Adam Kopas
Slovak footballer
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Adam Kopas (born 16 August 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Niké Liga club Dukla Banská Bystrica, as a defender.
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Kopas in 2021 with Žilina | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Adam Kopas | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Žilina, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | Žilina | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2025 | Žilina B | 91 | (15) |
| 2018–2024 | Žilina | 84 | (6) |
| 2024 | → Othellos Athienou (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2024-2025 | → MFK Skalica | 17 | (0) |
| 2025– | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 4 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Slovakia U17 | 7 | (1) |
| 2018 | Slovakia U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019 | Slovakia U21 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 May 2023 | |||
Club career
MŠK Žilina
Kopas made his Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina against ViOn Zlaté Moravce on 2 March 2019. He played at pod Dubňom for 76 minutes before being replaced by Filip Balaj, who scored the winning goal 6 minutes later, to get Žilina the 2:1 victory.[1]
International career
Kopas was first recognised in a senior national team nomination on 16 March 2022 by Štefan Tarkovič as an alternate ahead of two international friendly fixtures against Norway and Finland.[2] He did not penetrate into the shortlisted nomination by the end of the year, even under new manager Francesco Calzona, being omitted from nomination for September 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C fixtures and only being listed as an alternate for two November friendlies and prospective national team players' training camp in December.[3][4][5]
Honours
Individual
- Slovak Super Liga Goal of the Month: August 2022,[6] May 2023,
