Jakub Sylvestr (born 2 February 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for MFK Zvolen. He has made six appearances for the Slovakia national team.
Sylvestr scored his first hat-trick in a match against Tatran Preà ¡ov on 4 April 2009.
In 2012, Sylvestr joined 2. Bundesliga club Erzgebirge Aue, signing a four-year contract. He scored in a 3âÂÂ0 win against FC St. Pauli. His second season with Erzgebirge Aue was his most successful, becoming the joint top goal scorer in the 2. Bundesliga. Several teams in the German top flight were interested in Slovak international in the summer transfer window. Sylvestr eventually decided to join rivals Nürnberg.
On 3 June 2014, Sylvestr joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Nürnberg, signing a three-year contract. He scored in the home match of the opening round of the 2. Bundesliga against his former club Erzgebirge Aue. His strike from the 69th minute against Erzgebirge was ultimately the winner. Sylvestr was rumored to be leaving at the end of the season, but ultimately decided to stay at Nürnberg for one season.
On 19 February 2017, Sylvestr scored in his league debut for Danish Superliga club AaB. In his second match he scored a hat-trick, and was voted Player of the Month in the league. In December 2017, he left the club.
On 20 October 2020, Sylvestr joined Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC on a one-year deal. He appeared with the club in 19 league matches and scored twice as Chennaiyin finished on eighth position.
On 9 January 2023, Sylvestr joined Polish second division side Resovia.
In February 2024, it was announced that after 14 years abroad, Sylvestr would be returning to Slovakia, this time to 2. Liga club KFC Komárno. He scored his first goal in a 2âÂÂ0 win over MFK Tatran Liptovský MikulÃ¡à ¡ in March 2024, scoring in the 10th minute of the game. The goal was SylvestrâÂÂs first in a league match in Slovakia after more than thirteen years. At the end of the season, Komárno would overtake title favorites Tatran Presov and win the 2. Liga, getting promoted to the Slovak First Football League.
Sylvestr made his return in the first division in a 4âÂÂ1 loss against his former club, Slovan Bratislava, scoring the only goal for his team to equalize the game to 1âÂÂ1 in the 19th minute. His next goal came in a 3âÂÂ2 loss to Spartak Trnava, scoring from a corner and subsequently injuring his nose in the process. Komárno would go on to score again and lead the match 2âÂÂ1 until goals from Spartak in the 81st and 84th minute would seal the win. Sylvestr assisted the winning goal to Ondà Âej Rudzan in a 5âÂÂ4 win against MFK ZemplÃÂn Michalovce. In his last season with the club he scored four times and assisted four times, helping Komárno avoid relegation with 39 points.
In the summer of 2025, Sylvestr joined 2. Liga club MFK Zvolen. He impressed with his performance in his first four games, being able to score two hat-tricks in a 3âÂÂ2 win over against FC Petrà ¾alka and a 5âÂÂ1 over BanÃÂk Lehota. After the first half of the 2. Liga season, Sylvestr amassed 15 goals in 17 appearances. His great form from led to rumors about him returning to the First League, however Sylvestr denied these claims, saying that nobody had contacted him.
Sylvestr has played for Slovakia's youth national teams. He made his senior debut on 3 September 2010, in a Euro 2012 qualifier against North Macedonia. Sylvestr came on in stoppage time as a substitute for Peter PekarÃÂk, helping Slovakia win the match 1âÂÂ0 after a goal scored by Martin à  krtel. Sylvestr would have to wait until 14 November 2012, for his next appearance for the national team, when coach Michal Hipp named him in the starting lineup for a friendly against the Czech Republic. On 19 November 2013, Sylvestr was given a chance under coach Ján Kozák in a friendly match against Gibraltar, which took place in the Portuguese Algarve city of Faro and was Gibraltar's first ever official match after being admitted as the 54th member of UEFA in May 2013. The match resulted in a surprising 0âÂÂ0 draw, with players from the wider national team and several debutants playing for the Slovak national team.
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