Branislav Sluka

Branislav Sluka
Personal information
Date of birth	23 January 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Žilina, Slovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Team information
Current team	Turan
Number	27
Youth career
2008–2009	FC Ajax Slimáčik Žilina
2009–2018	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2021	→ Žilina B
2018–2023	Žilina
2022	→ MTK Budapest (loan)
2022–2023	→ České Budějovice (loan)
2023–2024	ViOn Zlaté Moravce
2024–	Turan
International career‡
2015–2016	Slovakia U17
2017	Slovakia U18
2018	Slovakia U19
2018–2020	Slovakia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2020

Branislav Sluka (born 23 January 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Kazakhstani club Turan.^[1]

Club career[edit]

Sluka made his professional Slovak Super Liga debut for Žilina against Nitra on 28 July 2018. Sluka had replaced Jaroslav Mihalík three minutes before the stoppage time. Žilina had won 2-1.^[2]

In September 2023, Sluka returned to Slovakia with ViOn Zlaté Moravce on a one-year deal.^[3]

International career[edit]

Sluka was first recognised in a senior national team nomination on 28 May 2019, when coach Pavel Hapal named him as an alternate defender for a double fixture in June - a home friendly against Jordan, to which 29 players were unusually called-up and a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Azerbaijan, played away on 11 June 2019.^[4] He also featured as an alternate under Hapal's successor Štefan Tarkovič, for example ahead of two international friendly fixtures against Norway and Finland in March 2022.^[5] In December 2022, Sluka was first shortlisted in the nomination by Francesco Calzona, who joined the team in late summer, for senior national team prospective players' training camp at NTC Senec.^[6]

Honours[edit]

Individual

Slovak Super Liga U-21 Team of the Season: 2020-21^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Slovenský obránce Sluka posílil České Budějovice". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
^ MŠK Žilina - FC Nitra 2:1 28.07.2018, futbalnet.sk
^ "ViOn sa dohodol Slukom na ročnej zmluve" [ViOn agreed with Sluka on a one-year contract]. fcvion.sk (in Slovak). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
^ "SR A – V Hapalovej nominácii 29 hráčov, po Jordánsku sa zúži na 23 | Slovenský futbalový zväz". futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
^ SFZ (2022-03-16). "MUŽI A - V nominácii premiérovo Herc a Regáli, po čase Sekulič a Zreľák". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-03-17.
^ SFZ (2022-11-29). "MUŽI A – Päťdňový tréningový kemp, dôležitý pre budúcnosť reprezentácie". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-03.
^ "Zsolt Kalmar najlepsim hracom..." Fortuna liga. 23 May 2021.

External links[edit]

MŠK Žilina official club profile (in Slovak)
Branislav Sluka at Soccerway
Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
Branislav Sluka at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)
Ligy.sk profile (in Slovak)

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[1] "Slovenský obránce Sluka posílil České Budějovice". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. Retrieved 2022-08-29.

[2] MŠK Žilina - FC Nitra 2:1 28.07.2018, futbalnet.sk

[3] "ViOn sa dohodol Slukom na ročnej zmluve" [ViOn agreed with Sluka on a one-year contract]. fcvion.sk (in Slovak). 21 September 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2023.

[4] "SR A – V Hapalovej nominácii 29 hráčov, po Jordánsku sa zúži na 23 | Slovenský futbalový zväz". futbalsfz.sk. Retrieved 2019-05-29.

[5] SFZ (2022-03-16). "MUŽI A - V nominácii premiérovo Herc a Regáli, po čase Sekulič a Zreľák". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-03-17.

[6] SFZ (2022-11-29). "MUŽI A – Päťdňový tréningový kemp, dôležitý pre budúcnosť reprezentácie". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-12-03.

[fortunaliga.sk-7] "Zsolt Kalmar najlepsim hracom..." Fortuna liga. 23 May 2021.

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