Martin Regáli (born 12 October 1993) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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who plays for Belgian club

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. Regáli won the 2014–15 DOXXbet liga with the Zemplín Michalovce.

Club career

Career in Slovakia

Regáli was born in

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. He made his professional

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debut for Zemplín Michalovce against

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on 18 July 2015. During the winter break of 2018–19 season he announced to the management of Zemplín, that he will not extend a contract with the club.

KV Kortrijk

On 3 January 2023, Regáli's transfer to

was announced.

International career

Regáli was never a part of youth national teams. In March 2022,

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called him up for Slovak national teams friendly fixtures against

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and

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, at the age of 28. On 25 March, he made his international debut at

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in a 0–2 loss against Norway. Regáli came on the pitch during 35th minute to replace injured Tomáš Suslov on the

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with a score still being goal-less. Second-half goals by

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and

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caused the 2–0 win for the home side. He made further appearances in the calendar year, including appearances in the negatively perceived campaign

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campaign, in which Slovakia had failed to win the anticipated promotion. On 20 November 2022 Regáli played a notable role in

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's international farewell match. In the 89th minute of the match by Hamšík departed the international game for the final time during a substitution, when he was replaced and retired by Regáli. During the substitution, Hamšík was exited by a

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of almost 20 thousand spectators of an essentially sold out stadium. During the stoppage time the score did not change and remained at a goal-less tie. Regáli sealed his debut year off with a nomination for national team prospective players' training camp at

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days later, in December.

References

External links

MFK Zemplín Michalovce official profile

Futbalnet profile

Eurofotbal profile
* 1993 births Living people Footballers from Prešov Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Men's association football forwards MFK Zemplín Michalovce players MFK Ružomberok players K.V. Kortrijk players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Slovak First Football League players Belgian Pro League players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Belgium {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub