Róbert Formanko

Róbert Formanko (1976 – 2000) was a Slovak footballer who played as a centre-back. He mostly played for FC Spartak Trnava. He played a total of 126 matches in the first tier of Slovak football.

Early career Formanko started playing football in neighboring Voderady, from where he joined the academy of Spartak Trnava as a teenager.

Club career Formanko debuted as a 17 year old in the first league in the 1993–94 season against FC Baník Prievidza. In the following season, he completed his military service in the second league team OD Trenčín. After returning to Trnava in the 1995–96 season, he scored his first league goal in a 3–1 win against FC Lokomotíva Košice. He scored in the final of the 1995–96 Slovak Cup, a 2–1 loss against Chemlon Humenné. He was a part of the Trnava squad that almost won the league in the 1996–97 season, when they lost the title to 1. FC Košice in a 1–0 away loss against MŠK Rimavská Sobota in the final round of the season. In the 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup, his team played against Besiktas Istanbul, where he scored. He played his last match in a 4–1 win against Tatran Prešov. Altogether, he played 110 matches for Spartak in the Slovak First Football League and scored 8 goals.