Filip Oršula (born 25 February 1993) is a Slovak

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who plays as a winger or

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for

FC Petržalka FC Petržalka is a Slovakia, Slovak association football, football club based in Bratislava. The club was founded in 1898 and it was promoted twice to the top flight Czechoslovak First League, 1. liga in the Czechoslovakia during the 1980s (for ...

Club career

The pre-season friendly with

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match began well for Oršula, as he made a goal-scoring debut, against

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. He debuted for the first team on 25 September 2012, in the League Cup match against

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. He was on trial at

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion ...

in July 2013 and played in a friendly match against Quick 1888 (0–5).

MSV Duisburg

On 24 July 2013, he joined

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

on a two-year contract.

Dinamo Tbilisi

After spending half of season with

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, Oršula had signed a two-year contract with reigning Georgian champions

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, in January 2020. He had joined the squad earlier during a winter training camp in

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Slovan Bratislava

Oršula officially moved from FC Petržalka to Slovan Bratislava B on January 3, 2025 on a free transfer.

International career

Oršula was first called up to the senior national team for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in

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, UAE, in January 2017, against

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and

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. He made his debut against

, being fielded from the start until the 85th minute, when he was substituted for Pavol Šafranko. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. He also played the last thirty minutes of a match against Sweden, which Slovakia lost 0–6, when he replaced

Dávid Guba Dávid Guba (born 29 June 1991) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a winger for Austrian club ASK Wilhelmsburg. Club career Born in Humenné, Guba played as a youth for TJ Sokol Vydraň, MŠK Spartak Medzilaborce and 1. HFC Humenné, where h ...

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* 1993 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Slovak First Football League players 3. Liga players Erovnuli Liga players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Czech First League players Manchester City F.C. players FC Twente players Wigan Athletic F.C. players MSV Duisburg players Spartak Myjava players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Spartak Trnava players FC Dinamo Tbilisi players FC Slovan Liberec players FK Senica players People from Prievidza District Footballers from the Trenčín Region Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in Georgia (country) Slovak expatriate sportspeople in England Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub