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Lukáš Pellegrini
Slovak footballer and regional politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lukáš Pellegrini (born 10 May 1988) is a former Slovak professional football midfielder who currently plays for amateur side TJ Sokol Repište. Pellegrini is also active as a regional politician.
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Club career
Pellegrini made his debut in the Corgoň Liga, when he played for ViOn Zlaté Moravce. He also he played UEFA Cup qualifying matches against Almaty and Russian giant Zenit St. Petersburg. In January 2013, he came to transferred to Spartak Myjava.
Political activities
Pellegrini served as a professional firefighter in later years of his football career. In 2022, Pellegrini successfully ran as a candidate for a post of a deputy in Regional Parliament of Banská Bystrica Region as well as the City Council of Banská Štiavnica.
In 2023 parliamentary elections, he ran on Hlas–SD party list, led by his cousin, former Prime Minister and current President Peter Pellegrini.[1][2] In the election, Hlas won the third place with 14.7% of votes. Pellegrini, who was placed 150th on the party list, received 7,639 preferential candidate votes, failing to win an election and being ranked as the first alternate to the parliament.[3][4]
In early 2025, Pellegrini replaced MP Roman Malatinec as the Regional Chairman of Hlas-SD for his native Banská Bystrica Region.[5][6][7]
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