Martin Škrtel

Martin Škrtel is my kind of footballer. Not a flashy goalscorer but a 191cm centre-back who built a career on hard, uncompromising defending. The move from Slovakia through Zenit to a £6.5 million transfer to Liverpool in 2008 marked him as a genuinely serious operator, and his shaven-headed, bruising style is something many fans still remember vividly. I respect players who do the unglamorous work of stopping attacks rather than chasing headlines. That he has stayed in the game as sporting director at Spartak Trnava, giving back to the club where it began, makes me like him even more.

Name (English)

Martin Škrtel

Name (Japanese)

マルティン・シュクルテル

Reading

まるてぃん・しゅくるてる

Born

December 15, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Handlová, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Height

191 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Official sitehttp://www.martin-skrtel.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/martin37skrtel/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20%C5%A0krtel
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192913

Tags

• Trenčín Region
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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