Ľudmila Maťavková (born 11 April 1998) is a Slovak

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who plays as

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for

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in the

Belgian Women's Super League The Belgian Women's Super League (Dutch: Super League ''Vrouwenvoetbal/Belgisch Vrouwenvoetbal Kampioenschap''; French: ''Superligue/Championnat de Belgique féminin de football''; German: ''Superliga/Belgische Frauenfußballmeisterschaft'') is t ...

. She played before in the

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for the 1. FC Slovácko and in the Slovak Women's First League for the Slovan Bratislava. She plays for the Slovakia women's national team.

Career

After being detected at the age of 14 by the German club

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, Matavkova chose the Czech Republic and the club of 1. FC Slovácko as her first experience abroad. During 3 years she played and continued her studies. She returned for a year in the best Slovakian team Slovan Bratislava and won the Slovak leagues in 2019. Matavkova played the

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against

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and

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. Maťavková has been capped for the Slovakia national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle. in July 2020, Maťavková signed with

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and became the first slovak female player in the Belgian League. She made her debut on 16 July 2020 and scored the first goal in the history of the club's women's team during the game.

Honours

* Slovak leagues Winner : 2019 * Czech First Division Third Place : 2017, 2018 *

Czech Women's Cup The Czech Women's Cup (Czech Language, Czech: ''Pohár Komise fotbalu žen'' or ''Pohár KFŽ'') is the national Women's association football, women's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 2007. The first final was held ...

finalist : 2018 *Belgian

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winner 2024 Talent of the year 2013 Slovak leagues.

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