Martin Dobrotka (born 22 January 1985) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

Arka Gdynia Morski Związkowy Klub Sportowy Arka Gdynia () is a Polish professional football club, based in Gdynia, Poland, that plays in the Polish I liga. The club was founded as Klub Sportowy Gdynia in 1929. History The history of Arka dates back to ...

. On 23 April 2011, while playing for Slovan Bratislava, he scored a goal remarkably similar to Maradona's 'Hand of God' goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. He scored the winning goal with his hand in an away league match against

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in the 89th minute.

Club career

Dobrotka spent a year and a half in the Czech

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with

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and also one season in FC Rimavská Sobota.

International career

He made his first appearance Slovakia national team on 11 February 2009 against

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Honours

Slovan Bratislava *

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: 2008–09,

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: 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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* 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bratislava Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players I liga players MŠK Rimavská Sobota players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players MFK Skalica players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Stal Mielec players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players SK Slavia Prague players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Baník Sokolov players Wigry Suwałki players Arka Gdynia players Men's association football defenders Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Poland {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub