Martin Valjent (born 11 December 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Mallorca and the Slovakia national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Valjent[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 11 December 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Mallorca | ||
| Number | 24 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dubnica | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Dubnica | 14 | (0) |
| 2013–2017 | Ternana | 76 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | Chievo | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Ternana (loan) | 38 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | → Mallorca (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 2019– | Mallorca | 163 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Slovakia U18 | ||
| 2014 | Slovakia U19 | 14 | (2) |
| 2015–2017 | Slovakia U21 | 19 | (2) |
| 2018– | Slovakia | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:05, 10 June 2022 (UTC) | |||
Club career
editValjent made his professional debut for Ternana on 28 September 2013.[3] He signed for Chievo Verona in 2017, only to be sent on loan to his former club for the 2017–18 Serie A.[4]
Mallorca
editIn August 2018, Valjent moved on loan to Mallorca to reinforce the Balearic defense during the 2018–19 Segunda División campaign.[5] He debuted
On 26 June 2019, following Mallorca's promotion to La Liga, he was bought permanently for €1.5 million,[6] signing a contract until 2025.[7]
On 25 February 2014, Valjent played his 200th professional match after a 1-1 draw against Deportivo Alavés.[8]
International career
editValjent was first called up to the Slovakia national team by Ján Kozák sr. for fixtures against Netherlands and Morocco on 31 May and 4 June 2018 respectively. This was done due to Gyömbér and Štetina's injuries.[9] Valjent debuted during a match against Morocco in Geneva, replacing Tomáš Hubočan in the 79th minute.[10]
Valjent's first competitive start came in a Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Croatia on 6 September 2019 in Trnava, with Valjent playing as a right-back. Slovakia lost the game 4–0.[11] It was that Valjent had a difficult task in defending Dejan Lovren at the side-line, as his preferred post is the one of a centre-back.[12] In October, Valjent returned to the national team in a friendly match against Paraguay on his preferred post. His performance was reported on very positively, receiving praise from RTVS' commentary expert Marián Zeman during the farewell game for Martin Škrtel, with whom he starred in the starting XI, as well as Hubočan and Adam Nemec. This game also coincided with a return to Tehelné pole after some ten years and concluded with a 1–1 tie.[13]
On 26 August 2020, Valjent was called up by the Slovak senior squad to take part in the two opening matches of the UEFA Nations League against the Czech Republic and Israel.[14]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of match played 27 August 2021[15]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dubnica | 2012–13[16] | 2. liga | 14 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Ternana | 2013–14 | Serie B | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Serie B | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Serie B | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | Serie B | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| Total | 76 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 2 | ||
| Chievo | 2018–19 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| Ternana (loan) | 2017–18 | Serie B | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 3 | |
| Mallorca (loan) | 2018–19 | Segunda División | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Mallorca | 2019–20 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Segunda División | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 101 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 229 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 244 | 6 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
International
edit- As of match played 10 June 2022[16]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 12 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 14 de agosto de 2021, en Palma de Mallorca" [Minutes of the Match held on 14 August 2021, in Palma de Mallorca] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile | Martin Valjent". RCD Mallorca.
- ^ "Varese vs. Ternana". Soccerway. 28 September 2013.
- ^ "Valjent do Chieva Verona, ale ostáva na hosťovaní v Ternane Calcio" [Valjent to Chievo Verona, but remains on loan at Ternana Calcio]. Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 1 September 2017.
- ^ Carbot, Ricard (26 June 2018). "El Mallorca logra la cesión de Martin Valjent" [Martin Valjent moves on loan to Mallorca] (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "El Mallorca ejecuta la opción de compra de Valjent" [Mallorca exercises buy option for Martin Valjent] (in Spanish). 26 June 2019.
- ^ Chacártegui, Miguel (23 February 2021). "Valjent: "Volver a Primera División sería fantástico"" (in Spanish).
- ^ Chacártegui, Miguel (25 February 2024). "Martin Valjent, tras cumplir 200 partidos con el RCD Mallorca: "Me gustaría hacer algo grande en este club y entrar en la historia"". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish).
- ^ "Z Kozákovej nominácie vypadli Gyömbér a Štetina, nahradia ich Mihalík a Valjent". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Valjent v Taliansku vystriedal všetky pozície, ale neočakáva, že nahradí Pekaríka". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 4 September 2018.
- ^ "Slovenským futbalistom sa vzdialil postup na ME, s Chorvátmi vysoko prehrali". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Vavro pôsobil ako malý žiak. Azda zápas nevidel tréner Lazia". Sme. Petit Press. 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Slováci v príprave remizovali s Paraguajom, s reprezentáciou sa rozlúčila trojica hráčov". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. 14 October 2019.
- ^ Forteza, Gabriel (26 August 2020). "Martin Valjent convocado por Eslovaquia para la Nations League" [Martin Valjent called up by the Slovak squad]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Martin Valjent at Soccerway
- ^ a b Martin Valjent at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
edit- Profile at the RCD Mallorca website
- Eurofotbal profile (in Czech)
- Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
- Martin Valjent at BDFutbol