Martin Králik (born 3 April 1995) is a Slovak

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who plays as a

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for

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Career

MŠK Žilina

He made his professional debut for

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against

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on 2 November 2013. The game concluded with a 0-2 result in favour of ''Šošoni''. Králik had played for the entire match and contributed with a winning goal, following a pass from Róbert Pich. Králik was released from

MŠK Žilina MŠK Žilina () is a Slovak football club based in the town of Žilina, that is playing in the Slovak First Football League. Since the league inception in 1993, the club has won 7 titles and comes second in All-time table that makes them one o ...

, as the club had entered

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, due to a

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Mladá Boleslav

On 2 July 2024, Králik signed a contract with

International career

Králik was called up 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 capped his debut against

, being fielded for the entire game. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1–3. Králik, however was not fielded in a 0–6 defeat against Sweden later that week.

Honours

MŠK Žilina

* Fortuna Liga: Winners: 2016-17

References

External links

Futbalnet profile

Eurofotbal profile
* 1995 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Sportspeople from Prievidza Footballers from the Trenčín Region Men's association football defenders FC Baník Prievidza players MŠK Žilina players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players Slovak First Football League players Czech First League players Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's international footballers FK Mladá Boleslav players 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-defender-stub