Martin Dubravka

Martin Dubravka (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmartin ˈduːbrawka]; born 15 January 1989) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Newcastle United and the Slovakia national team.

Club Career

Early career

Dubravka made his first-team debut in a 5–2 home win against Dubnica on 26 May 2009. In the next season he played 26 Slovak Superliga games, finishing as a league champion. He became a first choice after the transfer of Dusan Pernis in January 2010. He qualified with Zilina to the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League and played all 6 group games. He kept a clean sheet in the play-off round against Sparta Prague. On 30 January 2014, he signed a 3½-year deal with the Danish Superliga club Esbjerg fB.

Dubravka joined Slovan Liberec of the Czech First League in July 2016 on a one-year contract. He joined Sparta Prague in June 2017, signing a three-year contract.

Newcastle United

In January 2018, Newcastle United showed interest in Dubravka, initially offering Sparta Prague a loan for €500,000, with an option to sign in the summer for €4.5 million. He finally joined the Premier League side on 31 January 2018, the final day of the winter transfer window on a half-year loan deal, due to expire at the end of 2017–18 season. According to isport.cz, he joined the club for €2 million, with an option to sign in the summer for €4 million. He made his debut on 11 February, playing a pivotal role and keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 win against Manchester United.

After a very successful loan spell, he signed permanently for Newcastle on 30 May 2018 for an undisclosed fee of around €5 million. On 17 February 2019 in Durham, Dubravka was recognised as the 2018 Player of the Year by the North East Football Writers' Association, joining the likes of Alan Shearer, Kevin Keegan and Shay Given. He became the seventh goalkeeper to win the award, over its thirty-nine seasons. Dubravka stated that he was happy to win the award

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