Martin Lipčák

Martin Lipčák
Personal information
Full name	Martin Lipčák
Date of birth	22 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Sečovce, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Slovan Sabinov
Youth career
1985–1989	1. FC Košice
1989–1994	FK Rožnava
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	1. FC Košice
1996–2001	Dukla Trenčín
2001–2005	Artmedia Petržalka
2005–2006	Spartak Trnava
2006	→ Sparta Prague (loan)
2007	Zalaegerszegi
2007	Neded
2008–2013	Fotbal Třinec
2013–2015	Karviná
2015–2016	Haniska
2016–2020	Poprad
2020–	Slovan Sabinov
International career
2000	Slovakia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Lipčák (born 22 December 1975) is a Slovak footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Slovan Sabinov.

He has spent a large part of his career playing in the top tier of Slovak football, making over 200 appearances in the Corgoň Liga.

Career

Born in Sečovce, a town close to Košice, he debuted in the first division playing for 1. FC Košice. He moved to Dukla Trenčín in his early 20s playing out 3 seasons before making a switch to Artmedia Petržalka. He spent 3+1⁄2 seasons here winning the Slovak Cup in 2004 and helping them to win the league in 2005 although he left the club before the end of the season. After a successful stay in Bratislava he moved to another first division club, Spartak Trnava. The team were runners-up in the Slovak Cup in 2006.

Leaving Spartak Trnava halfway through the 2006–07 season he looked to play abroad and had trials at Skoda Xanthi and AEK Larnaca where a deal with the Cypriot side was close to being sealed but fell through after a failure to agree terms. A few weeks after he got his wish of playing outside of Slovakia by completing a switch to Hungarian 1st division outfit Zalaegerszegi. After a short six-month spell he returned to Slovakia joining 4th division side FK Neded where he spent the autumn of 2007 before leaving Slovakia for the second time to join aspiring Czech 2. Liga outfit Fotbal Třinec.