Martin Bukata (born 2 October 1993) is a Slovak

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who plays for Spartak Trnava as a midfielder.

Club career

MFK/VSS Košice

Bukata made his first

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appearance on 11 March 2012, coming on as a substitute for

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loss against Slovan Bratislava. On 2 March 2013, he scored his first goals for

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against the biggest rival team Tatran Prešov, Košice defeated Prešov 3–0.

Benevento

On 1 August 2018, Bukata signed with Serie B side

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. His Benevento contract was dissolved by mutual consent on 9 January 2019.

Karviná

On 21 January 2019, he joined Czech club Karviná. He described the 2019–20 as unique and unusual, as he had to enter quarantine three-times, while with Karviná, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was a regular in the starting line-up initially but was later sidelined and placed on to the bench, contributing to him becoming free agent in July 2020.

Spartak Trnava

On 27 July 2020, Bukata had signed with Spartak Trnava in his native Slovakia, joining the club's goalkeeper

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, who is the godfather of Bukata's son. He also joined

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, a former teammate from

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, who had signed just days earlier. The club had disclosed that they had worked on Bukata's arrival for about a year and Bukata, in turn, expressed his gratitude and commitment to the club.

International career

He debuted for the U-21 side on 21 March 2013 in a 0–1 away loss against Austria. Bukata 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 Uganda and

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by his former coach from MFK Košice - Ján Kozák. He capped his debut against Uganda, being fielded from the start until the 70th minute, when he was substituted by Tomáš Huk. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. Bukata also played the second half of the historic 0–6 loss to Sweden. It took about 5 years for his further recognitions in national team nominations, when

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listed him as an alternate fixtures in September and November, as well as prospective national team players' training camp in December.

Honours

MFK Košice *

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: 2013–14 Spartak Trnava *

: 2021–22,

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External links

MFK Košice ProfileCorgoň Liga Profile
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bukata, Martin 1993 births Living people Footballers from Košice Men's association football midfielders Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers FC VSS Košice players Piast Gliwice players Benevento Calcio players MFK Karviná players FC Spartak Trnava players OFK Malženice players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Ekstraklasa players Slovak First Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic