Q:Ivan Janek (born 1 July 1986) is a Slovak football defender who currently plays for the Majstrovstvá regiónu club MFK Zemplín Michalovce B. Janek began his playing career with ŠK Slovan Bratislava. He also had a spell with Bohemians 1905 making nine appearances in the Czech Gambrinus liga. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Athlete