Martin Šviderský (born 4 October 2002) is a Slovak

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who plays as a

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for Spanish club Almería B.

Early life

Born in

Vranov nad Topľou Vranov nad Topľou (Slovak language, Slovak before 1927 and from 1944–1969: ''Vranov''; / ''Vronau an der Töpl'' (rare); ; ) is a town of approximately 20,500 inhabitants in eastern Slovakia, situated near Košice and Prešov, and between ...

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, Šviderský began his career at the age of six with hometown youth side

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. After playing for Zemplín Michalovce youth teams, he moved to Tatran Prešov. He also spent time on trial at

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and

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as 10-year-old, after impressing former player

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Club career

Manchester United

On 26 April 2018, Šviderský agreed to join

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, initially to the under-16 squad, but had to wait for clearance, and subsequently suffered a

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injury. On 26 February 2020, he signed his first professional contract with the club. Šviderský made his senior debut with the under-23s on 29 September 2020, starting in a 0–0 away win over

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, for the season's

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. During the season, he was also named as the club's Scholar of The Year for the under-18 category. On 10 June 2022, Šviderský was listed by United as the only Academy player which contract was due to expire to be offered a new deal, even though he had already announced his departure from the club days earlier through his

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account. He officially left the club on 1 July, after his contract expired.

Almería

On 7 July 2022, Šviderský signed a five-year contract with

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, who was recently promoted to

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. He was the third player to move on a free transfer from Manchester United to Almería in three years, after

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and Arnau Puigmal. He was

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during his debut for the reserves on 18 December, in a 3–0

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home win over El Palo. On 25 April 2023, Almería announced that Šviderský had suffered an

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, only returning to training in November. On 31 January 2024, Šviderský joined

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side

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on loan until the end of the season.

International career

Šviderský represented

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at under-17 and under-21 levels. In December 2022, Šviderský was first recognised in a Slovak senior national team nomination and was immediately shortlisted in it by

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, who joined the side in late summer, for prospective players' training camp at

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Personal life

According to his social media communication on

, Šviderský is a devout

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Svidersky, Martin 2002 births Living people Footballers from Vranov nad Topľou Slovak men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Slovak Christians Men's association football midfielders Manchester United F.C. players UD Almería B players Real Murcia CF players Primera Federación players Tercera Federación players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in England Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Spain 21st-century Slovak sportsmen