Jakub Hronec

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| name = Jakub Hronec

| alt = colour headshot photograph of Jakub Hronec aged 21

| caption = Jakub Hronec (2013)

| image = SV_Mattersburg_vs_FK_Dukla_Banská_Bystrica_2013-06-21_(27).jpg

| fullname = Jakub Hronec

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia

| height = {{Height|m=1.82}}

| currentclub =

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 2008–2011 | youthclubs1 = Birmingham City

| years1 = 2011–2012 | clubs1 = Ludogorets Razgrad | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011 | clubs2 = → Kaliakra Kavarna (loan) | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2013–2014 | clubs3 = Banská Bystrica | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2014 | clubs4 = Rimavská Sobota | caps4 = 10 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2015 | clubs5 = Donaufeld Wien | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2015–2016 | clubs6 = Dunajská Lužná | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2016–2022 | clubs7 = FC Petržalka akadémia | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 2018–2020 | clubs8 = → PŠC Pezinok (loan) | caps8 = | goals8 =

| years9 = 2022–2023 | clubs9 = ASK Mannersdorf | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2011–2012 | nationalteam1 = Slovakia U-19 | nationalcaps1 =2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 8 August 2023

| ntupdate =

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Jakub Hronec (born 5 September 1992 in Banská Bystrica) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays as a midfielder.{{Soccerway|jakub-hronec/209923}}

His former club was a Bulgarian giant Ludogorets Razgrad.{{cite web|publisher=footballdatabase.eu|title=Jakub Hronec Facts|url=http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs.jakub.hronec.146905.en.html|accessdate=}}

Career

Born in Banská Bystrica, Hronec began his youth career at FK Dukla. At the age of 10 he moved from Baník Pezinok to Inter Bratislava.{{cite web|publisher=sports-info.sk|title=Jakub Hronec Facts|url=http://www.sports-info.sk/index.php/profily-slovaci/1201-jakub-hronec|accessdate=|language=Slovak}}

Hronec joined the Birmingham City Academy in 2008, when he turned 16.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/AcademyDetail/0,,10412~1722474,00.html |publisher=bcfc.com |title=Birmingham Academy sign up future stars |accessdate=2008-10-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819142104/http://www.bcfc.com/page/News/AcademyDetail/0%2C%2C10412~1722474%2C00.html |archivedate=2009-08-19 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/slovakia-youngster-jakub-hronec-making-great-strides-birmingham-1222901|publisher=tribalfootball.com|title=Slovakia youngster Jakub Hronec making great strides at Birmingham|accessdate=2010-03-11}}

=Ludogorets Razgrad=

On 19 August 2011, Hronec joined Bulgarian Ludogorets Razgrad on a three-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ludogorets.com/news_en.html?news_group=3&full_news=71|publisher=ludogorets.com|title=Young talents from Slovakia added to the team of Ludogorets|accessdate=2011-08-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515063858/http://www.ludogorets.com/news_en.html?news_group=3&full_news=71|archivedate=2012-05-15}}

Two weeks later, Kaliakra Kavarna signed Jakub on a four-month loan deal. On 3 October, he made his Bulgarian A PFG debut, in their 3–0 loss against Slavia Sofia. He scored his first goal on 21 October, in a 3–2 away loss against Levski Sofia after a long-distance effort.

In January 2012, Hronec returned to Ludogorets, but was not able to establish himself as part of the first team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2012/06/18/fb_1footbg/d6485_3.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717234533/http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2012/06/18/fb_1footbg/d6485_3.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 July 2015|publisher=7sport.net|title=Хронец остава в Чехия|date=2012-06-18|accessdate=2015-07-16}}