Matúš Čonka (born 15 October 1990) is a Slovak

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who plays for ViOn Zlaté Moravce, in the

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as a

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Club career

Čonka, product of Lokomotíva Košice youth squads, made his league debut for MFK Košice against

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a middle-sized town in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Veľká Fatra, and the Kremnica Mo ...

on 18 July 2009 at the age of 18. He scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

on 17 July 2011. In January 2012, he joined Czech club Slavia Prague. He was transferred to Spartak Trnava in June 2014. He made his league debut for them on 13 July 2014 against

Zlaté Moravce Zlaté Moravce (; 1776 Morawce, hu, Aranyosmarót, german: Goldmorawitz) is a town in south-western Slovakia. Basic data It is the capital and the biggest town of Zlaté Moravce District. It is approximately 120 km from the Slovak capital B ...

International career

Čonka was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in

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, in January 2017, against

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(1–3 loss) and

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, by his former coach Ján Kozák, who coached for approximately 1 year, while Čonka played for

Košice Košice ( , ; german: Kaschau ; hu, Kassa ; pl, Коszyce) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia. It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary. With a population of app ...

. Čonka made his debut against Sweden, playing the full length of the match, which

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lost 0–6.

Honours

Spartak Trnava *

: 2017–18 * Slovnaft Cup: 2018–19

References

External links

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MFK Košice profile
1990 births Living people Footballers from Košice Men's association football fullbacks Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers FC VSS Košice players SK Slavia Prague players MFK Karviná players FC Spartak Trnava players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub