Martin Bača (born 30 September 1985) is a

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former professional

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player who made more than 100 appearances in the

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, all of which for

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. Bača played half a season in the

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for

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on loan in 2008, while his only other club was

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, who he represented in the Czech second tier between 2010 and 2011. After returning to Zlín in 2011, he retired from professional football at the age of 27 in 2013.

Career

Bača started his career at

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, playing 69 times in the

for the club and scoring 6 goals in the competition between 2003 and the middle of the 2007–08 season. For the second half of the 2007–08 season Bača played in the

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on loan at

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. He was brought in by Nitra manager

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, who had previously managed Bača at Zlín. He collapsed in a March 2008 match against

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, having to be substituted in the second half. Bača subsequently scored for the club in league victories against

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(2–1 away) and Dukla Banská Bystrica (1–0 at home). After returning from his loan, Bača continued at Zlín, playing a further 40 First League games and scoring another 5 goals before the club's relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season. He continued to play for Zlín in the 2009–10 season in the second league, making 15 appearances and scoring once. Baca scored three times in 21 league appearances in the

2010–11 Czech 2. Liga The 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga was the 18th season of the 2. česká fotbalová liga, the second tier of the Czech football league. The season began on 30 July 2010 and ended on 11 June 2011. The winter break was scheduled between 6 November 2010 a ...

for

. At the start of the 2011–12 season he made three league appearances for the club, scoring once, before signing a two-year contract to play for Zlin again in September 2011. Bača didn't play a single minute in the

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, announcing his professional retirement in March 2013 at the age of 27 due to persistent injury.

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