Matej Oravec
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Full name
Matej Oravec
Date of birth
30 March 1998
Place of birth
Trnava, Slovakia
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matej Oravec | ||
| Date of birth | 30 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Trnava, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Železiarne Podbrezová | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Spartak Trnava | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Spartak Trnava | 38 | (1) |
| 2019 | Železiarne Podbrezová | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | DAC Dunajská Streda | 17 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Philadelphia Union | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Železiarne Podbrezová (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2022– | Železiarne Podbrezová | 46 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2016 | Slovakia U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Slovakia U19 | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Slovakia U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Slovakia U21 | 9 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 October 2020 | |||
Matej Oravec (born 30 March 1998) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Železiarne Podbrezová.[1]
Spartak Trnava
Oravec made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Spartak Trnava against Podbrezová on 17 July 2016.[2] He was nominated for the 2018 Golden Boy award after being part of the title-winning Trnava side in the 2017–18 season.[3]
Philadelphia Union
On 20 January 2020, Oravec moved to MLS side Philadelphia Union.[4] Having not played a minute for Union, he returned to Slovakia on a loan deal to Železiarne Podbrezová in July 2021. [5] He made his move to Podbrezová permanent ahead of the 2022–23 season.
