Matúš Čonka

Slovak footballer

Matúš Čonka (born 15 October 1990) is a Slovak footballer who plays for TJ Slavoj Boleráz as a left back.

Club career

Čonka, product of Lokomotíva Košice youth squads, made his league debut for MFK Košice against Banská Bystrica on 18 July 2009 at the age of 18. He scored his first goal in a 1–1 draw against Žilina on 17 July 2011. In January 2012, he joined Czech club Slavia Prague.

He was transferred to Spartak Trnava in June 2014.^[1] He made his league debut for them on 13 July 2014 against Zlaté Moravce.^[2]

International career

Čonka was called up for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in January 2017, against Uganda (1–3 loss) and Sweden, by his former coach Ján Kozák, who coached for approximately 1 year, while Čonka played for Košice. Čonka made his debut against Sweden, playing the full length of the match, which Slovakia lost 0–6.^[3][4]

Honours

Spartak Trnava

• Fortuna Liga: 2017–18
• Slovnaft Cup: 2018–19

References

1. Siva, Čonka a Bortel posilami Spartaka Archived 24 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine 20.06.2014, spartak.sk
2. Trnava si poradila s Moravcami rozdielom triedy, Mráz: Trnava vyhrala zaslúžene Archived 16 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine 13.07.2014, profutbal.sk
3. "Prípravný futbalový zápas: Slovensko prehralo s Ugandou 1:3".
4. "Slováci prehrali so Švédskom 0:6. To je niečo strašné, hovorí Kozák".

External links

• Matúš Čonka – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• MFK Košice profile