Lukáš Masopust

Lukáš Masopust (born 12 February 1993) is a Czech football player who currently plays for Slavia Prague in the Czech First League and the Czech Republic national team.[2]

Lukáš Masopust
Masopust with the Czech Republic in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-02-12) 12 February 1993
Place of birth Božejov, Czech Republic
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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 109 (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 23 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2023

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 na Lípou 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 made his Czech Republic national team debut on 26 March 2018 in a friendly against China.[10]

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 24 September 2023[13]
Club Season League Czech Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vysočina Jihlava 2012–13 Czech First League 29100——291
2013–14 23520——255
2014–15 3100——31
Total 55720——577
Jablonec 2014–15 Czech First League 11140——151
2015–16 265603[lower-alpha 1]0—355
2016–17 19010——200
2017–18 25462——316
2018–19 134103[lower-alpha 1]0—174
Total 941418260—11816
Slavia Prague 2018–19 Czech First League 124225[lower-alpha 1]0—196
2019–20 276108[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]0377
2020–21 2625013[lower-alpha 4]0—442
2021–22 1802010[lower-alpha 5]1—301
2022–23 192318[lower-alpha 6]1—304
2023–24 70005[lower-alpha 1]2—122
Total 109141334951017222
Career total 258353355551034745
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Czechoslovak Supercup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. Two appearances 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.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 September 2019Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro Montenegro2–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2.8 June 2021Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic Albania2–13–1Friendly

Honours

Club

Slavia Prague

References
  1. Slavii posílí Masopust se Ševčíkem, slavia.cz, 18 December 2018
  2. Lukáš Masopust – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
  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. "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.com. 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. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  12. "Czechs beat Albania 3-1 in last Euro 2020 warm-up". ESPN. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  13. "L. Masopust". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. "Lukáš Masopust". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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