Martin Valjent

Martin Valjent (born 11 December 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda Division club RCD Mallorca.

International Career

Valjent was first called up to Slovakia's A-team by Jan Kozak sr. for a double fixture against Netherlands and Morocco on 31 May and 4 June respectively. He was additionally nominated as a result of Gyomber's (rescheduled club fixture) and Stetina's (injury) unavailability. Although Valjent was benched in the home fixture against Netherlands (1–1), he replaced Tomas Hubocan in the 79th minute of the fixture against Morocco in Geneva, to mark his debut in Slovakia's senior national team. He was fielded when the score was 1–2 and Slovakia failed to equalize the game.

His first competitive start came in a Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Croatia on 6 September 2019 in Trnava, with Valjent playing as a right-back. Slovakia lost the game 0-4. It was noted, that Valjent had a difficult task in defending Dejan Lovren at the side-line, as his preferred post is the one of a centre-back.

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