Matej Oravec

Matej Oravec (born 30 March 1998) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Železiarne Podbrezová.^[1]

Matej Oravec

Personal information
Full name	Matej Oravec
Date of birth	(1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Trnava, Slovakia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back, defensive midfielder
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)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 October 2020

Club career

Spartak Trnava

Oravec made his professional Fortuna Liga debut for Spartak Trnava against Podbrezová on 17 July 2016.^[2]

Philadelphia Union

On 20 January 2020, Oravec moved to MLS side Philadelphia Union.^[3]

He was loaned to Železiarne Podbrezová in July 2021. ^[4] Philadelphia Union and Oravec mutually agree to part ways on 7 July 2022.

Honours

Spartak Trnava

• Fortuna Liga: 2017–18