Matej Cifra
Matej Cifra, known as Sajfa, is a Slovak presenter and YouTuber who used to teach languages. He was born on 10 July 1979 in Bratislava and is the youngest of three brothers. He studied philosophy at Comenius University, teaching English and Slovak for five years.
Cifra began his media career on Fun Rádio in 2002, hosting the morning show with Adela Vinczeová. They also co-wrote a behind-the-scenes book titled Veci, o ktorých viete pomerne málo (Things You Know Relatively Little About). He made his TV debut in 2005 with Didiana on Noci Vyvolených (The Night of the Chosen).
In 2015, he started LevelLama (lvlLama), a YouTube talk show where he invites Slovak public figures to play video games together. He became engaged to Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová in 2015; they run Versaj Production, which had sales close to €350,000 in 2019. The couple married in September 2016 and they have two children.
In 2021, Cifra and Ostrihoňová filed a criminal complaint against journalist Martin Daňo, who faced tax fraud charges.
Cifra is recognized as one of Slovakia’s top social media influencers. In 2024, Trend.sk ranked him eighth, estimating his price at €2,608–€3,130 per sponsored post.
Charity and personal life: he supports projects such as Úsmev ako darček and the Children’s Hour. He enjoys running and has taken part in local marathons. He has donated to cancer charities, including Tesco Run for Life in 2009 and the Rajecký half-marathon in 2010. In 2011, while taking part in a Slovak Red Cross blood-donation drive with Fun Rádio colleagues, he donated blood, but then needed medical treatment after his blood pressure dropped.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 23:51 (CET).