Matej Oravec

Matej Oravec
Personal information
Full name Matej Oravec
Date of birth (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998
Place of birth Trnava, Slovakia
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
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)
2022–2026 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)
* 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.[1]

Club career

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.

Honours

Spartak Trnava

References

  1. ↑ Matej Oravec at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "ŽP Šport Podbrezová - FC Spartak Trnava 1:1". futbalnet.sk (in Slovak). Futbalnet. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Matej Oravec v nominácii na cenu Golden Boy, najväčší kandidát je Mbappe". ŠPORT.sk (in Slovak). 3 July 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Philadelphia Union sign Slovakian midfielder Matej Oravec". Orlando Sentinel. 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 5 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Philadelphia Union loan Matej Oravec to Slovakian club". mlssoccer.com. MLS. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.


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