Photo: Sanki 2010 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
What I respect most about Matus Kozacik is the quiet arc of his career. Goalkeepers rarely get the spotlight, yet the position demands more composure than almost any other, and to anchor Viktoria Plzen for years says everything about the trust he earned. The part that moves me is what came next: instead of drifting away, he stayed on as the club's goalkeeping coach, passing his craft to the next generation. That kind of loyalty and continuity is increasingly rare in modern football. From a small Slovak town to the heart of a top Czech side, his is a story of steady, unglamorous excellence I genuinely admire.
Overview
Matúš Kozáčik (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmatuːʂ ˈkɔzaːtʂik]; born 27 December 1983) is a Slovak former football goalkeeper who played for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, and who now serves as a goalkeeping coach with the club's first team.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Matúš Kozáčik
- Name (Japanese)
- マトゥーシュ・コザーチク
- Reading
- まとぅーしゅ・こざーちく
- Born
- December 27, 1983 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Boar
- Origin
- Dolný Kubín, Žilina region, Slovakia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / athlete / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.