Martin Dúbravka

Martin Dúbravka
Personal information
Full name Martin Dúbravka
Date of birth (1989-01-15) 15 January 1989
Place of birth Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Sparta Prague
Number 1
Youth career
Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2013 Žilina 98 (0)
2014–2016 Esbjerg fB 66 (0)
2016–2017 Slovan Liberec 28 (0)
2017– Sparta Prague 1 (0)
National team‡
2007–2008 Slovakia U19 6 (0)
2009–2010 Slovakia U21 12 (0)
2014– Slovakia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2017.
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 June 2017

Martin Dúbravka (born 15 January 1989) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Sparta Prague.

Club career

Dúbravka made his senior team debut in a 5–2 home win against Dubnica on 26 May 2009. In the next season he played 26 Corgoň Liga games, finishing as a league champion. He became a first choice after the transfer of Dušan Perniš in January 2010. He qualified with Žilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played all 6 group games. He kept a clean sheet at the play-off round against Sparta Praha. On 30 January 2014, he signed a 3½ year deal with the Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB.[1]

International career

Dúbravka, former under-19 and under-21 national player, was selected to the Slovakia national football team for the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying home game against Republic of Ireland.

Dúbravka made his national team debut against Montenegro on 23 May 2014 (2-0 win).[2]

In January 2017, he played his first full game in the national team, playing 45 minutes in both of his previous matches. While he was benched against Uganda (1–3 loss), on 12 January he was fielded in an unofficial friendly match against Sweden in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Slovakia lost the game 0–6, despite only losing 0–1 after half time. This match also marked the first time Dúbravka conceded in the national team and he was also Slovak captain for the game, being the most experienced with international football.[3][4]

He made his competitive debut in a sixth FIFA World Cup qualifier of the campaign, against Lithuania, on the 10 June 2017, when the preferred goalkeeper in the campaign, Matúš Kozáčik, was unavailable for the first time in the qualifying process. Slovakia went on to win the game 2-1, thanks to goals of Vladimír Weiss and Marek Hamšík. He only conceded a goal from Arvydas Novikovas in the 93rd minute of the game, from a direct free kick.

Honours

Žilina

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=2048808.html
  2. ↑ Slovensko vyhralo nad Čiernou Horou 2:0, Kozákovi chýbala atmosféra, SME.sk, retrieved 25. 5. 2014 (in Slovak)
  3. ↑ http://www.sportinak.sk/online-prenos-pripravny-zapas-futbal--slovensko---uganda
  4. ↑ http://www.sportinak.sk/online-prenos-pripravny-zapas-futbal--slovensko---svedsko-teraz


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