| Filip Lesniak | |
| Fullname: | Filip Lesniak |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Košice, Slovakia |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Spartak Varna |
| Clubnumber: | 8 |
| Youthclubs1: | Košice |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2016 |
| Youthclubs2: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Years1: | 2016–2017 |
| Caps1: | 1 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2016 |
| Clubs2: | → Slovan Liberec (loan) |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2020 |
| Clubs3: | AaB |
| Caps3: | 39 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Silkeborg IF (loan) |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs5: | Wisła Płock |
| Caps5: | 93 |
| Goals5: | 2 |
| Years6: | 2024 |
| Clubs6: | Telavi |
| Caps6: | 18 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | Spartak Varna |
| Caps7: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2013–2015 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015–2016 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2016–2018 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 13 May 2024 |
Filip Lesniak (born 14 May 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Spartak Varna.
Lesniak started his football career at FC VSS Košice in Slovakia before joining the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy in January 2012.[1] After progressing through the ranks of the Tottenham Hotspur Academy, Lesniak signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2014.[2]
At the start of the 2016-17 season Lesniak signed a loan move to Slovan Liberec in the Czech Republic.[3] On 31 July 2016 he made his football league debut against FK Mladá Boleslav.[4] Lesniak only made two more appearances for Liberec a debut in European football Europa League qualifying round against Admira Wacker Mödling and one domestic cup match.[5] He returned to Tottenham on 31 December 2016.[6]
He made his Premier League debut on 18 May 2017 against Leicester City, providing an assist to Harry Kane who completed his fourth hat-trick of the season.[7] He had been released by Tottenham Hotspur along with 5 other academy players after the expiry of his contract on 9 June 2017.[8]
Lesniak moved to Danish Superliga side AaB on 4 July 2017, signing a three-year contract.[9] Upon joining the club, Lesniak was joined up by his compatriot Jakub Sylvestr.[10]
Lesniak made his Aalborg BK debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Magnus Christensen, in a 4-1 loss against SønderjyskE in the second game of the season.[11]
On 12 July 2019, he was loaned out to Silkeborg IF until the end of the season.[12]
On 29 July 2020, he joined Polish club Wisła Płock.[13] On 6 February 2024, he left Wisła by mutual consent.[14]
On 15 February 2024, Erovnuli Liga club Telavi announced the signing of eleven new players, including Lesniak.[15]
Lesinak represented Slovakia U17, having played in UEFA European Under-17 Championship[16] and FIFA U-17 World Cup,[17] and Slovakia U19.[18] [19]
In March 2016, Lesinak was called up by Slovakia U21 and made his debut, in a 4–0 win over Estonia U21.[20]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2016–17 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Slovan Liberec (loan) | 2016–17 | Fortuna Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[21] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| AaB | 2017–18 | Superligaen | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | Superligaen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 | |||
| Silkeborg | 2019–20 | Superligaen | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| Wisła Płock | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | I liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 93 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 97 | 2 | ||||
| Telavi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 231 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 251 | 4 | |||
Lesniak' grandfather, Ján Kozák, was a national player. He has 55 caps for Czechoslovakia and was also head coach of Slovakia. His uncle is Ján Kozák jr.[22] [23]