![]() Jirka with Real Oviedo in 2021 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 September 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Trnava, Slovakia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Piast Gliwice | ||
Number | 90 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2016 | Spartak Trnava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | Spartak Trnava | 76 | (12) |
2019–2021 | Red Star Belgrade | 6 | (0) |
2019 | → Radnički Niš (loan) | 16 | (4) |
2020 | → Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 17 | (4) |
2020–2021 | → Mirandés (loan) | 32 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Real Oviedo | 19 | (0) |
2022–2024 | Viktoria Plzeň | 61 | (10) |
2025– | Piast Gliwice | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2015–2016 | Slovakia U18 | 5 | (0) |
2017 | Slovakia U19 | 6 | (1) |
2017–2018 | Slovakia U21 | 11 | (1) |
2021– | Slovakia | 10 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2024 |
Erik Jirka (born 19 September 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Piast Gliwice and the Slovakia national team. [2]
A FC Spartak Trnava youth graduate, Jirka made his professional league debut for on 8 November 2014 against Ružomberok. [3]
In September 2018, Jirka signed a four–year contract with Red Star Belgrade, effective from January 2019. [4] However, in July 2019, he went to vice-champions from Radnički Niš for a half-season loan to get more playing time. [5]
In January 2020, Jirka was sent on another half-season loan, this time to Polish club Górnik Zabrze. [6] The same year in August, he was sent on a third loan since arriving at Red Star Belgrade, this time to the Spanish side CD Mirandés for the entire 2020–21 season with an option to buy at the end of a season. [7] On 17 July 2021, Jirka signed with Real Oviedo a two-year contract with a further year dependent on the completion of objectives. [8]
Jirka debuted for the Slovak senior squad on 1 June 2021 in a friendly match against Bulgaria. [9] In March 2022, he was called up as an alternative footballer to Ivan Schranz for two friendly matches against Norway and Finland. [10] Jirka scored his first international goal against the latter opponent on 29 March. [11]
Club | Season | League | National cup [a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Spartak Trnava | 2014–15 | Fortuna Liga | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
2015–16 | Fortuna Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [b] | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | Fortuna Liga | 30 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 6 [b] | 1 | — | 38 | 7 | ||
2017–18 | Fortuna Liga | 29 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 6 | |||
2018–19 | Fortuna Liga | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 [c] | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | ||
Total | 76 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 2 | — | 103 | 14 | |||
Red Star Belgrade | 2018–19 | Serbian SuperLiga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
Radnički Niš (loan) | 2019–20 | Serbian SuperLiga | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 [b] | 0 | — | 19 | 4 | |
Górnik Zabrze (loan) | 2019–20 | Ekstraklasa | 17 | 4 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
Mirandés (loan) | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||
Real Oviedo | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
Viktoria Plzeň | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 [d] | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Czech First League | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 [e] | 1 | — | 25 | 6 | ||
2024–25 | Czech First League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 [b] | 0 | — | 21 | 3 | ||
Total | 61 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 11 | ||
Piast Gliwice | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Career total | 227 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 281 | 39 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Slovakia | |||
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 2 | |
2023 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 29 March 2022 | Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
2 | 22 September 2022 | Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava, Slovakia | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C |
Spartak Trnava
Red Star Belgrade
Slováci sa snažili súpera zatlačiť, prišli aj ďalší noví hráči Jirka a Suslov.[The Slovaks tried to push the opponent, other new players Jirka and Suslov also arrived.]