Róbert Polievka (born 9 June 1996) is a Slovak

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who plays as a

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for

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

in the

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

Career

Polievka made his professional debut for

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

on 12 July 2014. On 20 June 2015, he signed a three-year contract with

Dunajská Streda Dunajská Streda (; ; ) is a town located in southern Slovakia ( Trnavský kraj). Dunajská Streda is the most culturally significant town in the Žitný ostrov area. The town has a population of 22,730, with ethnic Hungarians forming the 72% maj ...

. In March 2023, Polievka received his first call-up to the Slovak senior squad for two home UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers against

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and

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. He debuted in a goalless draw against the former opponent on 23 March 2023, only to be replaced by

Róbert Boženík Róbert Boženík (born 18 November 1999) is a Slovak professional association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Primeira Liga club Boavista F.C., Boavista and the Slovakia national football team, Slo ...

after 72 minutes. Erik Farkaš of Aktuality.sk rated him 3 out of 10 on Polievka's debut, criticising lack of activity from the footballer as well as inadequate utilisation of his strengths.

Honours

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Slovak Super 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 Football in Slovakia, Slovak football league system. It was formed ...

Player of the Month: August 2022, February 2023 *

Goal of the Month: February 2023 *

Team of the Season:

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Futbalnet profile

Eurofotbal profile
1996 births Living people Sportspeople from Krupina Footballers from the Banská Bystrica Region 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 forwards FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players FK Železiarne Podbrezová players MŠK Žilina players MTK Budapest FC players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-forward-stub