Martin Škrtel
Slovak footballer (born 1984) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Martin Škrtel (born 15 December 1984) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martin Škrtel[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1984-12-15) 15 December 1984 (age 39)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Handlová, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back[4] | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–2001 | Baník Prievidza | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2004 | Trenčín | 45 | (0) |
2004–2008 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 74 | (3) |
2008–2016 | Liverpool | 242 | (16) |
2016–2019 | Fenerbahçe | 79 | (6) |
2019 | Atalanta | 0 | (0) |
2019–2021 | İstanbul Başakşehir | 30 | (3) |
2021–2022 | Spartak Trnava | 18 | (0) |
2022 | FK Hajskala Ráztočno | ||
Total | 488 | (28) | |
International career | |||
2004–2019 | Slovakia | 104 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Škrtel previously played for FK AS Trenčín and Zenit Saint Petersburg, before joining Liverpool for £6.5 million in January 2008. After eight-and-a-half years with Liverpool, where he played 320 official games and scored 18 goals, he joined Fenerbahçe. He has won the Russian Premier League and the League Cup, as well as being named Slovak Footballer of the Year four times.
Škrtel debuted for the Slovak senior team 2004 and has earned a total of 104 caps, making him the third most-capped player of his country at the time of his retirement in 2019, behind Marek Hamšík and Miroslav Karhan. He also retired as Slovakia's 10th best international scorer with 6 goals, sharing the spot with Július Šimon and Miroslav Stoch. Škrtel represented the country as they reached the last 16 at both the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2016.