Lukáš Masopust

Lukáš Masopust
Masopust with the Czech Republic in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Božejov, Czech Republic
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger, right-back
Team information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2012[1] Vysočina Jihlava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Vysočina Jihlava 55 (7)
2015–2018 Jablonec 94 (14)
2019– Slavia Prague 125 (14)
International career‡
2012–2013 Czech Republic U-20 3 (0)
2013–2015 Czech Republic U-21 2 (0)
2018– Czech Republic 31 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2023

Lukáš Masopust (born 12 February 1993) is a Czech football player who currently plays as a right winger or right-back for Czech First League club Slavia Prague and the Czech Republic national team.[2]

Club career

Early career

Masopust was born in the town of Božejov, near Pelhřimov.[1] He began his football career there, before moving to Kamenice nad Lipou and then to Jihlava in 2004.[1] In 2012, Jihlava manager František Komňacký promoted him to the senior team and he went on to make his debut for the club against Slavia Prague that year. The match ended in a 3–3, to which Masopust contributed two assists.[1]

In December 2014, Masopust reached an agreement to join Jablonec on 1 January 2015, on a contract running until 1 July 2018. He made his debut for the club against 1. FC Slovácko on 20 February 2015, coming on as a 75th minute substitute for Nermin Crnkić.

Slavia Prague

On 18 December 2018, Slavia Prague announced the signing of Masopust from Jablonec on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[1] On 22 May 2019, Masopust scored Slavia's second goal in their 2–0 defeat of Baník Ostrava in the 2019 Czech Cup Final.[3][4] On 20 August 2019, Masopust scored in Slavia Prague's UEFA Champions League first leg play-off win against Romanian side CFR Cluj.[5] Slavia would win the second leg as well to qualify for the group stage of Europe's premier knock-out competition for just the second time in their history.[6][7]

Masopust started for Slavia in the final of the Czech Cup on 20 May 2021, but was replaced by 19-year-old teammate Abdallah Sima in the 60th minute.[8] Sima would go on to score the only goal of the game against Viktoria Plzeň as Slavia won the league and cup double.[8] In the final match of the league season on 29 May 2021, Slavia defeated Dynamo České Budějovice to clinch an undefeated record in the league. It was the first time a Czech club reached this milestone since rivals Sparta Prague did so in 2009–10.[9]

International career

He debuted for the Czech senior squad on 26 March 2018 in a friendly match against China.[10][better source needed]

On 25 May 2021, Masopust was included in the final 26-man squad for the postponed UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[11] In the final warm-up match before the tournament on 8 June, Masopust scored as the Czechs defeated Albania 3–1.[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 9 November 2023[13]
Club Season League Czech Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vysočina Jihlava 2012–13 Czech First League 29 1 0 0 — — 29 1
2013–14 23 5 2 0 — — 25 5
2014–15 3 1 0 0 — — 3 1
Total 55 7 2 0 — — 57 7
Jablonec 2014–15 Czech First League 11 1 4 0 — — 15 1
2015–16 26 5 6 0 3[a] 0 — 35 5
2016–17 19 0 1 0 — — 20 0
2017–18 25 4 6 2 — — 31 6
2018–19 13 4 1 0 3[a] 0 — 17 4
Total 94 14 18 2 6 0 — 118 16
Slavia Prague 2018–19 Czech First League 12 4 2 2 5[a] 0 — 19 6
2019–20 27 6 1 0 8[b] 1 1[c] 0 37 7
2020–21 26 2 5 0 14[d] 0 — 45 2
2021–22 18 0 2 0 10[e] 2 — 30 2
2022–23 19 2 3 1 8[f] 1 — 30 4
2023–24 11 0 1 0 8[a] 3 — 20 3
Total 113 14 14 3 50 9 1 0 181 24
Career total 262 35 34 5 59 9 1 0 356 47
  1. ^ a b c d Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in Czechoslovak Supercup
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance and one goal in UEFA Europa League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first.[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 10 September 2019 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2. 8 June 2021 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic  Albania 2–1 3–1 Friendly

Honours

Club

Slavia Prague

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Slavii posílí Masopust se Ševčíkem, slavia.cz, 18 December 2018
  2. ^ Lukáš Masopust – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech) Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "FC Baník Ostrava 0:2 SK Slavia Praha". iROZHLAS (in Czech). 22 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Baník Ostrava vs. Slavia Praha". Soccerway. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "CFR Cluj 0-1 Slavia Praha". UEFA. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Slavia Praha v CFR Cluj facts". UEFA. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Slavia Prague drawn in Champions League 'group of death' with FC Barcelona". Kafkadesk. 30 August 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Sima scores winning goal as Slavia Prague win Czech Cup and the double". Goal. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Slavia - Budějovice 2:1. Mistři bez prohry, trefil se i Kuchta". iSport (in Czech). 29 May 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  10. ^ "China v Czech Republic game report". ESPN. 26 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Česká reprezentace oznámila nominaci na UEFA EURO 2020" [The Czech national team announced the squad for UEFA Euro 2020]. Football Association of the Czech Republic (in Czech). 25 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Czechs beat Albania 3-1 in last Euro 2020 warm-up". ESPN. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "L. Masopust". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Lukáš Masopust". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 September 2019.