Erik Jirka

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Erik Jirka
Personal information
Full name Erik Jirka
Date of birth (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Trnava, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Real Oviedo
Number 11
Youth career
2005–2016 Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Spartak Trnava 76 (12)
2019–2021 Red Star Belgrade 6 (0)
2019 → Radnički Niš (loan) 16 (4)
2020 → Górnik Zabrze (loan) 17 (4)
2020–2021 → Mirandés (loan) 32 (5)
2021– Real Oviedo 12 (0)
National team‡
2015–2016 Slovakia U18 5 (0)
2017 Slovakia U19 6 (1)
2017–2018 Slovakia U21 11 (1)
2021– Slovakia 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:05, 2 June 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:26, 12 November 2021 (UTC)

Erik Jirka (born 19 September 1997) is a Slovak footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Oviedo and the Slovak national team as a winger.

Club career[]

Jirka was a FC Spartak Trnava youth graduate. He made his league debut for Trnava on 8 November 2014 against Ružomberok.[1]

In September 2018, Jirka signed a four–year contract with Red Star Belgrade, effective from January 2019.[2] However, in summer 2019, in order to get more playing time, he headed to vice-champions from Radnički Niš for a half-season loan.[3] In January 2020 he was sent on another half-season loan, this time to Polish team Górnik Zabrze.[4]

In August 2020, Jirka was sent on a loan for a third time since arriving at Red Star, this time to the Spanish side CD Mirandés for the entire 2020–21 season with an option to buy at the end of a season.[5] On 17 July 2021, Jirka signed with Real Oviedo a two-year contract with a further year dependent on the completion of objectives .[6]

International career[]

Jirka was a regular in the Slovak U19 and Slovak U21 teams.[7]

He received his first call for the main Slovakia national football team for a friendly game on 18 November 2020, against Czechia, however, he failed to debut on that occasion. He made his debut on 1 June 2021 in a friendly against Bulgaria.[8]

Honours[]

Spartak Trnava

Red Star Belgrade

References[]

  1. ^ Trnava si odnáša z Ružomberka bod, Jarábek: Remíza je spravodlivá 8.11.2014, profutbal.sk
  2. ^ GOTOVO: Zvezda dovela i Jirku! 03.09.2018, mozzartsport.com
  3. ^ Zvezda definitivno POJAČALA Radnički: Tandem na "Čairu"! 4.7.2019, mondo.rs
  4. ^ NEĆE U DOMOVINU: Jirka će u Poljsku, ovo je klub… 9.1.2020, hotsport.rs
  5. ^ "Erik Jirka, jugará cedido en el C.D. Mirandés" [Erik Jirka, will play on loan at C.D. Mirandés]. CD Mirandés (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ Jirka signs for Real Oviedo; Real Oviedo, 17 July 2021 (in English)
  7. ^ a b c Erik Jirka profile at Soccerway
  8. ^ "Slovakia v Bulgaria game report". ESPN. 1 June 2021.

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