Zdeno Štrba (born 9 June 1976) is a Slovak former professional

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who plays as a

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. He played 25 games for the Slovakia national team.

Club career

On 3 June 2009, Štrba has signed two-year contract for

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for a fee €150,000. In December 2010, he terminated his contract with Xanthi after mutual consent and came back to Žilina, signing one-and-a-half-year contract. Štrba played his first international match against

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on 13 February 2003. He was present in six of the ten matches at the

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and Slovakia manager Vladimír Weiss called up him to the final 23-men squad for the

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at MSK Žilina * 1976 births Living people People from Krásno nad Kysucou Footballers from the Žilina Region Slovak men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Slovakia men's international footballers 2010 FIFA World Cup players Slovak First Football League players Super League Greece players FK Dukla Banská Bystrica players MŠK Púchov players MŠK Žilina players Xanthi F.C. players Spartak Myjava players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece 21st-century Slovak sportsmen {{Slovakia-footy-midfielder-stub