Martin Chrien

Martin Chrien
Chrien with Dukla Banská Bystrica in 2013
Personal information
Full name Martin Chrien
Date of birth (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995
Place of birth Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Santa Clara
(on loan from Benfica)
Number 21
Youth career
Dukla Banská Bystrica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2014 Dukla Banská Bystrica 29 (5)
2014–2017 Viktoria Plzeň 3 (0)
2015 → České Budějovice (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Zbrojovka Brno (loan) 24 (3)
2016 → Ružomberok (loan) 17 (5)
2017– Benfica 1 (0)
2017– Benfica B 16 (0)
2018– → Santa Clara (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2013–2014 Slovakia U19 3 (0)
2014–2018 Slovakia U21 21 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2017

Martin Chrien (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmartiŋ ˈxrien];[lower-alpha 1] born 8 September 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Santa Clara, on loan from Benfica, as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Banská Bystrica, Chrien made his professional debut for local club FK Dukla Banská Bystrica[1] against MFK Košice on 1 December 2012. On 14 May 2014, he signed a four-year contract with Czech club Viktoria Plzeň, joining the senior team at the start of the 2014–15 season.[2] He was then loaned to České Budějovice and Zbrojovka Brno in the Czech Republic, and Ružomberok in Slovakia, respectively.

On 29 June 2017, he moved to Portugal and signed a five-year contract with defending champions S.L. Benfica.[3] He made his debut on 20 August 2017, in a league fixture against Belenenses, in a 5-0 win, coming on in the 71st minute of the match[4]. Later in autumn he was moved to the B-team, playing number of games in LigaPro. During the winter transfer window he was initially linked with a loan to Croatian clubs Hajduk Split[5] or NK Osijek[6], as he did not get sufficient play time at Benfica, but neither of the moves took place.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ In isolation, Martin is pronounced [ˈmartin].
  1. ↑ DUKLA VS. KOŠICE 1 - 2 01.12.2012, soccerway.com
  2. ↑ Chrien odchádza z Banskej Bystrice a bude ďalším Slovákom v Plzni 14.05.2014, profutbal.sk
  3. ↑ "Martin Chrien assina por cinco épocas" [Martin Chrien signs for five seasons]. S.L. Benfica (in Portuguese). 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Teraz.sk (1970-01-01). "Chrien debutoval za Benficu pro vysokom triumfe nad Belenenses". TERAZ.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  5. ↑ "Slovák v chorvátskej lige? Chriena lanári Hajduk Split | ProFutbal.sk" (in Slovak). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  6. ↑ "Ništa od dolaska mladog slovačkog reprezentativca Chriena u NK Osijek!". republika.eu. Retrieved 2018-02-18.


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