Erik Prekop (born 8 October 1997) is a
Slovak professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a forward for
Baník Ostrava
''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''.
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Club career
AS Trenčín
Prekop made his professional
Fortuna Liga debut for
AS Trenčín
AS Trenčín () is a Slovak sports club in the town of Trenčín, most known for its football department. The first team currently plays in the Slovak First Football League after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its hom ...
against
Zemplín Michalovce on 16 July 2016. Trenčín lost the away game 2:1. Prekop came on in the 65th minute, replacing
Denis Jančo
Denis Jančo (born 1 August 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for RSC Hamsik Academy.
Club career AS Trenčín
Jančo made his Fortuna Liga debut for AS Trenčín on 30 May 2015 against ViOn Zlaté Moravce e ...
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International career
In December 2022, Prekop was first recognised in a
Slovak senior national team nomination and was immediately shortlisted by
Francesco Calzona for prospective players' training camp at
NTC Senec
NTC Senec (Národné tréningové centrum Senec) is a football training center of the Slovak Football Association and a multi-use stadium in Senec, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of ŠK Senec. T ...
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References
External links
Slovak First League profile*
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Eurofotbal profileFutbalnet profile
1997 births
Living people
Footballers from Trenčín
Slovak men's footballers
Slovak expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
AS Trenčín players
FK Inter Bratislava players
FC Petržalka players
FC Hradec Králové players
Bohemians 1905 players
Slovak First Football League players
Czech First League players
Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic
Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic
FC Baník Ostrava players
21st-century Slovak sportsmen
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