Filip Oršula (born 25 February 1993) is a Slovak

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who plays as a winger or

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for

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Club career

The pre-season friendly with

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match began well for Oršula, as he made a goal-scoring debut, against

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. He debuted for the first team on 25 September 2012, in the

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match against

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. He was on trial at

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in July 2013 and played in a friendly match against Quick 1888 (0–5).

MSV Duisburg

On 24 July 2013, he joined

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on a two-year contract.

Dinamo Tbilisi

After spending half of season with

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, Oršula had signed a two-year contract with reigning

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champions

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, in January 2020. He had joined the squad earlier during a winter training camp in

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International career

Oršula was first called up to the senior national team for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in

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, UAE, in January 2017, against

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and

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. He made his debut against

, being fielded from the start until the 85th minute, when he was substituted for

Pavol Šafranko Pavol Šafranko (born 16 November 1994) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I side Sepsi OSK. Club career Tatran Prešov Born in Stropkov, eastern Slovakia, Šafranko began his football career in the local club ...

. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. He also played the last thirty minutes of a match against Sweden, which Slovakia lost 0–6, when he replaced

Dávid Guba Dávid Guba (born 29 June 1991) is a Slovak football player who plays as winger for MŠK Považská Bystrica. Club career Born in Humenné, Guba played as a youth for TJ Sokol Vydraň, MŠK Spartak Medzilaborce and 1. HFC Humenné, where he pla ...

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* 1993 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Slovak First Football League players 3. Liga players Erovnuli Liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Czech First League players Manchester City F.C. players FC Twente players Wigan Athletic F.C. players MSV Duisburg players Spartak Myjava players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Spartak Trnava players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Slovan Liberec players FK Senica players People from Prievidza District Footballers from the Trenčín Region Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Slovak expatriate sportspeople in England Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub