Jan Sýkora
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 29 December 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Plzeň, Czech Republic | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Slavia Prague | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Sparta Prague B | 23 | (3) |
2012–2015 | Sparta Prague | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Brno (loan) | 26 | (4) |
2015–2016 | Slovan Liberec | 34 | (1) |
2017– | Slavia Prague | 40 | (5) |
2019 | → Slovan Liberec (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2019–2020 | → Jablonec (loan) | 31 | (9) |
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Czech Republic U17 | 3 | (1) |
2011 | Czech Republic U18 | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Czech Republic U19 | 13 | (1) |
2013 | Czech Republic U20 | 1 | (0) |
2014 | Czech Republic U21 | 2 | (0) |
2016– | Czech Republic | 10 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 October 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 July 2019 |
Jan Sýkora (born 29 December 1993) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slavia Prague in the Fortuna Liga.[1]
Club career
He began his professional career at Sparta Prague, but failed to make a league appearance for their first team. He also spent time on loan at Zbrojovka Brno.
In 2015, he transferred to Slovan Liberec. On 15 September 2016 he scored the fastest-ever goal of UEFA Europa League, finding the net after just 10.69 seconds in Liberec's group stage match against Qarabağ FK.[2][3]
In total, he made 34 league appearances for Liberec, scoring one goal.
Slavia Prague
After a lengthy battle for his signature between Slavia Prague and Viktoria Plzeň, the two frontrunners for the league title at the time, Sýkora signed for Slavia Prague in January 2017.[4]
On 22 November 2018, Sýkora signed a new contract with Slavia until the summer of 2022.[5]
In February 2019, he returned to Slovan Liberec on loan until the end of the season.[6]
International career
Sýkora got his first call up to the senior Czech Republic side for a friendly against Armenia and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland in August 2016.[7]
International goals
- Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first.[8]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 November 2017 | Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar | Iceland | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
References
- ^ "Jan Sýkora". synotliga.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ^ Sýkora scores quickest ever Europa League goal, UEFA.com, Retrieved 7. 10. 2016
- ^ Blesková trefa a ztracená výhra. Jak liberecký Sýkora překonal rekord Evropské ligy? Archived 9 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, o2sport.cz, Retrieved 7. 10. 2016 (in Czech)
- ^ "Sýkora se nebál, že přijde o Slavii: Spartě bych řekl, že do ní nejdu". iSport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2017.
- ^ "2022 + 2021!". slavia.cz (in Czech). SK Slavia Prague. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
- ^ "Sýkora: Nechám duši na hřišti v každém zápase, abych klukům pomohl (+video)". FC Slovan Liberec. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ^ "Jarolím odhalil nominaci: povolal nováčky z Liberce, vrací se Drobný". fotbal.idnes.cz. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ^ "Sýkora, Jan". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
External links
- Jan Sýkora Official Czech First League statistics
- Jan Sýkora official international statistics
- Jan Sýkora – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Jan Sýkora at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Czech footballers
- Czech Republic youth international footballers
- Czech Republic under-21 international footballers
- Czech Republic international footballers
- Czech First League players
- AC Sparta Prague players
- FC Zbrojovka Brno players
- FC Slovan Liberec players
- SK Slavia Prague players
- Association football midfielders
- Czech football midfielder stubs