Ľubomír Šatka (; born 2 December 1995) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Early career

Šatka was born in

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, Trenčín Region. A product of Dubnica, he joined

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in 2012. In 2014, he was included in the senior squad for a friendly tournament to be held in New Zealand. On 3 January 2015, Šatka made his senior debut in an

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match against

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, which his team lost. Šatka joined League Two club

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on 29 January 2016 on a one-month youth

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, and debuted on 6 February as a 58th-minute substitute for

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in a 2–0 away loss to

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Dunajská Streda

Šatka returned to Slovakia to join

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on 10 January 2017 on a six-month loan deal. Satka left Newcastle when his contract expired at the end of the 2016–17 season. Šatka signed a three-year contract with Dunajská Streda on 18 June 2017.

Lech Poznań

Šatka agreed to sign for

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club

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. ...

on 29 June 2019 on a four-year contract, only joining the club in mid-July after Dunajská Streda's tie in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.

Samsunspor

After the end of his contract with Lech Poznań, Šatka joined the newcomer of the Turkish Süper Lig

in July 2023, signed a three-year contract.

International career

Šatka has been capped by Slovakia at under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels. Šatka was listed as an alternate in the senior team for the two

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matches against

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and

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on 1 September 2017. In March 2018, he was called up to the senior team for the first time for two fixtures at the

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. Despite being an unused substitute for the 2–1 victory over the

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, he debuted and played the entire final match on 25 March 2018 against

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in a 3–2 victory.

Career statistics

Club

International

. :''Scores and results list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Šatka goal''.

Honours

Lech Poznań *

: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the Lech Poznań website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Satka, Lubomir 1995 births Living people Footballers from Ilava Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Newcastle United F.C. players York City F.C. players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Lech Poznań players Lech Poznań II players Samsunspor footballers English Football League players Slovak First Football League players Ekstraklasa players II liga players Süper Lig players UEFA Euro 2020 players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England Slovak expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Turkey 21st-century Slovak sportsmen