Lucas Demitra (born 9 April 2003) is a
Slovak footballer
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who plays for
St. Louis City 2 in the
MLS Next Pro
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as a
winger.
Early life
Demitra is the son of
Slovak ice hockey player
Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra (; 29 November 1974 – 7 September 2011) was a Slovakia, Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played nineteen seasons of professional hockey, for teams in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CSL), National Hockey League ...
and Mária Demitrová. He was born in
St. Louis
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,
Missouri
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, United States, where his father played for the
St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are a professional ice hockey team based in St. Louis. The Blues compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division (NHL), Central Division in the Western Conference (NHL), Western Conference. Th ...
of the
National Hockey League
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. Before dedicating himself to professional football, Demitra followed his father's footsteps and tried ice hockey at youth levels. Demitra was eight years old when his father died in the crash of
YAK-Service Flight 9633.
Club career
AS Trenčín
Demitra made his
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
FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda
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on 14 February 2021.
Zápas
14.02.2021, sportnet.sme.sk
References
External links
AS Trenčín official club profile
Futbalnet profile
*
2003 births
Living people
Soccer players from St. Louis
Slovak men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
AS Trenčín players
FK Spartak Dubnica nad Váhom players
FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players
Slovak First Football League players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
21st-century Slovak sportsmen
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