Ľubomír Tupta

Ľubomír Tupta
Tupta in 2024 with Slovakia
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Prešov, Slovakia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Slovan Liberec
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2011 Slovan Sabinov
2011–2014 Tatran Prešov
2014–2015 Catania
2015–2018 Hellas Verona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2022 Hellas Verona 23 (2)
2020 → Wisła Kraków (loan) 10 (1)
2020–2021 → Ascoli (loan) 12 (0)
2021 → Sion (loan) 12 (0)
2021–2022 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 24 (4)
2022–2023 Pescara 15 (0)
2023 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 17 (6)
2023– Slovan Liberec 39 (7)
International career‡
2014–2015 Slovakia U17 6 (3)
2015–2016 Slovakia U18 6 (1)
2016–2017 Slovakia U19 9 (4)
2018–2020 Slovakia U21 12 (5)
2023– Slovakia 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Ľubomír Tupta (born 27 March 1998) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech club Slovan Liberec and the Slovakia national team.

Club career

Tupta made his professional debut for Hellas Verona in a 4–0 Serie A loss to Udinese on 23 December 2017.

In January 2020, he agreed a contract extension until 2023 and joined Wisła Kraków on loan.[1]

On 5 October 2020, he joined Serie B club Ascoli on loan.[2]

In February 2021, Tupta's loan in Ascoli ended abruptly after a series of transfers that would have left him sidelined. He was immediately loaned out to Swiss Super League club FC Sion on a half-season loan per wishes of the Sion manager Fabio Grosso.

On 1 September 2022, Tupta signed with Pescara.[3] On 2 February 2023, he returned to Slovan Liberec on loan with an option to buy.[4]

International career

Tupta was first recognised in a senior national team nomination when coach Pavel Hapal named him as an alternate forward for a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying double fixture in March 2019 against Hungary and Wales.[5]

On 7 June 2024, he appeared in the list of 26 Slovak players selected by Francesco Calzona to participate in UEFA Euro 2024.

References

  1. ^ "UFFICIALE: LUBOMIR TUPTA RINNOVA SINO AL 2023 E VA IN PRESTITO AL WISLA CRACOVIA" (in Italian). Hellas Verona. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Calciomercato: ufficiale Tupta dall'Hellas Verona" (in Italian). Ascoli. 5 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Lubomir Tupta è BiancAzzurro" (in Italian). Pescara. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  4. ^ "UFFICIALE LUBOMIR TUPTA ALLO SLOVAN LIBEREC" (in Italian). Pescara. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Tréner Hapal vítal hráčov na zraze pred úvodnými zápasmi kvalifikácie o ME 2020". Webnoviny.sk (in Slovak). 17 March 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.