Dominik Greif
{{Short description|Slovak footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Dominik Greif
| image = Zen-Slovan (1; cropped).jpg
| caption = Greif with Slovan Bratislava in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|4|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bratislava, Slovakia
| position = Goalkeeper
| currentclub = Mallorca
| clubnumber = 1
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = ŠK Vrakuňa Bratislava
| youthyears2 = 2008–2015
| youthclubs2 = Slovan Bratislava
| years1 = 2015–2021
| clubs1 = Slovan Bratislava
| caps1 = 103
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2021–
| clubs2 = Mallorca
| caps2 = 34
| goals2 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2015–2016
| nationalteam1 = Slovakia U19
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 2018
| nationalteam2 = Slovakia U21
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam3 = Slovakia
| nationalcaps3 = 5
| nationalgoals3 = 0
| club-update = 27 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 14 October 2020
}}
Dominik Greif (born 6 April 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club RCD Mallorca and the Slovakia national team.{{Cite news|title=Greif viac dostal než odrobil. Weiss vysvetlil, prečo napriek výhradám pokračujú Ratao a Bajrič|url=https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/xvcgrwk/greif-viac-dostal-nez-odrobil-weiss-vysvetlil-preco-napriek-vyhradam-pokracuju-ratao-a-bajric/|website=Aktuality.sk|date=5 July 2021|language=sk|archive-date=8 June 2023|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608032521/https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/xvcgrwk/greif-viac-dostal-nez-odrobil-weiss-vysvetlil-preco-napriek-vyhradam-pokracuju-ratao-a-bajric/|url-status=live}}
Club career
=Slovan Bratislava=
Greif made his professional debut for Slovan Bratislava against MFK Zemplín Michalovce on 13 May 2016.{{Cite web|title=MFK Zemplín Michalovce 1–1 ŠK Slovan Bratislava|url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/futbalnet/z/ulk/zapas/154678/|website=Sme|date=13 May 2016|language=sk|access-date=6 July 2025|archive-date=20 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420073859/http://ulk.futbalnet.sk/zapas/154678/|url-status=live}} During the 2018–19 season, Greif was the first-choice goalkeeper over Michal Šulla, playing in 29 of the 32 games during the season.{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}
=Mallorca=
On 6 July 2021, Greif joined newly-promoted La Liga club Mallorca on a five-year contract.{{Cite web|title=Dominik Greif joins RCD Mallorca|url=https://www.rcdmallorca.es/en/content/news/news/dominik-greif-joins-rcd-mallorca|url-status=dead|website=RCD Mallorca|date=6 July 2021|access-date=1 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714130436/https://www.rcdmallorca.es/en/content/news/news/dominik-greif-joins-rcd-mallorca|archive-date=14 July 2021}} Shortly after his arrival, he was plagued by various health problems:{{Cite web|title=Rozhovor Dominik Greif: Som rád, že som sa neobesil|url=https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/11bqKwa/dominik-greif-som-rad-ze-som-sa-neobesil/|website=Aktuality.sk|date=28 December 2022|access-date=28 December 2022|language=sk|archive-date=3 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103231701/https://sport.aktuality.sk/c/11bqKwa/dominik-greif-som-rad-ze-som-sa-neobesil/|url-status=live}} a muscle injury first sidelined him for a month, he then had to fight an infection of his wisdom teeth and he was sidelined by major chronic pain caused by an unspecified illness not related to football. He could not practice for almost a year until doctors finally found the cause and provided appropriate treatment. Greif eventually came back to play in a competitive game in December 2022.{{Cite web|title=Mallorca squeeze into last 32 after 0-1 cup win|url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/sport/real-mallorca/2022/12/23/108943/mallorca-squeeze-into-last-after-cup-win.html|website=Majorca Daily Bulletin|date=23 December 2022|access-date=28 December 2022}}
During the 2023–24 Copa del Rey, Greif dropped out of a training camp in Valle de Egüés due to a gastric illness.{{Cite news|first=Ricard|last=Cabot|title=Greif se cae de la convocatoria del Mallorca ante el Valle de Egüés por una indisposición gástrica|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/rcd-mallorca/2023/12/06/greif-cae-convocatoria-mallorca-valle-95528708.html|newspaper=Diario de Mallorca|date=6 December 2023|language=es|archive-date=25 March 2024|access-date=6 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325130923/https://www.diariodemallorca.es/rcd-mallorca/2023/12/06/greif-cae-convocatoria-mallorca-valle-95528708.html|url-status=live}} He returned in the semi-final against Real Sociedad on 27 February 2024, saving a penalty from Brais Méndez in the first half and from Mikel Oyarzabal at the start of the subsequent shootout, which Mallorca won 5–4 to reach the final.{{Cite news|first=Miguel|last=Charcártegui|title=Dominik Greif, el nuevo gran héroe del Real Mallorca|url=https://www.diariodemallorca.es/rcd-mallorca/2024/02/28/quien-es-dominik-greif-nuevo-gran-heroe-rcd-mallorca-copa-rey-98765052.html|website=Diario de Mallorca|date=28 February 2024|language=es|archive-date=12 April 2024|access-date=6 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412203929/https://www.diariodemallorca.es/rcd-mallorca/2024/02/28/quien-es-dominik-greif-nuevo-gran-heroe-rcd-mallorca-copa-rey-98765052.html|url-status=live}}
International career
