Denis Ventúra (born 1 August 1995) is a
Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for
Sigma Olomouc.
Career
FK Senica
He made his professional debut for
Senica in the
Europa League qualifying away fixture against
Hungarian team
MTK Budapest
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on 5 July 2012.Senica tied the game 1:1 and Ventúra came on as a stoppage time replacement for
Martin Ďurica
Martin Ďurica (born 11 July 1981 in Žilina) is a Slovak football midfielder currently playing for FK Senica, who has represented the Slovakia national team playing in the qualifiers for Euro 2004.
At club level, Ďurica played for MŠK Ž ...
. He remained benched in home fixture, where Senica won 2:1, by goals of
Rolando Blackburn and
Jan Kalabiška, to advance on aggregate and face
APOEL Nicosia. Ventúra did not appeare in those games, as Senica were knocked out by the aggregate score of 0:3.
His
Corgoň Liga debut came on 26 May 2013 against
Nitra
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. Ventúra was featured from the start, completing 80 minutes, before being replaced by
Juraj Križko
Juraj Križko (born 20 September 1985) is a Slovak football defender who plays amateur football for Trenčianske Stankovce
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. Still, while on the pitch, Ventúra had witnessed
Róbert Pillár's only goal of the match in the first half.
Academica Clinceni
After three-and-a-half years at
iClinic Sereď, Ventúra had signed a contract with Romanian
Academica Clinceni. ''The Academics'' were a
top division club at that point, but at the time of Ventúra's transfer, they were second to last and it was determined, that they were set to battle in the Relegation phase during the spring. Ventúra's defensive skills were to minimise the amount of conceded goals. Ventúra joined his fellow countrymen and a
striker
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*Blacksmith's striker, a type of blacksmith's assistant
*Striker's Independent Society, the oldest mystic krewe in America
People wi ...
Jakub Vojtuš
Jakub Vojtuš (born 22 October 1993) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
Born in Spišská Nová Ves, Vojtuš began playing in the local club Spišská Nová Ves, until he was transferred to Žilina in 2006. H ...
, who joined the side in the summer of 2019.
Ventúra made his competitive debut in the first possible match, on 1 February 2020, against
Voluntari, although he was featured in some friendly games over the winter break. In the fixture against Voluntari, Ventúra was featured in the starting line-up, playing as a defensive midfielder. While Academica took the lead through
Adrian Șut
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Club career
Early career
Born in Cociuba Mare, Bihor County, Șut played youth football for local side Izvorul, Li ...
, an unconverted penalty by
Eugeniu Cebotaru
Eugeniu Cebotaru (born 16 October 1984) is a Moldovan professional football coach and a former player, currently assistant coach at Liga I club Universitatea Cluj.
Career statistics
International stats
International goals
:''Scores and resul ...
, equaliser by
Marko Simonovski
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Club career
On 23 February 2016, Simonovski signed for Kazakhsta ...
and a second-half winner
Mihai Căpățînă meant that Clinceni had lost 1:2. During the half-time Ventúra was replaced by
Robert Ion
Robert Andrei Ion (born 5 September 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays mainly as a attacking midfielder.
Club career Farul Constanța
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.
Honours
FK Senica
*
Slovak Cup
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History
The competition was first contested in 1969. Until 1993, the winner of the ...
: runner-up
2014–15
iClinic Sereď
*
2. Liga:
2017–18
External links
FK Senica profileCorgoň Liga profile
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References
1995 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Senica
Slovak footballers
Slovak expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
FK Senica players
ŠKF Sereď players
LPS HD Clinceni players
Gyirmót FC Győr players
Slovak Super Liga players
Liga I players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Expatriate footballers in Romania
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Expatriate footballers in Hungary
Slovakia youth international footballers
SK Sigma Olomouc players
Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
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