Erik Jirka

Erik Jirka (born 19 September 1997) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger for Czech club Viktoria Plzeň and the Slovakia national team.

Club career
A FC Spartak Trnava youth graduate, Jirka made his professional league debut for on 8 November 2014 against Ružomberok.

In September 2018, Jirka signed a four–year contract with Red Star Belgrade, effective from January 2019. However, in July 2019, he went to vice-champions from Radnički Niš for a half-season loan to get more playing time.

In January 2020, Jirka was sent on another half-season loan, this time to Polish club Górnik Zabrze. The same year in August, he was sent on a third loan since arriving at Red Star Belgrade, this time to the Spanish side CD Mirandés for the entire 2020–21 season with an option to buy at the end of a season. On 17 July 2021, Jirka signed with Real Oviedo a two-year contract with a further year dependent on the completion of objectives.

International career
On 18 November 2020, Jirka received his first call-up to the Slovak senior squad for a friendly match against the Czech Republic.[9] He debuted on 1 June 2021 in another friendly match against Bulgaria.

In March 2022, Jirka was also called up as an alternate to Ivan Schranz for two friendly matches against Norway and Finland, scoring his first international goal against the latter on 29 March.

Honours
Spartak Trnava
 * Fortuna Liga: 2017–18

Red Star Belgrade
 * Serbian SuperLiga: 2018–19