Jakub Badžgoň
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 2, 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Turzovka, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MŠK Žilina | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2023 | MŠK Žilina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | MŠK Žilina B | 30 | (0) |
| 2024– | MŠK Žilina | 3 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2021 | Slovakia U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Slovakia U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Slovakia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| Slovakia U21 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 February 2026 | |||
Jakub Badžgoň (born 2 June 2005) is a footballer who currently plays for Slovak First Football League club MŠK Žilina as a goalkeeper.
Early life
Badžgoň is a native of Turzovka, from where he started playing for the local team FK Tatran Turzovka.[1]
Club career
MŠK Žilina
Youth
Badžgoň joined the MŠK Žilina youth academy in 2016, joining the U9 category.[2] As a youth player, he helped Žilina U19 beat Pafos, Sparta Prague and Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 UEFA Youth League qualifying stages.[1][3][4] In 2022, he signed his first professional contract at the age of seventeen.[1][3]
Senior
In 2024, he signed an extension to his contract with Žilina, keeping him at the club until 2027.[2] Following the injury of first team goalkeeper Ľubomír Belko, Badžgoň made his professional debut in a match against AS Trenčín on 30 November 2024. He would help his team win the game 4–2.[5] He saved two penalties in a penalty shootout against MFK Zemplín Michalovce in the 2024–25 Slovak Cup, helping his team advance to the quarter-finals.[6][7] A few weeks later, he would make another appearance, playing in a 1–0 defeat against DAC Dunajska Streda.[8] Following the departure of Ľubomír Belko in the winter transfer window, Badžgoň started a match against KFC Komárno on 8 February 2026, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 victory.[9][10]
International career
Badžgoň received his first nomination for the Slovakia national under-17 football team ahead of preparation matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina U17.[11] 6 months later, he was nominated for a match against Netherlands U17 in the second round of the European Under-17 Championship qualifyers.[12] He failed to keep a clean sheet in a 1–1 draw.[13]
References
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- ^ a b "Brankár Jakub Badžgoň s novou zmluvou". MŠK Žilina (in Czech). Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ a b a.s, Petit Press. "Badžgoň zaistil Žiline miestenku do mládežnickej Ligy majstrov. Po zápase ho čakala operácia". MY Kysuce (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "Kodaň? Možno ešte ťažší súper ako Dortmund, hovorí o osemfinálovom súperovi brankár Žiliny U19 Jakub Badžgoň". futbalportal.net. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
- ^ "AS Trenčín - MŠK Žilina | Detail zápasu". Niké liga. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "SLOVNAFT CUP - Jakub Badžgoň vychytal postup do štvrťfinále | Žilinský večerník". www.zilinskyvecernik.sk. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "SLOVNAFT CUP – Veľké prekvapenie v Dunajskej Strede, Žilina ďalej po penaltách". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
- ^ "MŠK Žilina - FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda | Detail zápasu". Niké liga. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "Forma Faška sa nezhoršila ani cez prestávku. Proti Komárnu rozhodol o výhre". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "Žilina vyhrala nad Komárnom po góle Faška | TVNOVINY.sk". tvnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 2026-02-08. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
- ^ "U17 - Nominácia na prípravné zápasy s Bosnou a Hercegovinou". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). 2021-09-07. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ "U17 - Nominácia na 2. kolo kvalifikácie ME v Holandsku". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2026-01-31.
- ^ Šport.sk. "ME U17-kval.: Slováci získali cenný bod s rovesníkmi z Holandska | Šport.sk". Šport.sk (in Greek). Retrieved 2026-01-31.