Martin Valjent

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Martin Valjent
Personal information
Full name Martin Valjent[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Mallorca
Number 24
Youth career
Dubnica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Dubnica 14 (0)
2013–2017 Ternana 76 (2)
2017–2019 Chievo 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Ternana (loan) 38 (3)
2018–2019 → Mallorca (loan) 29 (0)
2019– Mallorca 210 (4)
International career‡
2013 Slovakia U18
2014 Slovakia U19 14 (2)
2015–2017 Slovakia U21 19 (2)
2018– Slovakia 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 December 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:11, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Martin Valjent (born 11 December 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for La Liga club Mallorca and the Slovakia national team.[2]

Club career

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At the age of 17 in summer 2013, Valjent joined Italian Serie B club Ternana Calcio.[3]

In August 2018, Valjent moved to RCD Mallorca on loan, a prominent team in Segunda División.[4] In February 2021, he extended his contract with Mallorca until 2025, emphasizing his dedication to the club.[5][6] On 24 February 2024, Valjent played his 200th match for RCD Mallorca in a 2023–24 Copa del Rey match against Deportivo Alavés which ended in a 1–1 draw.[7] In 2025, he extended his contract until 2029.[8]

International career

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Valjent was first called up to the Slovakia national team by Ján Kozák sr. for fixtures against Netherlands and Morocco on 31 May and 4 June 2018 respectively. This was done due to Gyömbér and Štetina's injuries.[9] Valjent debuted during a match against Morocco in Geneva, replacing Tomáš Hubočan in the 79th minute.[10]

Valjent's 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 4–0.[11] It was 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.[12] In October, Valjent returned to the national team in a friendly match against Paraguay on his preferred post. His performance was reported on very positively, receiving praise from RTVS' commentary expert Marián Zeman during the farewell game for Martin Škrtel, with whom he starred in the starting XI, as well as Hubočan and Adam Nemec. This game also coincided with a return to Tehelné pole after some ten years and ended in a 1–1 draw.[13]

On 26 August 2020, Valjent was called up by the Slovak senior squad to take part in the two opening matches of the UEFA Nations League against the Czech Republic and Israel.[14]

Slovak media intensively speculated about the possible reasons for Valjnet's continued exclusion from the national team after 2022, in spite of his consistent performances in La Liga. The manager of the national team Francesco Calzona refused to elaborate on the absence of call-ups, although he praised Valjnet's professionalism and positive attitude in the national team.[15][16][17]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 16 December 2025[18]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dubnica 2012–13[19] 2. liga 14 0 — — 14 0
Ternana 2013–14 Serie B 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2014–15 Serie B 35 0 2 0 — 37 0
2015–16 Serie B 25 2 2 0 — 27 2
2016–17 Serie B 33 0 2 0 — 35 0
Total 76 2 6 0 0 0 82 2
Chievo 2018–19 Serie A 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Ternana (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 38 3 1 0 — 39 3
Mallorca (loan) 2018–19 Segunda División 29 0 2 0 4[a] 0 35 0
Mallorca 2019–20 La Liga 36 0 1 0 — 37 0
2020–21 Segunda División 33 1 1 0 — 34 1
2021–22 La Liga 36 0 3 0 — 39 0
2022–23 La Liga 30 0 2 0 — 32 0
2023–24 La Liga 28 0 4 0 — 32 0
2024–25 La Liga 31 3 1 0 1[b] 0 33 3
2025–26 La Liga 16 0 1 0 — 17 0
Total 239 4 15 0 5 0 259 4
Career total 367 9 21 0 5 0 393 9
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs
  2. ^ Appearance in Supercopa de España

International

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As of match played 13 June 2022[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Slovakia 2018 1 0
2019 2 0
2020 5 0
2021 1 0
2022 4 0
Total 13 0

References

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