Adam Kopas

Adam Kopas
	Kopas in 2021 with Žilina
Personal information
Full name	Adam Kopas
Date of birth	16 August 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Žilina, Slovakia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Žilina
Number	33
Youth career
2009–2016	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–	Žilina B
2018–2024	Žilina
2024	→ Othellos Athienou (loan)
2024-	→ MFK Skalica
International career‡
2015–2016	Slovakia U17
2018	Slovakia U19
2019	Slovakia U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 January 2025; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023

Adam Kopas (born 16 August 1999) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Niké Liga club Žilina, as a defender.

Club career

MŠK Žilina

Kopas made his Fortuna Liga debut for Žilina against ViOn Zlaté Moravce on 2 March 2019. He played at pod Dubňom for 76 minutes before being replaced by Filip Balaj, who scored the winning goal 6 minutes later, to get Žilina the 2:1 victory.^[1]

International career

Kopas was first recognised in a senior national team nomination on 16 March 2022 by Štefan Tarkovič as an alternate ahead of two international friendly fixtures against Norway and Finland.^[2] He did not penetrate into the shortlisted nomination by the end of the year, even under new manager Francesco Calzona, being omitted from nomination for September 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C fixtures and only being listed as an alternate for two November friendlies and prospective national team players' training camp in December.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Honours

Individual

Slovak Super Liga Goal of the Month: August 2022,^[6] May 2023,

References

^ MŠK Žilina - FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 2:1 Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback Machine 02.03.2019, futbalnet.sk
^ SFZ (16 March 2022). "MUŽI A - V nominácii premiérovo Herc a Regáli, po čase Sekulič a Zreľák". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ s.r.o, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Slovakia Media. "Nový tréner Slovenska oznámil svoju prvú nomináciu. Calzona prekvapil viacerými menami". Šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ s.r.o, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Slovakia Media. "Tréner Francesco Calzona oznámil ďalšiu nomináciu Slovenska, je v nej viacero nových mien". Šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ SFZ (29 November 2022). "MUŽI A – Päťdňový tréningový kemp, dôležitý pre budúcnosť reprezentácie". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^ "Adam Kopas víťazom ankety Gól mesiaca august". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

External links

MŠK Žilina official club profile (in Slovak)
Adam Kopas at Soccerway
Futbalnet profile (in Slovak)
Adam Kopas at Fortunaliga.sk (in Slovak)

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[1] MŠK Žilina - FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 2:1 Archived 2019-03-06 at the Wayback Machine 02.03.2019, futbalnet.sk

[2] SFZ (16 March 2022). "MUŽI A - V nominácii premiérovo Herc a Regáli, po čase Sekulič a Zreľák". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 17 March 2022.

[3] s.r.o, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Slovakia Media. "Nový tréner Slovenska oznámil svoju prvú nomináciu. Calzona prekvapil viacerými menami". Šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] s.r.o, SPORT SK, s r o & Ringier Slovakia Media. "Tréner Francesco Calzona oznámil ďalšiu nomináciu Slovenska, je v nej viacero nových mien". Šport.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[5] SFZ (29 November 2022). "MUŽI A – Päťdňový tréningový kemp, dôležitý pre budúcnosť reprezentácie". futbalsfz.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[6] "Adam Kopas víťazom ankety Gól mesiaca august". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

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