Lukáš Štetina (; born 28 July 1991) is a Slovak former professional

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who currently plays for

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Club career

Early career

Štetina made his

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debut for

in a 1–1 draw against

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on 11 July 2009. He scored his first goal in a 2–0 win against

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. He played 24 matches in his first Corgoň Liga season. In the next season he made 18 appearances for Nitra and then was transferred to Ukrainian club

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in March 2011.

Metalist Kharkiv

Štetina debuted in the

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in a 0–0 draw against

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on 5 March 2011. He played only two matches in the 2010–11 season and failed to make a league appearance in the 2011–12 season. He returned to Slovakia in February 2012, signing a half-year loan deal with Tatran Prešov. Štetina joined

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club

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on a year's loan in July 2012, making his

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debut on 28 July 2012, playing four minutes as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against

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Later career

Štetina transferred to

and signed a three-year contract in July 2013, then

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in 2017. After years of playing abroad, Štetina returned to his homeland and signed for

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in June 2022. He scored a scissors goal in a

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third qualifying round against

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on 18 August 2023, sending Spartak Trnava to the next round. On 2 July 2024, Štetina signed a new contract with the club which kept him until 2025. On 16 May 2025, Štetina announced his retirement from professional football. On 3 July 2025, It was announced that Štetina would be joining

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side

International career

Štetina represented various Slovak youth teams, debuting in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round, making his competitive debut against Serbia on 26 March 2008. He debuted for the Slovak senior squad in an

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goalless friendly draw against

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in November 2013. He only returned to the national team match four years later, playing the first half of a friendly match against

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, giving Slovakia the lead in the tenth minute, by a tap-in, which followed Albert Rusnák's free kick,

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's header and a failed save by

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. Štetina returned national team in March 2019 after the international retirement of

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, having been called up for a double

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fixture against

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and

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International goals

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague *

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: 2019–20 Spartak Trnava *

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, 2024–25

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stetina, Lukas 1991 births Living people Footballers from Nitra Men's association football central defenders Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers FC Nitra players FC Metalist Kharkiv players 1. FC Tatran Prešov players FK Dukla Prague players Slovak First Football League players Ukrainian Premier League players Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine FC Slovan Liberec players Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers 21st-century Slovak sportsmen