Denis Ventúra (born 1 August 1995) is a Slovak

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midfielder who currently plays for

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Career

FK Senica

He made his professional debut for

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in the Europa League qualifying away fixture against Hungarian team

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on 5 July 2012.Senica tied the game 1:1 and Ventúra came on as a stoppage time replacement for

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. He remained benched in home fixture, where Senica won 2:1, by goals of

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, to advance on aggregate and face

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. Ventúra did not appeare in those games, as Senica were knocked out by the aggregate score of 0:3. His

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debut came on 26 May 2013 against

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. Ventúra was featured from the start, completing 80 minutes, before being replaced by Juraj Križko. Still, while on the pitch, Ventúra had witnessed Róbert Pillár's only goal of the match in the first half.

Academica Clinceni

After three-and-a-half years at iClinic Sereď, Ventúra had signed a contract with Romanian

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. ''The Academics'' were a top division club at that point, but at the time of Ventúra's transfer, they were second to last and it was determined, that they were set to battle in the Relegation phase during the spring. Ventúra's defensive skills were to minimise the amount of conceded goals. Ventúra joined his fellow countrymen and a striker Jakub Vojtuš, who joined the side in the summer of 2019. Ventúra made his competitive debut in the first possible match, on 1 February 2020, against

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, although he was featured in some friendly games over the winter break. In the fixture against Voluntari, Ventúra was featured in the starting line-up, playing as a defensive midfielder. While Academica took the lead through Adrian Șut, an unconverted penalty by Eugeniu Cebotaru, equaliser by Marko Simonovski and a second-half winner

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meant that Clinceni had lost 1:2. During the half-time Ventúra was replaced by Robert Ion.

Honours

FK Senica *

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: runner-up 2014–15 iClinic Sereď * 2. Liga: 2017–18

External links

FK Senica profileCorgoň Liga profile
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References

1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Senica Slovak footballers Slovak expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FK Senica players ŠKF Sereď players LPS HD Clinceni players Gyirmót FC Győr players Slovak Super Liga players Liga I players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate footballers in Romania Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Hungary Slovakia youth international footballers SK Sigma Olomouc players Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub