Kornel Saláta (; hu, Saláta Kornél; born 24 January 1985) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for MSO Štúrovo.

Club career

Saláta made his

Corgoň Liga The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, he ...

debut in the 2005–06 season for Matador Púchov. After season Púchov relegated to the

Slovak First League The Slovak Super Liga is the top level football league in Slovakia, currently known as the Fortuna Liga due to a sponsorship arrangement. It was formed in 1993 following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The record for most titles is eleven, ...

and Saláta signed for

Artmedia Petržalka Artmedia was one of the first scientific projects concerning the relationship between art, technology, philosophy and aesthetics. It was founded in 1985 at the University of Salerno. For over two decades, until 2009, dozens of projects, studies, e ...

. There he won the

and the

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in the 2007–08 season. In summer 2009, he moved to Slovan Bratislava, playing first match in the

2009 Slovak Super Cup The 2009 Slovak Super Cup was a Association football, football match played on July 5, 2009, in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia. The match was played between Slovak Superliga 2008–09, Corgoň Liga 2008–09 champions ŠK Slovan Bratislava and the Slova ...

. In January 2011, he signed four-year contract for

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n club

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for €1 million as one of the best Corgoň Liga defenders. Saláta left

in August 2014.

International career

Saláta made his national team debut against

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on 24 May 2008. He participated at the

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, playing 83 minutes in second group match against

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Personal life

Saláta hails from the

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. He speaks both Slovak and Hungarian fluently, also with knowledge of

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and

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saláta goal.''

Honours

Artmedia *

: 2007–08 *

: 2007–08 Slovan * Slovak Cup: 2009–10 *

Slovak Super Cup The Slovak Super Cup (''Slovenský Superpohár'' in Slovak), in the past named as ''Matičný pohár'' or ''Pribinov pohár'', was a football match between the champion of the Corgoň Liga and winner of the Slovak Cup. The cup was played annually ...

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References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salata, Kornel 1985 births Living people People from Nové Zámky District Footballers from the Nitra Region Hungarians in Slovakia Slovak men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Slovakia men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players Slovak First Football League players Russian Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players MŠK Púchov players FC Petržalka players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Rostov players FC Tom Tomsk players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers KFC Komárno players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary