Ľubomír Belko (born 4 February 2002) is a Slovak professional

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who plays for

Niké Liga The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following the ...

club

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

Club career

MŠK Žilina

Belko made his Fortuna Liga debut for

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the List of cities ...

on 8 August 2021 during a

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match against

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, in which ''Šošoni'' recorded a 3:1 win. Belko conceded the single goal from

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International career

Belko was first recognised in a senior national team nomination on 23 May 2022

Štefan Tarkovič Štefan Tarkovič (born 18 February 1973) is a Slovak football manager and a former player. He currently manages Kyrgyzstan. Previously, he headed the national team of Slovakia as well as various Slovak clubs such as Žilina, Tatran Prešov an ...

as an alternate ahead of four

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fixtures against

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and

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. For the same June fixtures, he was also a member of U21 team ahead of a qualifier against

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and a friendly against

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. In December 2022, Belko was nominated by

Francesco Calzona Francesco Calzona (born 24 October 1968) is an Italian football coach who is currently managing the Slovakia national team. Playing career Calzona had a very short career as a player, appearing three times with Arezzo in the Serie B division ...

, who joined the side in late summer, for senior national team prospective players' training camp at

NTC Senec NTC Senec (Národné tréningové centrum Senec) is a football training center of the Slovak Football Association and a multi-use stadium in Senec, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ŠK Senec. T ...

Honours

Individual *

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Team of the Season:

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References

External links

MŠK Žilina official club profile
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Futbalnet profile
* 2002 births Living people Footballers from Žilina Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers MŠK Žilina players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Slovak First Football League players 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub