Martin Valjent

His first competitive start came in a Euro 2020 qualifying fixture against Croatia on 6 September 2019 in Trnava, with Valjent playing as a right-back. Slovakia lost the game 0-4. It was noted, that Valjent had a difficult task in defending Dejan Lovren at the side-line, as his preferred post is the one of a centre-back. In October, Valjent returned to the national team in a friendly against Paraguay on his preferred post. This time his performance was reported on very positively, receiving praise from RTVS' commentary expert Marián Zeman during the farewell game for Martin Škrtel, with whom he starred in the starting XI, as well as Tomáš Hubočan and Adam Nemec. This game also coincided with a return to Tehelné pole after some 10 years and concluded with a 1-1 tie.

He made his professional debut for Ternana against Varese on 28 September 2013.

Valjent was first called up to Slovakia's A-team by Ján Kozák sr. for a double fixture against Netherlands and Morocco on 31 May and 4 June respectively. He was additionally nominated as a result of Gyömbér's (rescheduled club fixture) and Štetina's (injury) unavailability. Although Valjent was benched in the home fixture against Netherlands (1–1), he replaced Tomáš Hubočan in the 79th minute of the fixture against Morocco in Geneva, to mark his debut in Slovakia's senior national team. He was fielded when the score was 1–2 and Slovakia failed to equalize the game.

Martin Valjent (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtiɱ ˈʋaljɛnt] ; born 11 December 1995) is a Slovak footballer who plays for RCD Mallorca in La Liga as a defender.