Dominik Špiriak (born 22 March 1999) is a Slovak professional

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who last played as a

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for

KFC Komárno KFC Komárno is a Slovak football club based in the town of Komárno. The club was founded on 29 April 1900 in Komárom, Kingdom of Hungary in the main hall of the town hall of Komárno by the initialization of András Beliczay. The team's co ...

in the Slovak

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Club career

Špiriak began his football career at

ŠK Senec ŠK Senec was a Slovak soccer club based in Senec, and founded in 1994. The club has played in Slovak Second Football League. Since 1999 the club has organized an annual youth soccer tournament Senec District and friends, which in the past te ...

, where he signed his first professional contract during the 2015–16 season. In 2017, he moved to

Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda (; ; ) is a town located in southern Slovakia ( Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a population of 22,730, with ethnic Hungarians forming the 72% maj ...

, where he eventually made his professional Fortuna Liga debut against

FK Železiarne Podbrezová FK Železiarne Podbrezová () is a Slovak football team, based in the village of Podbrezová. History Podbrezová was formed in 1920 as RTJ Podbrezová. The club is also particularly famous for its youth program that has produced many Slovak ta ...

on October 20, 2018. During his time with

, he was loaned out to fellow Slovak sides

Komárno Komárno (, , ), colloquially also called ''Révkomárom'', ''Öregkomárom'', ''Észak-Komárom'' in Hungarian language, Hungarian, is a town in Slovakia at the confluence of the Danube and the Váh rivers. Historically it was formed by the "old ...

and Zemplín Michalovce. In July 2019, Špiriak was loaned out to Greek Super League 2 side

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for the duration of the 2019–20 season.

Pohronie

In July 2020, Špiriak signed with Pohronie. Initially, he enjoyed generous play-time until late November, when he suffered a knee injury in an away fixture against

Žilina Žilina (; ; ; ; Names of European cities in different languages: U-Z#Z, 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 List of cities ...

, which had ruled him out of play until mid-March. Even until June, he only returned to play as a second-half substitute.

References

External links

FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda official club profile
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Futbalnet profile
* 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bratislava Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football defenders ŠK Senec players KFC Komárno players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players MFK Zemplín Michalovce players Ergotelis F.C. players FK Pohronie players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Super League Greece 2 players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Greece 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub