Denis Ventúra (born 1 August 1995) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for Polish club

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Career

FK Senica

He made his professional debut for

Senica Senica (; ; ) is a town in Trnava Region, western Slovakia. It is located in the north-eastern part of the Záhorie lowland, close to the Little Carpathians. Etymology The name is derived from the word ''seno'' ' hay' with the suffix ''-ica'' us ...

in the Europa League qualifying away fixture against Hungarian team

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on 5 July 2012. Senica tied the game 1–1 and Ventúra came on as a stoppage time replacement for

Martin Ďurica Martin Ďurica (born 11 July 1981 in Žilina) is a Slovak football midfielder currently playing for FK Senica, who has represented the Slovakia national team playing in the qualifiers for Euro 2004. At club level, Ďurica played for MŠK Ži ...

. He remained benched in the home fixture, where Senica won 2–1, by goals of Rolando Blackburn and Jan Kalabiška, to advance on aggregate and face

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. Ventúra did not appear in those games, as Senica were knocked out by the aggregate score of 0–3. His Corgoň Liga debut came on 26 May 2013 against

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. Ventúra was featured from the start, completing 80 minutes, before being replaced by Juraj Križko. Still, while on the pitch, Ventúra had witnessed Róbert Pillár's only goal of the match in the first half.

Academica Clinceni

After three-and-a-half years at iClinic Sereď, Ventúra had signed a contract with Romanian Academica Clinceni. ''The Academics'' were a top division club at that point, but at the time of Ventúra's transfer, they were second to last and it was determined, that they were set to battle in the Relegation phase during the spring. Ventúra's defensive skills were to minimise the number of conceded goals. Ventúra joined his fellow countrymen and a striker Jakub Vojtuš, who joined the side in the summer of 2019. Ventúra made his competitive debut in the first possible match, on 1 February 2020, against

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, although he was featured in some friendly games over the winter break. In the fixture against Voluntari, Ventúra was featured in the starting line-up, playing as a defensive midfielder. While Academica took the lead through Adrian Șut, an unconverted penalty by Eugeniu Cebotaru, equaliser by Marko Simonovski and a second-half winner Mihai Căpățînă meant that Clinceni had lost 1–2. During the half-time Ventúra was replaced by Robert Ion.

Ruch Chorzów

On 21 June 2024, Ventúra signed a contract with Polish second division club

until 30 June 2026.

Honours

FK Senica *

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runner-up: 2014–15 iClinic Sereď * 2. Liga: 2017–18

External links

FK Senica profileCorgoň Liga profile
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References

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