Kryštof Daněk

Kryštof Daněk is a Czech professional footballer playing as a midfielder who currently plays for Pardubice on loan from AC Sparta Prague in the Czech First League, and the Czech Republic national under-21 football team.

Kryštof Daněk
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003
Place of birth Olomouc, Czech Republic
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Pardubice
on loan from Sparta Prague
Youth career
2009–2015 SK Chvalkovice
2015–2020 Sigma Olomouc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Sigma Olomouc 55 (5)
2022– Sparta Prague 27 (2)
2023– → Pardubice (loan) 2 (1)
International career
2019 Czech Republic U16 1 (0)
2019–2020 Czech Republic U17 4 (0)
2023– Czech Republic U21 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:19, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

Early life

Daněk started playing football for local club SK Chalkovice at the age of six. In 2015 he moved to Sigma Olomouc academy.

Club career

Sigma Olomouc

Danek made his professional debut for Sigma Olomouc in a 3-1 Czech Cup win over Jablonec in March 2020.[1] In the rest of that season Danek made 3 other appearances in the league.

In the 2020-21 season Danek played a more central role for Sigma Olomouc, scoring his forst goal for the club in a 4–1 home win against Opava.[2] In total in the 2020–21 season Danek scored 3 goals in 26 appearances in all competitions. The next season Danek scored 3 goals in 32 games in all competitions.[3]

Sparta Prague

In June 2022 Danek transferred to fellow Czech First League club Sparta Prague on a multi-year deal.[4] Danek made his debut for Sparta in a 2–1 home defeat to FC Slovan Liberec.[5] He also scored his first goal in that game. His second goal for the club came in a 1–1 draw at home to Jablonec.[6]

On 8 September 2023, Daněk joined Pardubice on a half-year loan deal.[7]

International career

Danek has represented Czech Republic at U16, U17 and U21 level.

Career statistics

Club
As of 9 June 2023
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sigma Olomouc 2019–20 Czech First League 3010——40
2021–21 23330——263
2021–22 29241——333
Total 55581——636
Sparta Prague 2022–23 Czech First League 2724020—332
Career total 8271212000968

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

References
  1. "Sigma Olomouc 3-1 Jablonec". int.soccerway.com.
  2. "Danek scores first professional goal". livescore.biz.
  3. "Danek 2020-22 stats". int.soccerway.com.
  4. "Krystof Danek transfers to Sparta Prague". sigmafotbal.cz (in Czech). 6 June 2022.
  5. "Sparta Prague 1-2 Slovan Liberec". livescores.biz.
  6. "Sparta Prague 1-1 Jablonec". int.soccerway.com.
  7. Nussbauer, Michal (8 September 2023). "Vysvobození pro Daňka, čeká jej půlroční hostování v Pardubicích". sport.cz (in Czech).
  8. "Sparta v euforii! Remíza na Slovácku odstartovala mistrovské oslavy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.



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