Zdeno Štrba


Zdeno Štrba is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for TJ Slovan Skalité. He played for the Slovakia national football team 25 games.

Club career

Štrba started at local club Tatran Krásno nad Kysucou and through youth squad of Dukla Banská Bystrica came to Matador Púchov where he made his Corgoň Liga debut. He played for Matador four-and-a-half season and then moved to MŠK Žilina in January 2003. Štrba won six trophies in Žilina, the Corgoň Liga and the Slovak Super Cup three times, and progressed to the Slovakia national team as stable member. On 3 June 2009, Štrba has signed two-year contract for Skoda Xanthi for a fee €150,000. He made 27 appearances and scored 4 goals in his first season at the Super League Greece. In December 2010, he terminated his contract with Xanthi after mutual consent and came back to Žilina, signing one-and-a-half-year contract.

International

Štrba played his first international match against Cyprus on 13 February 2003. He was present in 6 of the 10 matches at the 2010 World Cup qualification and Slovakia manager Vladimír Weiss called up him to the final 23-men squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Štrba played overall 267 minutes at the tournament against New Zealand, Paraguay and Italy. He did not play in the round of 16 against the Netherlands due to yellow cards from previous games. He announced his retirement from international football in October 2010.

Honours

Žilina