Michal Faško

Michal Faško (born 24 August 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for Slovak top division MŠK Žilina. Previously he played for Dukla Banská Bystrica.^[2]

Michal Faško

Personal information
Full name	Michal Faško
Date of birth	(1994-08-24) 24 August 1994 (age 30)[1]
Place of birth	Brezno, Slovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	MSK Zilina
Number	23
Youth career
1999–2008	Partizán Čierny Balog
2008–2010	ŽP Šport Podbrezová
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2015	Dukla Banská Bystrica	49	(0)
2015–2017	Ružomberok	53	(7)
2017–2019	Grasshoppers Zürich	11	(0)
2018	→ Eintracht Braunschweig (loan)	1	(0)
2019	→ Karviná (loan)	11	(1)
2019–2020	Nitra	40	(9)
2021–2022	Slovan Liberec	34	(0)
2022–2023	Dukla Banská Bystrica	27	(7)
2023–2025	FC Košice	63	(8)
2025-	MSK Zilina	0	(0)
International career‡
2010–2011	Slovakia U17	4	(1)
2011	Slovakia U18	1	(0)
2012–2013	Slovakia U19	2	(0)
2016–2017	Slovakia U21	5	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 March 2017

Career

Faško made his debut for Dukla Banská Bystrica as a 16-year-old, against Spartak Trnava, on 14 May 2011. He replaced Jakub Považanec in the 89th minute. Dukla won the game, at Štadión Antona Malatinského, 0-2.^[3][4]

On 21 June 2017, he joined Swiss club Grasshoppers on a four-year contract.^[5]

In June 2018, Faško joined Eintracht Braunschweig on a season-long loan.^[6] He returned to his parent club in January 2019.^[7] On 10 January 2019, he joined MFK Karviná on loan for the rest of the season.^[8]

In July 2022, he returned to Dukla Banská Bystrica.^[9]

On 20 June 2023, Faško joined new Slovak First Football League club FC Košice on a two-year contract.^[10]

Personal life

His younger brother Šimon is also footballer, currently playing for FK Železiarne Podbrezová.