Michael Lüftner

Michael Lüftner
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-03-14) 14 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Chabařovice, Czech Republic
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
Teplice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Teplice 87 (5)
2017 Slavia Prague 16 (0)
2017–2021 FC Copenhagen 35 (1)
2019–2021 → Omonia (loan) 51 (1)
2021–2022 Fehérvár 9 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Czech Republic U16 6 (0)
2010–2011 Czech Republic U17 15 (1)
2011–2012 Czech Republic U18 10 (0)
2012 Czech Republic U19 4 (0)
2013 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2013–2017 Czech Republic U21 19 (1)
2017 Czech Republic 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2017

Michael Lüftner (born 14 March 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre back.

Club career

Teplice

He has spent his early career in the Czech First League club Teplice. He broke into the first team squad early in the 2012–13 season, making his league debut in an 0–2 loss against Hradec Králové in October 2012. He scored his first league goal in November 2012 against defending champions Slovan Liberec, helping his team to a 3–0 victory. He became an integral part of Teplice's first team in the 2013–14 season, playing 8 whole league matches in a row before being sent off after 28 minutes in the 9th round against Příbram.

Slavia Prague

In December 2016, he signed for Slavia Prague on a contract until 2020 for an undisclosed fee[1] reported to be over €500,000.[2] He made his debut for Slavia in their next competitive match - a 2–0 Czech First League home win against Jihlava on 19 February 2017.[3]

Copenhagen

On 11 May 2017, Slavia Prague officials announced that Copenhagen triggered the release clause on Lüftner's contract by a bid of €1,5 million.[4] The move was confirmed four days later.[5]

Omonia Nicosia

On 20 June 2019, Cypriot First Division club Omonia Nicosia announced that Lüftner will join the club as a loan from FC Copenhagen.[6] He made his debut on 24 August 2019 against Doxa Katokopias in the 2019-20 season premiere. He scored his first goal (6/2/20) in the 52nd minute in the Cyprus Cup against Doxa Katokopias. His first goal in the Cypriot First Division(7/12/20) was against APOEL in the 38th minute.

Fehérvár

On 3 June 2021 it was confirmed, that Lüftner had joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Fehérvár FC from Copenhagen with immediate effect.[7] On 31 August 2022, his contract was terminated by mutual consent.[8]

International career

He represented his country on UEFA U17 Championship in 2011. He was first called up to the senior Czech national team in August 2017 to face Germany and Northern Ireland in the World Cup qualifiers,[9] but failed to make an appearance. He was again called up in September to face Azerbaijan and San Marino in the same competition,[10] making his debut against San Marino on 8 October.[11]

Career statistics

As of match played 15 May 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Teplice 2012–13 Fortuna Liga 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
2013–14 9 0 0 0 — — 9 0
2014–15 24 0 5 0 — — 29 0
2015–16 27 3 1 0 — — 28 3
2016–17 14 1 1 0 — — 15 1
Total 87 5 7 0 — — 94 5
Slavia Prague 2016–17 Fortuna Liga 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
Copenhagen 2017–18 Superliga 34 1 2 0 14 2 — 50 3
2018–19 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Total 35 1 2 0 15 2 — 52 3
Omonia (loan) 2019–20 Cypriot First Division 22 0 4 1 — — 26 1
2020–21 29 1 2 0 11 1 — 42 2
Total 51 1 6 1 11 1 — 68 3
Fehérvár 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 9 0 2 0 2 0 — 13 0
Career total 196 7 19 1 28 3 0 0 243 11

Honours

Copenhagen

Omonia

References

  1. ^ "Slavia nakupuje. Přišel Lüftner, brzy dorazí hráči z Norska a Chorvatska". iDNES.cz. 15 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Stoper Lüftner opouští Slavii. V létě má zamířit do Kodaně za 1,5 milionu eur - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  3. ^ "Slavia - Jihlava 2:0, úspěšnou sérii natáhl dvěma góly Škoda". iDNES.cz. 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  4. ^ "Stoper Lüftner opouští Slavii. V létě má zamířit do Kodaně za 1,5 milionu eur - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  5. ^ "Ještě dva zápasy a Lüftner opustí Slavii. Stane se hráčem FC Kodaň". iDNES.cz. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
  6. ^ "Στην ΟΜΟΝΟΙΑ ο Michael Luftner!". FC OMONIA Official Website. FC Omonia. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  7. ^ Michael Lüftner a Vidi játékosa, molfehervarfc.hu, 3 June 2021
  8. ^ "Michael Lüftner leaves Vidi". Fehérvár. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Jarolím doplnil tým na Němce a Iry. Bere Lüftnera a Hovorku, vrací se Hušbauer - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
  10. ^ "Jarolím nominoval. Vzal nováčka z Olomouce i Škodu, chybí Schick - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  11. ^ "Lüftner debutoval za Česko: Po krásném roce se mi splnil dětský sen - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  12. ^ Michael Lüftner at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  13. ^ "FC Copenhagen are Danish champions". The Copenhagen Post. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.