Jakub Badžgoň
Slovak footballer (born 2005)
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Jakub Badžgoň (born 2 June 2005) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for Slovak First Football League club MŠK Žilina as a goalkeeper. He currently represents Slovakia at youth level.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 June 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 | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2021 | Slovakia U17 | 10 | (0) |
| 2022 | Slovakia U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Slovakia U19 | 5 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2026 | |||
Early life
Badžgoň is a native of Turzovka, from where he started playing for the local team FK Tatran Turzovka.[2]
Club career
MŠK Žilina
Youth
Badžgoň joined the MŠK Žilina youth academy in 2016, joining the U9 category.[3] As a youth player, he helped Žilina U19 beat Pafos, Sparta Prague and Borussia Dortmund in the 2024 UEFA Youth League qualifying stages.[2][4][5] In 2022, he signed his first professional contract at the age of seventeen.[2][4]
Senior
In 2024, he signed an extension to his contract with Žilina, keeping him at the club until 2027.[3] 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.[6] 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.[7][8] A few weeks later, he would make another appearance, playing in a 1–0 defeat against DAC Dunajska Streda.[9] 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.[10][11]
International career
Badžgoň received his first nomination for the Slovakia national under-17 team ahead of preparation matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina U17.[12] Six months later, he was nominated for a match against Netherlands in the second round of the European Under-17 Championship qualifiers.[13] He failed to keep a clean sheet in a 1–1 draw.[14]
Honours
Žilina