played by Christián Herc in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Games played by Christián Herc in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Games played by Christián Herc in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Games played by Christián Herc in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Games played by Christián Herc in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Christián Herc Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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