Václav Drchal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Václav Drchal | ||
| Date of birth | 25 July 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | České Budějovice, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sparta Prague | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2016 | Dynamo České Budějovice | ||
| 2016– | Sparta Prague | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018– | Sparta Prague | 1 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017– | Czech Republic U17 | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 February 2018 | |||
Václav Drchal (born 25 July 1999) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Czech First League club Sparta Prague as a striker.
A product of the Dynamo České Budějovice youth set-up, Drchal joined Sparta Prague in 2016. After impressing in the Under-19s, he scored on his professional debut in February 2018.
Career
Dynamo České Budějovice
Drchal began his career at hometown club Dynamo České Budějovice before joining the Sparta Prague youth set-up in 2016.[1]
Sparta Prague
Having scored 22 goals in 15 games for the Under-19s in the 1. Dorostinecká Liga, as well as two goals in both the Premier League International Cup and UEFA Youth League, Drchal was rewarded with a chance to join the first team.[2]
On 8 January 2018, he signed a contract extension securing his future at the club until June 2020.[3]
The following day, he scored a hat-trick within nine minutes of coming off the bench for his first non-competitive appearance in a 7–2 win against FC MAS Táborsko.[4] Drchal then joined the first team on a winter training camp in Spain.[5]
On 25 February, he made his competitive debut in a 1–1 draw with 1. FC Slovácko. Drchal scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute to give his side the lead.[6] In doing so, he became the third youngest player to score on their debut in the Czech top flight – only Petr Ruman and Vladimir Stork were younger when they scored in debuts in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.[7]
International
On 2 September 2017, Drchal made his youth international debut in a 2–1 defeat to Republic of Ireland Under-19s. Two days later, he made a second appearance – once again against the Republic of Ireland – and scored in another 2–1 friendly defeat.
After being named as an unused substitute in a 5–0 win against Armenia in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, he made appearances off the bench in victories against Luxembourg and Scotland as Czech Republic topped their group with maximum points.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 24 February 2018
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career total | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
References
- ^ [www.esports.cz], Project: eSports.cz s.r.o. "Václav Drchal". www.dynamocb.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ 1996-2018, FG Forrest - Creative Technologies, www.fg.cz, fg@fg.cz. "Detail hráče - AC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1996-2018, FG Forrest - Creative Technologies, www.fg.cz, fg@fg.cz. "New contracts - AC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1996-2018, FG Forrest - Creative Technologies, www.fg.cz, fg@fg.cz. "Příprava - AC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1996-2018, FG Forrest - Creative Technologies, www.fg.cz, fg@fg.cz. "First training camp - AC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1996-2018, FG Forrest - Creative Technologies, www.fg.cz, fg@fg.cz. "A 1-1 draw with Slovácko - AC Sparta Praha". www.sparta.cz. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ CSFOTBAL (24 February 2018). "V samostatné české lize se najdou jen dva hráči, kteří vstřelili při svém ligovém debutu gól a byli mladší než sparťanský Václav Drchal (18,6 let) - před 23 lety v sezoně 1994/95 Vladimír Čáp (18,5) a sezonu před ním Petr Ruman (17,0), oba z Baníku". @fotbal_cs (in Czech). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
External links
- Profile at sparta.cz