Kornel Saláta

Kornel Saláta (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈkɔɾnɛl ˈsalaːta]; born 24 January 1985) is a Slovak football defender of Hungarian descent who currently plays for II. liga club KFC Komárno.

Kornel Saláta
Saláta with FC Rostov in 2012
Personal information
Full name Kornel Saláta
Date of birth (1985-01-24) 24 January 1985
Place of birth Kamenica nad Hronom, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Komárno
Number 4
Youth career
VTJ Sokol Kamenica nad Hronom
FK Štúrovo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Matador Púchov 29 (4)
2006–2009 Artmedia Petržalka 49 (9)
2007 → Dukla Banská Bystrica (loan) 17 (4)
2009–2010 Slovan Bratislava 47 (5)
2011–2014 Rostov 59 (4)
2013–2014 → Tom Tomsk (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2018 Slovan Bratislava 94 (7)
2014 → Dunajská Streda (loan) 10 (2)
2019 Szombathelyi Haladás 7 (0)
2019– Komárno 3 (0)
National team‡
2008–2016 Slovakia 40 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 December 2018

Club career

Saláta made his Corgoň Liga debut in the 2005–06 season for Matador Púchov. After season Púchov relegated to the Slovak First League and Saláta signed for Artmedia Petržalka. There he won the Corgoň Liga and the Slovak Cup in the 2007–08 season. In summer 2009, he moved to Slovan Bratislava, playing first match in the 2009 Slovak Super Cup. In January 2011, he signed four-year contract for Russian club Rostov for €1 million as one of the best Corgoň Liga defenders.

Saláta left Rostov in August 2014.[1]

International career

Saláta made his national team debut against Switzerland on 24 May 2008. He participated at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, playing 83 minutes in second group match against Paraguay.

International goals
Score and result list Slovakia's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.15 October 2013Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia Latvia
2–0
2–2
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.14 June 2015Štadión pod Dubňom, Žilina North Macedonia
1–0
2–1
Euro 2016 qualifier

Personal life

Saláta hails from the Hungarian minority in Slovakia.[2] He speaks both Slovak and Hungarian fluently, also with knowledge of Russian and English.[3]

Honours

Artmedia

Slovan

References
  1. "Archived copy" Салата покинул Ростов. http://soccer.ru (in Russian). soccer.ru. 19 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2014. External link in |website= (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Mégis lehet magyar játékos a focivébén" [Still may be Hungarian player on the football WC]. Heti Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). hvg.hu. 11 March 2010. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011. In the Slovak squad is listed the ethnic Hungarian Kornél Saláta as well, who thus may participate on the 2010 football World Cup. (A szlovák válogatott keretében szerepel a magyar nemzetiségű Saláta Kornél is, aki így lehet, hogy részt vesz a 2010-es labdarúgó világbajnokságon.)
  3. "Teljesült Saláta Kornél álma" [The dream of Kornél Saláta came true]. Hungarian Television (in Hungarian). Telesport.hu. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2011. The defender of Slovan Bratislava – who speaks Hungarian fluently – is happy that he pleased his family and relatives. (A Slovan Bratislava – magyarul folyékonyan beszélő – védője boldog, hogy örömet szerzett családjának és a földijeinek.)
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