Martin Kuciak (born 15 March 1982) is a Slovak football

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting ...

who last played for Slovak third division team of

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. He is the elder brother of

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

and ex-

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

goalkeeper

Dušan Kuciak Dušan Kuciak (; born 21 May 1985) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Polish club Lechia Gdańsk and the Slovakia national team. He is the younger brother of Martin Kuciak, who plays as a goalkeeper for Považsk� ...

Club career

Martin Kuciak is a product of

Žilina Žilina (; hu, Zsolna, ; german: Sillein, or ; pl, Żylina , names in other languages) is a city in north-western Slovakia, around from the capital Bratislava, close to both the Czech and Polish borders. It is the fourth largest city of Sl ...

youth academy.

MŠK Rimavská Sobota

After a spell at

Kysucké Nové Mesto Kysucké Nové Mesto (german: Kischützneustadt / ''Oberneustadl''; hu, Kiszucaújhely) is a town in Žilina Region, Slovakia, near the city of Žilina. History The first signs of settlement In 1976 lumps of burnt clay and ceramics were found u ...

, Kuciak joined

Rimavská Sobota Rimavská Sobota (; hu, Rimaszombat, german: Großsteffelsdorf) is a town in southern Slovakia, in the Banská Bystrica Region, on the Rimava river. It has approximately 24,000 inhabitants. The town is a historical capital of Gömör és Kishont ...

in summer 2005, who had been relegated from the Slovak top flight the previous season. He became the number one goalkeeper at the club in the spring part of the 2007-2008 season.

FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce

Kuciak transferred to the

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club ViOn Zlaté Moravce in the winter break of the 2009-2010 season. In the following four and a half years at Zlaté Moravce, he played in every single competitive game. Despite his success at the club, Kuciak decided not to renew his contract and left Zlaté Moravce after it expired in summer 2014.

FC Hradec Králové

Shortly afterwards, Kuciak signed for the

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club

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; german: Königgrätz) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected by law as a ...

. He made his debut for Hradec Králové in a 1-0 league loss to

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

on 4 October 2014. He was mostly used as a back-up goalkeeper behind

Tomáš Koubek Tomáš Koubek (born 26 August 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg and the Czech Republic national team. Club career Koubek made his league debut for Hradec Králové in a 2–1 win ...

. Kuciak was relegated with the club at the end of the season.

FO ŽP Šport Podbrezová

Kuciak came to Podbrezová in the summer of 2015. He made his competitive debut for the club in a 2-0 league loss to

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 Fortuna Liga after winning the 2010–11 Slovak First League. The club plays its home games at the ...

on 25 July 2015. In January 2019, he joined

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

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at zpfutbal.sk * * 1982 births Living people Slovak footballers Slovak expatriate footballers Association football goalkeepers MŠK Rimavská Sobota players FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce players FC Hradec Králové players FK Železiarne Podbrezová players SK Slavia Prague players FC Nitra players Slovak Super Liga players Czech First League players Sportspeople from Žilina Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Expatriate footballers in the Czech Republic {{Slovakia-footy-goalkeeper-stub