Kornel Šaláta (; ; born 24 January 1985) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for MSO Štúrovo.

Club career

Saláta made his

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debut in the 2005–06 season for Matador Púchov. After season Púchov relegated to the

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and Saláta signed for

Artmedia Petržalka Artmedia was one of the first scientific projects concerning the relationship between art, technology, philosophy and aesthetics. It was founded in 1985 at the University of Salerno. For over two decades, until 2009, dozens of projects, studies, e ...

. There he won the

and the

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in the 2007–08 season. In summer 2009, he moved to Slovan Bratislava, playing first match in the 2009 Slovak Super Cup. In January 2011, he signed four-year contract for

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n club

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for €1 million as one of the best Corgoň Liga defenders. Saláta left

in August 2014.

International career

Saláta made his national team debut against

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on 24 May 2008. He participated at the

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, playing 83 minutes in second group match against

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Personal life

Saláta hails ethnically from the ethnic Hungarian minority in Slovakia. He speaks both Slovak and Hungarian fluently, also with knowledge of

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and English.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saláta goal.''

Honours

Artmedia *

: 2007–08 *

: 2007–08 Slovan * Slovak Cup: 2009–10 * Slovak Super Cup:

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salata, Kornel 1985 births Living people People from Nové Zámky District Footballers from the Nitra Region Hungarians in Slovakia Slovak men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Slovakia men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2016 players Slovak First Football League players Russian Premier League players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players MŠK Púchov players FC Petržalka players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players FC Rostov players FC Tom Tomsk players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Szombathelyi Haladás footballers KFC Komárno players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary 21st-century Slovak sportsmen