Michal Šulla (born 15 July 1991) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for Líšeň.

Club career

Early career

Michal Šulla 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

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debut for

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

ŠK Slovan Bratislava ŠK Slovan Bratislava (, "Bratislava Slavs") is a professional association football, football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, that plays in the Slovak First Football League. Founded as I. ČSŠK Bratislava in 1919, the club changed its name ...

in 2018, with the club paying 200 thousand euros for him. Šulla won 5 titles with the club.

Later career

On 28 September 2023, he signed for

FC Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Football in Slovakia#System, Slovak league system, hav ...

, but he did not play a single match in their jersey. On 12 September 2024, it was announced that Šulla would be joining

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club

FK Inter Bratislava FK Inter Bratislava () is a football club based in Bratislava, Slovakia, temporarily playing its home matches in Štadion Pasienky. History Inter Bratislava was founded in 1940 by the Apollo refinery (later renamed Slovnaft). Following the end of ...

International career

Šulla was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures in January 2017. He made his debut on 8 January 2017 against

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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

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, on 25 March 2018, in a 3–2 victory over

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, despite being benched in the 2–1 semi-final victory over

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three days earlier. In the 42nd minute Šulla conceded a controversial goal; an attempted pass to Róbert Mazáň went straight to the foot of

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, 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,

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, 2021–22 * Slovnaft Cup (3): 2017–18, 2019–20,

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 ŠK Slovan Bratislava players 3. Liga (Slovakia) players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub