Juraj Piroska

Juraj Piroska (born 27 February 1987) is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for Senica in the Fortuna Liga.

Juraj Piroska
Personal information
Full name Juraj Piroska
Date of birth (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Senica
Number 33
Youth career
1993–2004 Slovan Bratislava
2004–2005 Freiburg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 AS Trenčín 3 (0)
2006–2008 Petržalka 42 (6)
2006 → SFM Senec (loan)
2009 Sparta Prague 1 (0)
2009–2014 Senica 139 (42)
2012 → Slovan Bratislava (loan) 12 (1)
2015 Kaisar 5 (0)
2015 Spartak Myjava 9 (1)
2016 Skalica 8 (1)
2016 Petržalka 4 (2)
2017 Vibonese 7 (1)
2017–2020 Petržalka 54 (13)
2020– Senica 18 (4)
National team‡
2005–2006 Slovakia U19 ? (?)
2007–2008 Slovakia U21 7 (2)
2011–2014 Slovakia 3 (1)
Teams managed
2019–2020 Petržalka (assistant)
2020– Senica (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

Club career

Piroska began playing football in Slovan Bratislava at the age of 6. He joined German side Freiburg youth squad in 2004. There he spent one-and-a-half years and came back to Slovakia, signing for AS Trenčín. He missed most of the time in Trenčín due to a backbone injury.

In January 2006, he moved to Artmedia Petržalka. His breakthrough came in 2007–08, winning the double.

On 16 February 2009, he signed a three-year contract for AC Sparta Praha.[1] He played only 16 minutes for Sparta in the Gambrinus liga and moved on loan to Senica in July 2009.

His good form in Senica switched to transfer in June 2010. He scored his first hat-trick in a 5–0 away win against Nitra on 4 March 2011.

International career

Piroska made his debut for the national team in a 1–0 away win against Andorra on 26 March 2011. He netted his first goal on 11 October 2011 in the 1:1 away draw with Macedonia in a Euro 2012 qualifier.

International goal
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 2011Philip II Arena, Skopje, Macedonia Macedonia1 – 01–1Euro 2012 qualifier

Honours

Artmedia

References
  1. "Sparta na poslední chvíli získala slovenského útočníka Piroska" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 2009-02-16.
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