Matej Oravec (born 30 March 1998) is a Slovak professional

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who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

defensive midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

for

Železiarne Podbrezová Železiarne Podbrezová a.s. (ŽP) () is a Slovak company headquartered in Podbrezová Podbrezová (; ) is a large village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia, around 10 km west of the dis ...

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Oravec made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for

Spartak Trnava FC Spartak Trnava () is a professional football club based in Trnava, Slovakia. The club competes in Slovak First Football League, the top flight in the Slovak league system, having participated in more seasons than any other club. Founded in ...

against

Podbrezová Podbrezová (; ) is a large village and municipality in Brezno District, in the Banská Bystrica Region of central Slovakia, around 10 km west of the district seat town, Brezno. History The village is actually made of six former independent ...

on 17 July 2016.

Philadelphia Union

On 20 January 2020, Oravec moved to

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side

Philadelphia Union The Philadelphia Union are an American professional soccer club based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. Founded on February 28, 2008, the Union began ...

. He was loaned to

in July 2021. Philadelphia Union and Oravec mutually agree to part ways on 7 July 2022.

Honours

Spartak Trnava * Fortuna Liga: 2017–18

References

External links

FC Spartak Trnava official club profile

Futbalnet profile
1998 births Living people Footballers from Trnava Slovak men's footballers Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovakia men's youth international footballers Slovakia men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders FC Spartak Trnava players FK Železiarne Podbrezová players FC DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda players Philadelphia Union players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Slovak expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub