Michal Ďuriš (; born 1 June 1988) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for MFK Dukla Banská Bystrica as a forward.
Club career
Banská Bystrica Ďuriš joined Banská Bystrica from ŠK Petrochema Dubová when he was 14. After three years playing for youth squads he made his debut in the Slovak top-level football league featuring in his club's 2–0 defeat against Ružomberok on 9 November 2005. During five seasons for Dukla he scored 18 goals in 114 matches overall.
Viktoria Plzeň In August 2010, he signed on a one-year loan for Viktoria Plzeň of the Czech Czech First League with an option of a permanent stay. He debuted for Plzeň in a 3–0 away win against České Budějovice on 28 August 2010. In his first season for Plzeň he won the Czech title, the first title in Plzeň's history. He scored two goals for Plzeň in the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League campaign, one in a 2–1 play-off win against Copenhagen and the next in a 2–2 group stage draw against Milan.
On 26 January 2017, he signed a deal with the Russian Premier League side FC Orenburg.
On 17 January 2018, he joined Anorthosis Famagusta on a half-season loan. On 6 July 2018, the transfer became permanent for an estimated fee of €600,000.
Spartak Trnava On 16 February 2024, it was announced that Ďuriš would be returning to Spartak Trnava after previously being at the on loan. He made his league debut in a 2–1 home loss against Dunajská Streda, playing the whole match. Ďuriš would score his first goals since returning in the next match against his former club Dukla Banská Bystrica, netting two goals. He would score the second goal in a 2–0 away win over league rivals Slovan Bratislava, securing the win for his team.In Spartak’s 2024-25 European campaign, Ďuriš scored 5 goals in 4 games, becoming the highest Slovak goal scorer in the Conference League. For the rest of the season he would go on a goal drought, scoring only 5 goals in 31 appearances. On 25 August 2025, in a 4–1 victory against KFC Komárno, Ďuriš would end his 14 games without a goal. Scoring a header after a well timed cross by captain Martin Mikovič.
International career Ďuriš made his debut for the national team in the 3–1 away win over Denmark in a friendly match that was held on 15 August 2012.
He scored his first two goals after 20 matches against Switzerland, on 13 November 2015 during a 3–2 victory, with third goal scored by Róbert Mak. Four days later, on 17 November, he netted third goal of a game, during a 3–1 victory over Iceland, with first two goals provided by Mak, again.
Ďuriš scored his fourth goal against Germany in a friendly match in Augsburg, giving Slovakia the 2–1 lead in the pre-EURO 2016 friendly match, which was his 25th cap. Slovakia eventually defeated Germany 3–1. Duris also scored the winning goal for Slovakia in extra-time against Northern Ireland, sending Slovakia to UEFA Euro 2020, where they were placed in Group E.
On 18 May 2021, Ďuriš was included in the final 26-man squad to represent Slovakia at the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.
On 24 August 2021, national team manager Štefan Tarkovič announced Ďuriš's retirement from international duties. Ďuriš retired with 59 appearances and 7 goals, including appearances at two European Championships.
Career statistics Club ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBanská Bystrica2005–06Slovak First League14000——1402006–0710000——1002007–082660000—2662008–093060000—3062009–102460000—2462010–11500021—71Total109180021—11119Viktoria Plzeň2010–11Czech First League23300——2332011–1227600142104282012–1326100146004072013–1425541152004482015–1625162082—35182016–171132183—217Total137348259151020551Mladá Boleslav (loan)2014–15Czech First League2645243—359Orenburg2016–17Russian Premier League12100——1212017–18Russian Football National League15320——173Total27420——294Anorthosis (loan)2017–18Cypriot First Division141120——1611Anorthosis2018–19Cypriot First Division29112220—33132019–2020521——226Total49166320—5519Omonia2020–21Cypriot First Division2422090—3522021–2252007110133Total2942016110485Ethnikos Achna2021–22Cypriot First Division16564——229Karmiotissa2022–23Cypriot First Division35620——376 Othellos Athienou2023–24Cypriot First Division8311——94Spartak Trnava 2023–24Slovak First League23103361—32142024–253157545—42152025-26 2443060334Total7819138166—10733Career total52712445201002620673170
International
Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ďuriš goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Michal ĎurišNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition113 November 2015Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia211–03–2Friendly22–0317 November 2015Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina, Slovakia223–13–1Friendly429 May 2016WWK Arena, Augsburg, Germany252–13–1Friendly522 March 2018Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand372–02–12018 King's Cup67 September 2020Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel481–01–12020–21 UEFA Nations League B712 November 2020Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland492–12–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
Honours Viktoria Plzeň Czech First League: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16 Czech Supercup: 2011, 2015
AC Omonia Cypriot First Division: 2020–21 Cypriot Super Cup: 2021
Spartak Trnava Slovak Cup: 2024–25
Slovakia King's Cup: 2018
References
External links Viktoria Plzeň profile