Michal Sipľak

Michal Sipľak (born 2 February 1996) is a Slovak footballer who currently plays for Cracovia as a defender.

Michal Sipľak
Personal information
Full name Michal Sipľak
Date of birth (1996-02-02) 2 February 1996
Place of birth Bardejov, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Cracovia Kraków
Number 3
Youth career
Partizán Bardejov
→ Slovan Bratislava (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Partizán Bardejov 22 (0)
2014–2015 → Slovan Bratislava (loan) 2 (0)
2014–2015 → Slovan Bratislava B (loan) 20 (0)
2016–2017 Zemplín Michalovce 28 (0)
2017– Cracovia Kraków 68 (4)
National team‡
Slovakia U16
Slovakia U17
Slovakia U18
2017–2018 Slovakia U21 10 (2)
2019– Slovakia 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 March 2019

Club career

ŠK Slovan Bratislava

Sipľak made his Corgoň Liga debut for Slovan Bratislava on 31 May 2014 entering in as a substitute in place of Róbert Matejka against Spartak Trnava.[1]

Cracovia

On 7 July 2017 he signed a contract with Cracovia Kraków.[2]

International career

Sipľak spent some of his under-21 international career under Pavel Hapal. The same coach surprisingly nominated him to senior national team on 12 March 2019, for a double UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying against Hungary and Wales. He was nominated to replace the long-term international left-back and recently retired Tomáš Hubočan.[3]

References
  1. FC Spartak Trnava 1 : 2 (1 : 2) ŠK Slovan Bratislava futbal Archived 2014-06-01 at the Wayback Machine 31.05.2014, futbalnet.sk
  2. "Michal Sipľak piłkarzem Cracovii" (in Polish). 90minut. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  3. "Hapal oznámil nomináciu bez Škrtela a spol. Kapitánsku pásku prevzal Hamšík". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-12.


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