Jan Sýkora

Jan Sýkora (born 29 December 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Viktoria Plzeň.[1]

Jan Sýkora
Jan Sýkora, Czech footballer (born 1993)Taken from the stands at Eden Arena on 17 April 2018 during the Czech FA Cup match between Slavia Prague and Mladá Boleslav.
Sýkora with Slavia Prague in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993
Place of birth Plzeň, Czech Republic
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Viktoria Plzeň
Number 7
Youth career
FC Švihov
Přeštice
Viktoria Plzeň
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)
2017–2020 Slavia Prague 40 (5)
2019 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 8 (1)
2019–2020 → Jablonec (loan) 29 (8)
2020–2022 Lech Poznań 26 (0)
2020–2021 → Lech Poznań II 3 (3)
2021–2022 → Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 29 (4)
2022– Viktoria Plzeň 32 (2)
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 11 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2021

Club career

Sýkora 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 before transferring to Slovan Liberec in 2015.

On 15 September 2016, Sýkora 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 and loan to Slovan Liberec

After a long battle for his signature between Slavia Prague and Viktoria Plzeň, the two frontrunners for the league title at the time, Sýkora signed for the former in January 2017.[4] On 22 November 2018, Sýkora signed a new contract with Slavia until 2022.[5] In February 2019, he returned to Slovan Liberec on loan until the end of the season.[6]

Lech Poznań

On 24 August 2020, Sýkora signed a four-year contract with Polish Ekstraklasa football club Lech Poznań.[7] He debuted six days later during league match against Wisła Płock.[8][9]

Viktoria Plzeň

On 6 July 2022, Sýkora signed a three-year contract with Czech First League side Viktoria Plzeň.[10]

International career

In August 2016, Sýkora got his first call-up to the Czech Republic national football team for a friendly match against Armenia and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland.[11] He debuted against the former opponent on 31 August.[12] In November 2017, Sýkora scored his first international goal in a 2–1 victory against Iceland.[13]

Career statistics
As of 25 June 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other1 Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Prague B 2011–12[14] Czech National Football League 233———233
Sparta Prague 2011–12[14] Czech First League 001000—10
Zbrojovka Brno 2014–15[14][15] Czech First League 26400——264
Slovan Liberec 2015–16[14][15] Czech First League 2114050—301
2016–17[14][15] Czech First League 1300094—224
Total 34140144—525
Slavia Prague 2016–17[14][15] Czech First League 1121000—122
2017–18[14][15] Czech First League 1723170—273
2018–19[14][15] Czech First League 1211140—172
Total 40552110—567
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2018–19[14][15] Czech First League 8111——92
Jablonec (loan) 2019–20[14][15] Czech First League 2983020—348
Lech Poznań 2020–21[16] Ekstraklasa 2203071—321
2021–22[17] Ekstraklasa 4000——40
Total 2603071—361
Viktoria Plzeň (loan) 2021–22[14][15] Czech First League 29410——304
Viktoria Plzeň 2022–23[14][15] Czech First League 2120083—295
Career total 23628183428—29639

1 Including Polish Super Cup.

International goals
Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sýkora goal.[18]
List of international goals scored by Jan Sýkora
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
18 November 2017Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar Iceland2–02–1Friendly
211 November 2021Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic Kuwait6–07–0
37–0

Honours

Slavia Prague

Viktoria Plzeň

  • Czech First League: 2021–22

Lech Poznań

References
  1. "Jan Sýkora". synotliga.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. "Sýkora scores quickest ever Europa League goal". UEFA. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
  3. "Blesková trefa a ztracená výhra. Jak liberecký Sýkora překonal rekord Evropské ligy?". O2 Czech Republic (in Czech). 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
  4. "Sýkora se nebál, že přijde o Slavii: Spartě bych řekl, že do ní nejdu". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  5. "2022 + 2021!". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 22 November 2018.
  6. "Sýkora: Nechám duši na hřišti v každém zápase, abych klukům pomohl (Video)". FC Slovan Liberec (in Czech). 26 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  7. "Jan Sýkora piłkarzem Lecha". Lech Poznań (in Polish). 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. "Lech Poznań 2-2 Wisła Płock". Ekstraklasa (in Polish). 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. "Debiutant Sýkora". Lech Poznań (in Polish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  10. "Plzeň potvrdila příchod Sýkory, záložník přestoupil z Lechu Poznaň". Sport.cz (in Czech). 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  11. "Jarolím odhalil nominaci: povolal nováčky z Liberce, vrací se Drobný". Mladá fronta Dnes. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  12. "Největší přestup zimy je prý hotov! Sýkora odletěl se Slavií do Číny". Deník (in Czech). 5 January 2017.
  13. "Češi porazili Island. Výhru trefili slávisté". Deník (in Czech). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  14. "Jan Sýkora". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  15. "Jan Sýkora" (in Czech). Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  16. "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  17. "Sezon 2021/22" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  18. "Jan Sýkora". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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