Juraj Piroska (born 27 February 1987) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

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for

FC Petržalka FC Petržalka is a Slovakia, Slovak association football, football club based in Bratislava. The club was founded in 1898 and it was promoted twice to the top flight Czechoslovak First League, 1. liga in the Czechoslovakia during the 1980s (for ...

Club career

Piroska began playing football in Slovan Bratislava at the age of 6. He joined German side

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youth squad in 2004. There he spent one-and-a-half years and came back to Slovakia, signing 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 ...

. He missed most of the time in Trenčín due to a

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injury. In January 2006, he moved to

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. His breakthrough came in 2007–08, winning the

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. On 16 February 2009, he signed a three-year contract for

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. He played only 16 minutes for Sparta in the

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and moved on loan to

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in July 2009. His good form in Senica switched to transfer in June 2010. He scored his first

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in a 5–0 away win against

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on 4 March 2011.

International career

Piroska made his debut for the Slovakia national team in a 1–0 away win against

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on 26 March 2011. He netted his first goal on 11 October 2011 in a 1–1 away draw with

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in a

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qualifier.

Affiliated activities

Piroska appears in

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, Slovak public broadcaster, during televised national team or club international fixtures as well as major tournaments, like

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, as an expert analyst and panel member.

Career statistics

:''Score and result list Slovakia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Piroska goal.''

Honours

Artmedia *

Corgoň 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 Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following the ...

: 2007–08 *

Slovak Cup The Slovak Cup (), currently named Slovnaft Cup due to sponsorship agreement with Slovnaft, is the only nationwide Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in Football in Slovakia, Slovak football. The winner qualifies for the UEFA Euro ...

: 2007–08

References

External links

FK Senica profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Piroska, Juraj 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bratislava Slovak men's footballers Men's association football forwards Slovakia men's international footballers ŠK Slovan Bratislava players SC Freiburg players AS Trenčín players FC Petržalka players AC Sparta Prague players FK Senica players FC Kaisar players Spartak Myjava players MFK Skalica players US Vibonese Calcio players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Serie C players Kazakhstan Premier League players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Slovak television people 21st-century Slovak sportsmen