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Biography
Jakub Paur (born 4 July 1992) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for the Fortuna Liga club AS Trenčín.
Club career
He grown up at Višňové, near Žilina. He is a product of the MŠK Žilina youth academy. He spent he first senior years on a season-long loan for more playing time at FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce. After the loan ended, he returned to MŠK Žilina. His important two goals against Slovenian Olimpija Ljubljana arranged promotion to the 3rd round of 2013-14 Europa League season.
International career
Paur was first called up to the senior national team for two friendly fixtures held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in January 2017, against Uganda (1–3 loss) and Sweden (0–6 loss). Although it was expected that coach Ján Kozák will field him against Sweden, after Paur did not appear against Uganda, before the match it was publicised that Paur will not play due to a further unspecified injury. Consequently Paur remained the only of the 23 called up players, who did not appear in either of the matches.