Minnesota United announced today that the club has acquired midfielder Jan Gregus via trade from Nashville SC in exchange for a second round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft and $75,000 in 2024 General Allocation Money (GAM).

The Slovakian international previously played for Minnesota United, beginning in 2019 through 2021. With the Loons, he made 63 regular-season game appearances, 57 starts, provided 18 assists and scored twice during his first stint in Minnesota. Gregus additionally started each of the four MLS Cup Playoffs games he featured in for the Loons across both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. He then joined the San Jose Earthquakes for the 2022 season, making 27 regular-season game appearances and providing six assists before joining Nashville SC in 2023, where he has featured in 15 games to-date.

Gregus began his professional career in Slovakia at his hometown club, FC Nitra, in 2009. He spent the next seven years of his career from 2009–2015 playing for Banik Ostrava where he made 100 appearances, scoring four goals. In 2015 he joined FK Jablonec where he made 54 appearances, scoring nine goals and tallying two assists. In 2016 Gregus joined one of the biggest clubs in Europe, FC Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga, where he appeared in 107 games, including appearing in the 2016 UEFA Champions League.

At the international level, Gregus debuted with the Slovakia national team on March 31, 2015 against Czech Republic. He has since been capped 36 times for the Slovakia senior team, scoring six goals.

TRANSACTION: Minnesota United acquires midfielder Jan Gregus via trade from Nashville SC in exchange for a second round pick in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft and $75,000 in 2024 General Allocation Money (GAM).

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Jan Gregus
Position: Midfielder
Date of birth: 01/29/1991 (32 years old)
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 181 lbs
Birthplace: Nitra Slovakia