Matej Cifra

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Matej Cifra
Sajfa.png
Born (1979-07-10) 10 July 1979 (age 45)
Occupation(s)Presenter
YouTuber
Language teacher
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Children2

Matej Cifra (born 10 July 1979), also known as Sajfa, is a Slovak YouTuber, presenter, and former language teacher.

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Early life

Cifra was born on 10 July 1979 in Bratislava. [1] He is the youngest of three brothers. [2] Cifra graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, Comenius University, teaching English and Slovak for five years. [3]

Career

Cifra became radio presenter appearing on Fun Radio in 2002, before finally settling down alongside Adela Vinczeová in the programme's morning block. [4] They wrote a book from behind the scenes of the radio titled Veci, o ktorých viete pomerne málo (lit.'Things You Know Relatively Little About'). [5]

In 2005, he appeared for the first time in the role of a TV presenter with Didiana in Noci Vyvolených (lit.'The Night of the Chosen'). [6]

In 2015, Cifra started creating a talk show on YouTube called LevelLama (lvlLama), where he always invites a group of Slovak public figures to play video games with them. [1]

Personal life

Cifra got engaged to editor, presenter, and model Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová in 2015. [7] They got married one year later in September 2016. [8]

In 2021, Cifra and Ostrihoňová filed a criminal complaint against journalist Martin Daňo, who was accused of tax fraud and was about to be in court. [9]

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