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P. Kováčik

Squad depthPodbrezová · 24 yrs

Profile

PositionFull-back
NationalitySlovakia
Age24
Date of birth1 Dec 2001
BirthplaceBanská Bystrica
Height174 cm
Shirt number#77
ClubPodbrezová
Full-back
22
Appearances
4
Goals
2
Assists
1137
Minutes

Domestic-league season · Podbrezová.

Performance data · by competition

CompetitionAppsGAMinMatch
Super Liga224211377.01

Scout report

Squad depthFull-back

P. Kováčik is a 24-year-old full-back at Podbrezová, rated 30.8 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 49th of 171 on scout potential in the Super Liga. An emerging talent, he has been a rotation option this season (39.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.77 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Kováčik.

Judged on this season alone, Kováčik graded 12 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 19th of 30 of the 30 full-backs in the Super Liga, on 3 clean sheets and 2.77 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 2 → 12).

On long-term talent our Rating reads 31, top 34% of the 30 full-backs in the Super Liga. At 24 Kováčik is in his prime years, and a market index of 3.5 reflects that trajectory.

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A career still climbing — Kováčik is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending up
Current potentialTop 34% full-backs · Super LigaCurrent season19th of 30 full-backs · Super Liga19th-best full-back in the Super Liga49th in the Super Liga · potential10th-highest potential full-back in the Super Liga
30.8
Ratingi
10th of 30 full-backs
11.7
Seasoni
below regular-starter level
39.5%
Minutes
rotation minutes
2.77
Def. actions / 90
moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Podbrezová finished 6th of 6 · a relegation-threatened side

2.77
Def. / 90
19
Tackles
13
Interceptions
3
Clean sheets

2.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 3 clean sheets across 22 appearances. Doing that for a relegation-threatened side (6th of 6) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 4 goals and 2 assists — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

  • Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.48 goal involvements per 90, useful for a full-back.

Watch points

  • Game time. Only 39.5% of available minutes — needs a settled run to prove the level.
  • Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

With a Rating of 30.8, Kováčik carries the 10th-highest potential of the full-backs in the Super Liga (top 34%), and he is posting that for a relegation-threatened side (Podbrezová finished 6th of 6) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.77 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90), with a bit more on the ball than most in the role. Approaching peak years; value is still building (price multiplier 2×) with the best seasons likely ahead.

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Transfer news

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