Marek Bartánus (born 13 February 1987) is a Slovak

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player who is currently playing for the HC Košice of the

Slovak Extraliga The Slovak Extraliga, known as the Tipsport liga since the 2025–26 season for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level ice hockey league in Slovakia. From 2018–19 to 2020–21, the league included one or two teams from Hungary. Teams fro ...

. He was selected by the

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in the 4th round (92nd overall) of the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

Early life

Bartánus was born on 13 February 1987 in

Liptovský Mikuláš Liptovský Mikuláš (; until 1952 ''Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš'', ; ) is a town in northern Slovakia, on the Váh River, about from Bratislava. It lies in the Liptov region, in Podtatranská kotlina, Liptov Basin near the Low Tatra and Tat ...

. His father was a youth ice hockey coach and his two sisters were basketball players.

Career

Bartánus played with

HC Sparta Praha Hockey Club Sparta Praha, commonly known as HC Sparta Prague, is a Prague-based Czech professional ice hockey team playing in the Czech Extraliga. The club has won four Czech championships (most recently in 2007) and four Czechoslovak champio ...

in the

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during the

2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of the Czech Extraliga since its creation after the breakup of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1993. In the regular season, HC Oceláři Třinec finished atop ...

. He previously played for

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, HC Košice,

HK Poprad HK Poprad is a professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in Slovakia. It plays its games in Poprad, Slovakia. The squad's greatest successes include 2nd place in the Slovak Extraliga in 2006, 2011 and 2021. Th ...

, and

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. Bartánus was a part of the Slovak ice hockey squad that finished ninth place at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. In 2001, Bartánus returned to HC Košice, the team he played for in the early years of his career. In 2025, despite struggling with injuries, Bartánus won his seventh Slovak Extraliga championship—more than any other player in league history.

Personal life

Bartánus is married and has two children.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and honours

References

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