Lukáš Štetina

Lukáš Štetina
Štetina with Metalist Kharkiv in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-28) 28 July 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Spartak Trnava
Number 2
Youth career
Nitra
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Nitra 41 (2)
2011–2013 Metalist Kharkiv 2 (0)
2012 → Tatran Prešov (loan) 14 (1)
2012–2013 → Dukla Prague (loan) 21 (0)
2013–2017 Dukla Prague 85 (6)
2017–2022 Sparta Prague 58 (3)
2022 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 5 (0)
2022– Spartak Trnava 61 (1)
International career
2009–2010 Slovakia U19 3 (0)
2010–2013 Slovakia U21 21 (3)
2013–2020 Slovakia 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 December 2024

Lukáš Štetina (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈlukaːʂ ˈʂcecina]; born 28 July 1991) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Slovak club Spartak Trnava.[1][better source needed] 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 November 2017 Arena Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine 2  Ukraine 1–0 1–2 Friendly

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

Spartak Trnava

References

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