Matej Oravec

Matej Oravec
Personal information
Full name	Matej Oravec
Date of birth	30 March 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth	Trnava, Slovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Železiarne Podbrezová; (on loan from Philadelphia Union)
Number	4
Youth career
	Spartak Trnava
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	Spartak Trnava
2019	Železiarne Podbrezová
2019–2020	DAC Dunajská Streda
2020–	Philadelphia Union
2021–	→ Železiarne Podbrezová (loan)
National team‡
2015–2016	Slovakia U18
2016–2017	Slovakia U19
2018	Slovakia U20
2019–2020	Slovakia U21
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2022; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2020

Matej Oravec (born 30 March 1998) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and defensive midfielder for 2. Liga club Železiarne Podbrezová, on loan from the Philadelphia Union of Major League Soccer.

Club career[]

Oravec made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Spartak Trnava against Podbrezová on 17 July 2016.^[1]

On 20 January 2020, Oravec moved to MLS side Philadelphia Union.^[2]

He was loaned to Železiarne Podbrezová in July 2021. ^[3]

Spartak Trnava

^ "ŽP Šport Podbrezová - FC Spartak Trnava 1:1". futbalnet.sk (in Slovak). Futbalnet. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Philadelphia Union Sign Midfielder Matej Oravec". philadelphiaunion.com. Philadelphia Union. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Philadelphia Union loan Matej Oravec to Slovakian club". mlssoccer.com. MLS. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.

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