Jakub Sylvestr

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jakub Sylvestr

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1989|02|02}}

| birth_place = Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Komárno

| clubnumber = 23

| youthyears1 = 1997–2004

| youthclubs1 = Jupie Podlavice

| youthyears2 = 2004–2005

| youthclubs2 = Dukla Banská Bystrica

| youthyears3 = 2005–2007

| youthclubs3 = Slovan Bratislava

| years1 = 2007–2010

| clubs1 = Slovan Bratislava

| caps1 = 77

| goals1 = 13

| years2 = 2009

| clubs2 = → Petržalka (loan)

| caps2 = 14

| goals2 = 7

| years3 = 2010–2012

| clubs3 = Dinamo Zagreb

| caps3 = 32

| goals3 = 2

| years4 = 2012–2014

| clubs4 = Erzgebirge Aue

| caps4 = 66

| goals4 = 23

| years5 = 2014–2017

| clubs5 = 1. FC Nürnberg

| caps5 = 42

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 2016

| clubs6 = → SC Paderborn (loan)

| caps6 = 4

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2017–2018

| clubs7 = Aalborg

| caps7 = 22

| goals7 = 5

| years8 = 2018–2019

| clubs8 = Beitar Jerusalem

| caps8 = 29

| goals8 = 7

| years9 = 2019

| clubs9 = Bnei Yehuda

| caps9 = 13

| goals9 = 7

| years10 = 2019–2020

| clubs10 = Ashdod

| caps10 = 8

| goals10 = 1

| years11 = 2020

| clubs11 = Hapoel Haifa

| caps11 = 17

| goals11 = 5

| years12 = 2020–2021

| clubs12 = Chennaiyin

| caps12 = 19

| goals12 = 2

| years13 = 2021–2022

| clubs13 = Žalgiris Vilnius

| caps13 = 46

| goals13 = 8

| years14 = 2023

| clubs14 = Resovia

| caps14 = 13

| goals14 = 1

| years15 = 2023

| clubs15 = Sektzia Ness Ziona

| caps15 = 6

| goals15 = 1

| years16 = 2024-

| clubs16 = Komárno

| caps16 = 27

| goals16 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2006–2008

| nationalteam1 = Slovakia U19

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 2

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2010

| nationalteam2 = Slovakia U21

| nationalcaps2 = 14

| nationalgoals2 = 7

| nationalyears3 = 2010–2014

| nationalteam3 = Slovakia

| nationalcaps3 = 6

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| club-update = 1 January 2025

| nationalteam-update =

}}

Jakub Sylvestr (born 2 February 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward. He made six appearances for the Slovakia national team.

Career

Sylvestr scored his first hat-trick in a match against Tatran Prešov on 4 April 2009.{{cite web | url = http://www.profutbal.sk/spravy/?id=71232 | title = Sylvestrov gólový koncert zničil Prešov | date = 4 April 2009 | publisher = profutbal | language = sk | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110719181944/http://www.profutbal.sk/spravy/?id=71232 | archive-date = 19 July 2011 | url-status = dead }}

On 19 February 2017, Sylvestr scored in his league debut for Danish Superliga club AaB. In his second match he scored a hattrick, and was voted Player of the Month in the league. In December 2017, he left the club.{{cite news|title=AaB siger farvel til reservekeeper|trans-title=AaB says goodbye to reserve goalkeeper|url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/aab-siger-farvel-til-reservekeeper/|access-date=18 May 2018|work=Bold.dk|date=8 December 2017|language=da}}

On 20 October 2020, Sylvestr joined Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC on a one-year deal.{{Cite web|date=20 October 2020|title=Slovakian forward Jakub Sylvestr signs for Chennaiyin FC|url=https://chennaiyinfc.com/slovakian-forward-jakub-sylvestr-signs-for-chennaiyin-fc/|access-date=20 October 2020|website=Official Chennaiyin FC Website|language=en-US}} He appeared with the club in 19 league matches and scored twice as Chennaiyin finished on eighth position.[https://www.indiansuperleague.com/players/forward-10916-jakub-sylvestr-profile Player profile: Jakub Sylvestr] indiansuperleague.com. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

On 9 January 2023, Sylvestr joined Polish second division side Resovia.{{cite web |title=Jakub Sylvestr nowym zawodnikiem Resovii |url=https://cwks-resovia.pl/2023/01/09/jakub-sylvestr-nowym-zawodnikiem-resovii/ |publisher=Resovia |language=pl |date=9 January 2023}}