Ľuboš Kamenár (born 17 June 1987) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. He previously played for

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Club career

Kamenár made his first football steps in his hometown club

. He went through all the youth squads, until reaching the senior team, where he made five appearances. In February 2005, he signed for

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and in his first season there, he won the league although he was not first choice goalkeeper and played only one match. He qualified with Artmedia to the

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but he did not get a chance. He became a first goalkeeper in the second half of the 2005–06 season when

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had to undergo treatment for a

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. He won the domestic league again in 2007–08. On 2 July 2009, the 22-year-old Kamenár left

to sign a five-year contract for French

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. He played 35 matches in his first season and finished 15th with Nantes. In the next season he lost his position in the club and moved on a half-year loan to

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. There he made only one appearance against

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on loan. He played 11 matches for the Sparta reserve squad. On 21 January 2012, he signed a half-year loan with option for his hometown club

. Kamenar completed a season-long loan move to Scottish giants

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on 31 August 2012 with the option to make the move permanent, but he eventually joined Hungarian side ETO Győr until 2016.

International career

Kamenár played his first international match for

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in a 3–1

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2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over

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on 11 October 2008. In that match, he had conceded the sole goal that San Marino managed to score in the campaign, when he was beaten by San Marino's top scorer and most caped player

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, at the end of the first half. He recorded his other international cap in a friendly match against

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, in a 1–2 defeat at pod Dubňom in November 2009.

Honours

Petržalka *

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: 2004–05, 2007–08 *

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: 2007–08 *

Slovak Super Cup The Slovak Super Cup (''Slovenský Superpohár'' in Slovak), in the past named as or , was a match between the champion of the Slovak First Football League and winner of the Slovak Cup. The match was played annually besides years when a club cl ...

: 2005 ETO Győr *

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: 2013 Spartak Trnava *Slovak Cup: 2021–22,

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamenar, Lubos 1987 births Living people Footballers from Trnava Men's association football goalkeepers Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FC Spartak Trnava players FC Petržalka players FC Nantes players Sivasspor footballers AC Sparta Prague players Celtic F.C. players Győri ETO FC players Śląsk Wrocław players Vasas SC players Ekstraklasa players III liga players Slovak First Football League players Ligue 2 players Süper Lig players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in France Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen TJ Slavoj Boleráz