Marek Rodák

Marek Rodák (born 13 December 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Fulham and the Slovakia national team.

Marek Rodák
Personal information
Full name Marek Rodák[1]
Date of birth (1996-12-13) 13 December 1996
Place of birth Košice, Slovakia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Fulham
Number 1
Youth career
Košice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Fulham 45 (0)
2014–2015 → Farnborough (loan) 5 (0)
2015–2016 → Welling United (loan) 17 (0)
2017 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 20 (0)
2017–2019 → Rotherham United (loan) 80 (0)
National team‡
2013–2015 Slovakia U19 8 (0)
2015–2018 Slovakia U21 14 (1)
2020– Slovakia 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:45, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:06, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Rodák joined Accrington Stanley on loan from Fulham until the end of the 2016–17 season in January 2017[2] and made his English Football League debut on 14 January 2017 against Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road.[3]

Rodák made his Fulham debut in a League Cup tie against Wycombe Wanderers on 8 August 2017.[4] Later that month Rodak joined Rotherham United on loan for the rest of the season[5] and made his debut in a 3-2 win at home to Bury.[6] He then re-joined the club for a further season-long loan on 25 July 2018.[7] Returning to his home team Fulham for the 2019-20 season he was awarded with the position of First Team goalkeeper. He made 38 appearances that season as he helped them achieve promotion via the Play-offs.

Rodák made his Premier League debut on 12 September 2020 in a 0-3 loss to Arsenal in the first round of 2020–21 season.[8] He then spent the rest of the season as a backup for Alphonse Areola and made only one additional league appearance in 0-2 loss to Newcastle United on the last day of the season.[9]

International career

Rodák was called up to the Slovakia senior team in June 2018 but didn't make an appearance.[10]

In September 2018, Rodák scored a 94th minute winner for Slovakia U21s in a crucial 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualifying game against Iceland U21s.[11] This wasn't his first goal scored at under-21 level, having previously scored for Fulham against Aston Villa in the U21s Premier League in 2014.[12]

On 7 September 2020, Rodák made his senior team debut in UEFA Nations League match against Israel, which ended in 1-1 draw.[13] He went on to start in another four matches in 2020, including two Euro 2020 qualification play-off matches. He made a save in the penalty shootout against Ireland on 8 October 2020,[14] and helped the team to secure 2-1 win after extra time against Northern Ireland on 12 November 2020, which qualified Slovakia for Euro 2020.[15]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham 2017–18[16] Championship 0000100010
2019–20[17] 33020103[lower-alpha 1]0390
2020–21[18] Premier League 2020200060
2021–22[19] Championship 100002000120
Total 450406030580
Farnborough (loan) 2014–15[20] Conference South 5000—1[lower-alpha 2]060
Welling United (loan) 2015–16[20] National League 17000—1[lower-alpha 2]0180
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2016–17[21] League Two 200100000210
Rotherham United (loan) 2017–18[16] League One 35000—3[lower-alpha 3]0380
2018–19[22] Championship 45010—00460
Total 800100030840
Career total 16705060801870
  1. Appearances in Championship play-offs
  2. Appearances in the FA Trophy
  3. Appearances in 2017–18 EFL League One play-offs

International
As of match played on 11 November 2021
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Slovakia 202050
202170
Total120

Honours

Rotherham United

Fulham

References
  1. "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Fulham" (PDF). English Football League. p. 16. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. "Marek Rodak: Accrington Stanley sign Fulham goalkeeper on loan". BBC Sport. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  3. "Cheltenham Town 3-0 Accrington Stanley". BBC Sport. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. "Wycombe 0-2 Fulham". BBC Sport. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. Marek Rodak: Rotherham sign Fulham goalkeeper on season-long loan deal ... https://www.bbc.co.uk › football
  6. Rotherham United 3-2 Bury - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41132951
  7. "READ | Millers confirm Rodak return". Rotherham United Official Site. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  8. "Fulham v Arsenal, 2020-21 Premier League". premierlague.com. 12 September 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. "Fulham v Newcastle, 2020-21 Premier League". premierlague.com. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  10. "Fulham FC".
  11. "Fulham goalkeeper scores last-minute winner on international duty". 12 September 2018.
  12. "Fulham FC".
  13. "Tlačová agentúra Slovenskej republiky - TASR.sk".
  14. "EURO 2020 play-offs: Semi-final round-up". 8 October 2020.
  15. "Hungary, Slovakia, Scotland and North Macedonia take play-off route to EURO 2020". 12 November 2020.
  16. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  17. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  18. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  19. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  20. Marek Rodák at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  21. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  22. "Games played by Marek Rodák in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  23. Scott, Ged (27 May 2018). "Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
  24. Stevens, Rob (4 August 2020). "Brentford 1–2 Fulham". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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