Michal Å ulla (born 15 July 1991) is a
Slovak professional
footballer
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
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for
LÃÅ¡eň.
Club career
Early career
Michal Å ulla began his career at
FK Senica
FK Senica () is a Slovakia, Slovak football (soccer), football team, based in the town of Senica. The club was founded in 1921.
History
FK Senica was founded in 1921. Newly created partition was rapidly progressed, but the boom dampened dark per ...
, where he went through various youth categories. In 2010, he fought his way up to the A-team. In 2012, he played for the clubs
MFK Vrbové
MFK Vrbové is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Vrbové
Vrbové ( (modernized: ''Werbau''); ) is a village in the Trnava Region of Slovakia. It has a population of about 6,000. The village lies around northwest from Piešťany. ...
and
Spartak Myjava
Spartak Myjava () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Myjava. The club was founded in 1920.
History
Spartak Myjava was founded on 8 August 1920 as Športový klub Myjava (ŠK Myjava). ŠK Myjava founder and first president of the loc ...
.
He made his professional
Corgoň Liga
The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following the ...
debut for
Spartak Myjava
Spartak Myjava () is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Myjava. The club was founded in 1920.
History
Spartak Myjava was founded on 8 August 1920 as Športový klub Myjava (ŠK Myjava). ŠK Myjava founder and first president of the loc ...
against
Tatran Prešov on 1 September 2012. Myjava won the game 2-0.
Slovan Bratislava
Thanks to his positive performances in the Senica jersey, he earned a transfer to
Å K Slovan Bratislava
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in 2018, with the club paying 200 thousand euros for him. Å ulla won 5 titles with the club.
Later career
On 28 September 2023, he signed for
FC Spartak Trnava
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, but he did not play a single match in their jersey.
On 12 September 2024, it was announced that Å ulla would be joining
3. Liga
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The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...
club
FK Inter Bratislava
FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Å tadion Pasienky.
History
Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of ...
.
International career
Å ulla was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures in January 2017. He made his debut on 8 January 2017 against
Uganda
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, conceding two goals in the first half - by
Moses Oloya (6th minute) and
Farouk Miya (14th minute). Slovakia went on to lose 1–3. Šulla did not play in the 0–6 loss against Sweden later that week.
He earned another cap in the final match of the
2018 King's Cup
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, on 25 March 2018, in a 3–2 victory over
Thailand
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, despite being benched in the 2–1 semi-final victory over
UAE
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three days earlier. In the 42nd minute Å ulla conceded a controversial goal; an attempted pass to
Róbert Mazáň went straight to the foot of
Teerasil Dangda
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Teerasil has played his trade in England, Switzerland, Spain, and Japan dur ...
, who found
Jakkaphan Kaewprom, who enjoyed a de facto empty net to score to - 2–1.
Honours
Slovan Bratislava
*
Fortuna Liga (4):
2018–19,
2019–20,
2020–21
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,
2021–22
*
Slovnaft Cup (3):
2017–18,
2019–20,
2020–21
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References
External links
FK Senica profile
*
1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Myjava
Slovak men's footballers
Slovakia men's youth international footballers
Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers
Slovakia men's international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
FK Senica players
Spartak Myjava players
Å K Slovan Bratislava players
3. Liga (Slovakia) players
Slovak First Football League players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
21st-century Slovak sportsmen
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