Lukáš Štetina Explained

Lukáš Štetina
Height:1.850NaN0
Birth Date:1991 7, df=y
Birth Place:Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Currentclub:Spartak Trnava
Clubnumber:2
Position:Centre-back
Youthclubs1:Nitra
Years1:2009–2011
Clubs1:Nitra
Caps1:41
Goals1:2
Years2:2011–2013
Caps2:2
Goals2:0
Years3:2012
Clubs3:Tatran Prešov (loan)
Caps3:14
Goals3:1
Years4:2012–2013
Clubs4:Dukla Prague (loan)
Caps4:21
Goals4:0
Years5:2013–2017
Clubs5:Dukla Prague
Caps5:85
Goals5:6
Years6:2017–2022
Clubs6:Sparta Prague
Caps6:58
Goals6:3
Years7:2022
Clubs7:Slovan Liberec (loan)
Caps7:5
Goals7:0
Years8:2022–
Clubs8:Spartak Trnava
Caps8:53
Goals8:0
Nationalyears1:2009–2010
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2010–2013
Nationalcaps2:21
Nationalgoals2:3
Nationalyears3:2013–2020
Nationalteam3:Slovakia
Nationalcaps3:4
Nationalgoals3:1
Club-Update:18 August 2024

Lukáš Štetina (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈlukaːʂ ˈʂcecina/; born 28 July 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Slovak club Spartak Trnava.[1] He was a member of the Slovakia U21 and is currently a member of the broader squad of Slovakia.

Club career

Early career

Štetina made his Corgoň Liga debut for FC Nitra in a 1–1 draw against MŠK Žilina on 11 July 2009. He scored his first goal in a 2–0 win against Dunajská Streda. He played 24 matches in his first Corgoň Liga season. In the next season he made 18 appearances for Nitra and then was transferred to Ukrainian club Metalist Kharkiv in March 2011.

Metalist Kharkiv

Štetina debuted in the Ukrainian Premier League in a 0–0 draw against Vorskla on 5 March 2011. He played only two matches in the 2010–11 season and failed to make a league appearance in the 2011–12 season. He returned to Slovakia in February 2012, signing a half-year loan deal with Tatran Prešov.[2] Štetina joined Czech club Dukla Prague on a year's loan in July 2012,[3] making his Czech First League debut on 28 July 2012, playing four minutes as a substitute in a 1–1 draw against Sparta Prague.

Later career

Štetina transferred to Dukla Prague and signed a three-year contract in July 2013,[4] then AC Sparta Prague in 2017.[5]

After years of playing abroad, Štetina returned to his homeland and signed for Spartak Trnava in June 2022.[6] He scored a scissors goal in a 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round against Lech Poznań on 18 August 2023, sending Spartak Trnava to the next round.[7] On 2 July 2024, Štetina signed a new contract with the club which kept him until 2025.[8]

International career

Štetina represented various Slovak youth teams, debuting in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship elite round, making his competitive debut against Serbia on 26 March 2008.[9] He debuted for the Slovak senior squad in an infamous goalless friendly draw against Gibraltar in November 2013.[10] He only returned to the national team match four years later, playing the first half of a friendly match against Ukraine, giving Slovakia the lead in the tenth minute, by a tap-in, which followed Albert Rusnák's free kick, Marek Hamšík's header and a failed save by Andriy Pyatov.

Štetina returned national team in March 2019 after the international retirement of Martin Škrtel, having been called up for a double UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Hungary and Wales.[11]

International goals

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
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scope=row110 November 2017Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine21–01–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

Spartak Trnava

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lukáš Štetina: Trnava je tým správnym klubom pre moju kariéru. . 20 June 2022.
  2. News: Lukáš Štetina na polročné hosťovanie do Prešova. Slovak. profutbal.sk. 22 February 2012. 29 October 2012.
  3. News: Jaromír. Novák. Fotbalová Dukla získala vedle Kaloudy také španělského zadáka Romeru. Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. 9 July 2012. 28 October 2012.
  4. News: Jaroslav. Roubal. Slovenský stoper Štetina se vrací do Dukly, upsal se jí na tři roky. Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. 27 July 2013. 24 July 2024. cs.
  5. Web site: Štetina další posilou. dead. AC Sparta Prague. 2 June 2017. cs. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606102954/http://www.sparta.cz/novinky/zpravodajstvi/a-tym/stetina-dalsi-posilou-18390.html. 6 June 2017.
  6. News: Oficiálne: Štefánik a Štetina sú posilami Spartaka Trnava. sport7.dnes24.sk. 20 June 2022. 24 July 2024. sk.
  7. News: Ján. Jasenka. Skôr dá Weiss gól hlavou ako ty nožnicami! Martin Škrtel "prepadol" Lukáša Štetinu pri rozhovore. Aktuality.sk. 18 August 2023. 24 July 2024. sk.
  8. News: Ján. Král. Spartak predĺžil zmluvu s Jakubom Paurom a Lukášom Štetinom. Trnavský Hlas. 2 July 2024. 24 July 2024. sk.
  9. Web site: Lukáš Štetina Profile. UEFA. 24 July 2024.
  10. News: Gibraltar draws 0-0 with Slovakia in UEFA debut. New Zealand Herald. 20 November 2013. 3 May 2016.
  11. Web site: Hapal oznámil nomináciu bez Škrtela a spol. Kapitánsku pásku prevzal Hamšík. Pravda. 12 March 2019. sk.