# Filip Lesniak

Filip Lesniak (born 14 May 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bulgarian First League club Spartak Varna.

## Career
### Tottenham Hotspur

Lesniak started his football career at FC VSS Košice in Slovakia before joining the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy in January 2012. After progressing through the ranks of the Tottenham Hotspur Academy, Lesniak signed his first professional contract with the club in July 2014.
At the start of the 2016-17 season Lesniak signed a loan move to Slovan Liberec in the Czech Republic. On 31 July 2016 he made his football league debut against FK Mladá Boleslav. Lesniak only made two more appearances for Liberec a debut in European football Europa League qualifying round against Admira Wacker Mödling and one domestic cup match. He returned to Tottenham on 31 December 2016.
He made his Premier League debut on 18 May 2017 against Leicester City, providing an assist to Harry Kane who completed his fourth hat-trick of the season. He had been released by Tottenham Hotspur along with 5 other academy players after the expiry of his contract on 9 June 2017.

### Aalborg BK

Lesniak moved to Danish Superliga side AaB on 4 July 2017, signing a three-year contract. Upon joining the club, Lesniak was joined up by his compatriot Jakub Sylvestr.
Lesniak made his Aalborg BK debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Magnus Christensen, in a 4-1 loss against SønderjyskE in the second game of the season.
On 12 July 2019, he was loaned out to Silkeborg IF until the end of the season.

### Wisła Płock

On 29 July 2020, he joined Polish club Wisła Płock. On 6 February 2024, he left Wisła by mutual consent.

### Telavi

On 15 February 2024, Erovnuli Liga club Telavi announced the signing of eleven new players, including Lesniak.

### Spartak Varna

In July 2024, he signed a contract with newly promoted Bulgarian First League club Spartak Varna.

## International career

Lesinak represented Slovakia U17, having played in UEFA European Under-17 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, and Slovakia U19.
In March 2016, Lesinak was called up by Slovakia U21 and made his debut, in a 4–0 win over Estonia U21.

## Career statistics

    As of match played 11 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2016–17 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovan Liberec (loan) | 2016–17 | Fortuna Liga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| AaB | 2017–18 | Superligaen | 31 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| AaB | 2018–19 | Superligaen | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| AaB | Total | Total | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Silkeborg | 2019–20 | Superligaen | 32 | 0 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 36 | 1 |
| Wisła Płock | 2020–21 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Wisła Płock | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 1 |
| Wisła Płock | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 |
| Wisła Płock | 2023–24 | I liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Wisła Płock | Total | Total | 93 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 97 | 2 |
| Telavi | 2024 | Erovnuli Liga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 231 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 251 | 4 |
* ↑ Appearance in the Europa League

## Personal life

Lesniak' grandfather, Ján Kozák, was a national player. He has 55 caps for Czechoslovakia and was also head coach of Slovakia. His uncle is Ján Kozák jr.