Although Greif was noted as a back-up goalkeeper in the Slovak senior team,{{Cite news|title=Tréner Hapal vítal hráčov na zraze pred úvodnými zápasmi kvalifikácie o ME 2020|url=https://www.webnoviny.sk/trener-hapal-vital-hracov-na-zraze-pred-uvodnymi-zapasmi-kvalifikacie-o-me-2020/|website=Web Noviny|date=17 March 2019|access-date=29 May 2019|language=sk|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529223432/https://www.webnoviny.sk/trener-hapal-vital-hracov-na-zraze-pred-uvodnymi-zapasmi-kvalifikacie-o-me-2020/|url-status=live}} he was first called up to the national team on 25 May 2019 by Pavel Hapal. The nomination was for a double fixture in June – a home friendly match against Jordan, to which, unusually, 29 players were called-up and a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Azerbaijan, played away on 11 June 2019. The squad was reduced to 23 players for the latter fixture.{{Cite web|title=SR A – V Hapalovej nominácii 29 hráčov, po Jordánsku sa zúži na 23 {{!}} Slovenský futbalový zväz|url=https://www.futbalsfz.sk/sr-a-v-hapalovej-nominacii-29-hracov-po-jordansku-sa-zuzi-na-23|publisher=Slovak Football Association|date=28 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2019|language=sk|archive-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529220625/https://www.futbalsfz.sk/sr-a-v-hapalovej-nominacii-29-hracov-po-jordansku-sa-zuzi-na-23|url-status=live}}
Greif debuted for the Slovak senior squad against Jordan on 7 June 2019 in a 5–1 win at the Anton Malatinský Stadium in Trnava.{{Cite news|title=Slováci v príprave porazili Jordánsko 5–1|url=https://www.postoj.sk/44251/slovaci-v-priprave-porazili-jordansko-5-1|website=Postoj|date=7 June 2019|language=sk}} He came on in the second half as a replacement for Matúš Kozáčik, with Slovakia losing 1–0, maintaining a clean sheet despite only having to face few rather undangerous situations.{{Cite news|title=Slováci zdolali Jordánsko, v druhom polčase strelili päť gólov|url=https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/online-slovensko-jordansko-medzistatny-zapas/|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|date=7 June 2019|access-date=8 June 2019|language=sk|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118114139/https://sportnet.sme.sk/spravy/online-slovensko-jordansko-medzistatny-zapas/|url-status=live}}
By the end of 2019, Greif also played in another friendly match against Paraguay, known as a farewell match for former captains Martin Škrtel, Tomáš Hubočan, and Adam Nemec.{{Cite news|title=Slováci v príprave remizovali s Paraguajom, s reprezentáciou sa rozlúčila trojica hráčov|url=https://sport.sme.sk/c/22234465/online-slovensko-paraguaj-futbal-pripravny-zapas-live-nazivo.html|website=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|date=13 October 2019|language=sk}}
Career statistics
=== Club ===
{{updated|match played 24 May 2025}}{{Soccerway|dominik-greif/399529}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Slovan Bratislava
|2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|Fortuna liga |8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Czechoslovak Supercup}} | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2017–18
|Fortuna liga |19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4{{efn|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League|name=EU}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|Fortuna liga |28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=EU}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|Fortuna liga |20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14{{efn|Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Fortuna liga |26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=EU}} | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 27 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!103 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 128 | 0 | |
| rowspan="5"|Mallorca
|1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23
|La Liga |1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|La Liga |1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25
|La Liga |31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1{{efn|Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España|name=SC}} | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!120 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
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= International =
{{updated|match played 19 November 2024}}{{NFT|74524}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="3"|Slovakia
|2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 5 | 0 |
Honours
Slovan Bratislava
- Slovak First Football League: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Slovak Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2020–21
Individual
- Slovak Super Liga Player of the Month: February/March 2020{{Cite news|title=Greif premiérovo Hráčom mesiaca: Brankári nezískavajú ceny často|url=https://profutbal.sk/clanok/241260-greif-premierovo-hracom-mesiaca-brankari-neziskavaju-ceny-casto|url-status=dead|date=11 May 2020|website=Profutbal|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200409163213/https://profutbal.sk/clanok/241260-greif-premierovo-hracom-mesiaca-brankari-neziskavaju-ceny-casto|archive-date=9 April 2020}}
- Slovak Super Liga Best Goalkeeper: 2019-20,{{Cite web|title=Brankári {{!}} Štatistiky|url=https://www.fortunaliga.sk/statistiky/brankari|url-status=dead|website=Fortuna Liga|access-date=23 May 2021|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830122425/https://www.fortunaliga.sk/statistiky/brankari|archive-date=30 August 2020}} 2020-21
- Slovak Super Liga Team of the Season: 2019-20, 2020-21{{Cite web|url=https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/264789/zsolt-kalmar-najlepsim-hracom-jedenastku-sezony-ovladol-bratislavsky-slovan|title=Zsolt Kalmar najlepsim hracom...|website=Fortuna Liga|date=23 May 2021|language=sk|access-date=6 July 2025|archive-date=26 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241126151036/https://sportky.zoznam.sk/c/264789/zsolt-kalmar-najlepsim-hracom-jedenastku-sezony-ovladol-bratislavsky-slovan|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.rcdmallorca.es/en/player/greif Profile] at the RCD Mallorca website
- [http://futbalnet.sk/member/1310201/#player Futbalnet profile]
{{RCD Mallorca squad}}
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