Kristián Koštrna (born 15 December 1993) is a Slovak

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who plays for

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as a defender.

Club career

Wolverhampton

He began his football career at

, where he came from his native town of

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. He passed the club's youth selections and went to

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for trials at the age of 15. He signed a 2.5-year youth contract with

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and gradually went through the academy, reserve team and played matches for the A-team. In July 2011, he completed two pre-season friendly matches. In May 2013, he signed a new one-year contract with the club, with a one-year option. After the 2012–13 season, Wolverhampton were relegated to League One.

Boleráz

In September 2014, he was close to a transfer to the fourth-league Slovak club

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. He eventually transferred to

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, even though he had offers from the

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and

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leagues. Koštrna has played in

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until the end of September 2014. He played seven games for the club and scored four goals, contributing to a victory against

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and against Nová Dubnica. In January 2015, he left for the third-division Austrian club SC/ESV Parndorf. Koštrna then transferred to the

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side

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, signing a 2 year long contract.

DAC Dunajská Streda

In 2017, Koštrna signed for Slovak club

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. He finished 3rd with the club in the 2017/18 season, which was the highest ever finish for DAC at the time. A year later, DAC improved, finishing in 2nd place. Koštrna contributed to this by scoring a goal in the last match of the season, when he opened the score from a penalty in the 10th round of the superstructure in the group for the title to 1–0. Dunajská Streda defeated Zemplín Michalovce 5–0 at home. At the start of the 2019/20 season, Koštrna became DAC's captain due to the absence of injured captain

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. On 25 August, Koštrna equalized the score in a match against

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with a header in the 39th minute of the match. DAC turned the score around and won 2–1. He played 60 games before leaving to Romanian side

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. On January 2020, he signed a contract with Romanian

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club

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. He was released by Dinamo only eight months later.

Spartak Trnava

In 2021, it was announced that Koštrna would be returning to

. He played the full 90” minutes on his debut in a 4:2 win against

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. Koštrna played in every game in the club’s

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campaign. He won player of the season for Spartak in 2023.

Podbrezova

Koštrna joined

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on 27 June 2024. He played his first game for his new club in a 0:0 draw against

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, getting a yellow card. In his first season at Podbrezova he played 30 times. He was the most used player in the league playing 2,854 minutes.

Return to Spartak

On 28 June 2025, it was announced that Koštrna would be yet again returning to his former club

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, signing a two-year contract. On his debut for Spartak, he played the full 90” minutes in a 1:0 home defeat to

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in the 1st round of qualification to the

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International career

Koštrna has played for the Slovakia national team at youth level. In October 2019 Koštrna was called to Slovakia national team for

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qualifying match against Wales. However, on 7 October 2019 it was announced that he would be replaced by

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due to an ankle injury.

Honours

Spartak Trnava *

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: 2021–22,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostrna, Kristian 1993 births Living people People from Hlohovec 21st-century Slovak sportsmen Slovak men's footballers Footballers from the Trnava Region Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Men's association football fullbacks TJ Slavoj Boleráz OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players FC Dinamo București players FC Spartak Trnava players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Slovak First Football League players Liga I players Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Romania