Matúš Čonka (born 15 October 1990) is a Slovak footballer who plays for ViOn Zlaté Moravce, in the Niké Liga as a left back.

Matúš Čonka
Personal information
Full name Matúš Čonka
Date of birth (1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
ViOn Zlaté Moravce
Number 90
Youth career
Lokomotíva Košice
Košice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Košice 53 (1)
2012–2014 Slavia Prague 37 (1)
2014–2019 Spartak Trnava 125 (3)
2019–2020 Karviná 26 (0)
2020– ViOn Zlaté Moravce 86 (3)
International career
2008–2009 Slovakia U19 10 (0)
2010–2012 Slovakia U21 17 (1)
2017 Slovakia (unofficial) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

Club career edit

Čonka, product of Lokomotíva Košice youth squads, made his league debut for MFK Košice against Banská Bystrica on 18 July 2009 at the age of 18. He scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Žilina on 17 July 2011. In January 2012, he joined Czech club Slavia Prague.

He was transferred to Spartak Trnava in June 2014.[1] He made his league debut for them on 13 July 2014 against Zlaté Moravce.[2]

International career edit

Čonka was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in January 2017, against Uganda (1–3 loss) and Sweden, by his former coach Ján Kozák, who coached for approximately 1 year, while Čonka played for Košice. Čonka made his debut against Sweden, playing the full length of the match, which Slovakia lost 0–6.[3][4]

Honours edit

Spartak Trnava

References edit

  1. ^ Siva, Čonka a Bortel posilami Spartaka Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine 20.06.2014, spartak.sk
  2. ^ Trnava si poradila s Moravcami rozdielom triedy, Mráz: Trnava vyhrala zaslúžene Archived 16 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 13.07.2014, profutbal.sk
  3. ^ "Prípravný futbalový zápas: Slovensko prehralo s Ugandou 1:3".
  4. ^ "Slováci prehrali so Švédskom 0:6. To je niečo strašné, hovorí Kozák".

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