Roland Galčík (born 13 July 2001) is a Slovak

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who plays for Slovak

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club

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Club career

FK Železiarne Podbrezová

Galčík made his Fortuna Liga debut for

in an

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fixture against

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on 20 October 2018, coming on as a late second-half replacement for

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with the final score already set at 3:2.

International career

Galčík was first recognised in a senior national team nomination on 16 March 2022 by

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as an alternate ahead of two international friendly fixtures against

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and

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. During the March international fixtures, Galčík ended up representing the Slovak U21 side under Jaroslav Kentoš in 2023 Under-21 European Championship qualifiers against

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and

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, being called up on the 17 March.

References

External links

FK Železiarne Podbrezová official club profile
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Futbalnet profile
* 2001 births Living people Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders FK Železiarne Podbrezová players MŠK Žilina players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players People from Námestovo Footballers from the Žilina Region 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub