Martin Bukata (born 2 October 1993) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Zlaté Moravce.
Bukata made his first Corgoà  Liga appearance on 11 March 2012, coming on as a substitute for Kamil Kuzma in the 84th minute of a 0âÂÂ1 home loss against Slovan Bratislava. On 2 March 2013, he scored his first goals for Koà ¡ice against the biggest rival team Tatran Preà ¡ov, Koà ¡ice defeated Preà ¡ov 3âÂÂ0.
On 1 August 2018, Bukata signed with Serie B side Benevento. His Benevento contract was terminated by mutual consent on 9 January 2019.
On 21 January 2019, he joined Czech club Karviná. He described the 2019âÂÂ20 as unique and unusual, as he had to enter quarantine three-times, while with Karviná, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was a regular in the starting line-up initially but was later sidelined and placed on to the bench, contributing to him becoming free agent in July 2020.
On 27 July 2020, Bukata had signed with Spartak Trnava in his native Slovakia, joining the club's goalkeeper Dobrivoj Rusov, who is the godfather of Bukata's son. He also joined Erik PaÃÂinda, a former teammate from VSS Koà ¡ice, who had signed just days earlier. The club had disclosed that they had worked on Bukata's arrival for about a year and Bukata, in turn, expressed his gratitude and commitment to the club. Bukata scored the winning goal in a 2âÂÂ1 win over Dnipro-1 in the Conference League play-offs, ultimately sending his team to the group stages of the competition for the first time in the clubs history. He played a total of 102 league games for Spartak, in which he scored 11 goals.
On 16 July 2025, it was announced that Bukata would be joining 2. Liga side FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce.
He debuted for the U-21 side on 21 March 2013 in a 0âÂÂ1 away loss against Austria.
Bukata was first called up to the senior national team for two unofficial friendly fixtures held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, in January 2017, against Uganda and Sweden by his former coach from MFK Koà ¡ice - Ján Kozák. He capped his debut against Uganda, being fielded from the start until the 70th minute, when he was substituted by TomÃ¡à ¡ Huk. Slovakia went on to lose the game 1âÂÂ3. Bukata also played the second half of the historic 0âÂÂ6 loss to Sweden. It took about 5 years for his further recognitions in national team nominations, when Francesco Calzona listed him as an alternate fixtures in September and November, as well as prospective national team players' training camp in December.
MFK Koà ¡ice
Spartak Trnava