Matej Oravec (born 30 March 1998) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

Železiarne Podbrezová Železiarne Podbrezová a.s. (ŽP) ( eng, Podbrezová Iron Works) is a Slovak company headquartered in Podbrezová Podbrezová (; hu, Zólyombrézó) is a large village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of cent ...

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Oravec made his professional

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debut for

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a Slovak professional football club based in Trnava. Historically, it is one of the most successful clubs in the country, having won the Czechoslovak First League five times and the Czechoslovak Cup on four occasions, and ...

against

Podbrezová Podbrezová (; hu, Zólyombrézó) is a large village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia, around 10 km west of the district seat town, Brezno. History The village is actually made of six ...

on 17 July 2016.

Philadelphia Union

On 20 January 2020, Oravec moved to

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side

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. He was loaned to

in July 2021. Philadelphia Union and Oravec mutually agree to part ways on 7 July 2022.

Honours

Spartak Trnava *

: 2017–18

References

External links

FC Spartak Trnava official club profile

Futbalnet profile
1998 births Living people Footballers from Trnava Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Spartak Trnava players FK Železiarne Podbrezová players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Philadelphia Union players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub