Václav Drchal

Václav Drchal (born 25 July 1999) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Sparta Prague as a striker.[1][2][3]

Václav Drchal
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-07-25) 25 July 1999
Place of birth České Budějovice, Czech Republic
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Jablonec
Number 23
Youth career
2008–2016 České Budějovice
2016–2018 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2023 Sparta Prague 20 (6)
2020–2021 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 25 (6)
2022 → Dynamo Dresden (loan) 3 (0)
2022–2023 → Bohemians 1905 (loan) 25 (6)
2023– Jablonec 0 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 Czech Republic U17 9 (3)
2017 Czech Republic U18 1 (0)
2017–2018 Czech Republic U19 7 (1)
2019–2021 Czech Republic U21 9 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2021

A product of the České Budějovice youth set-up, Drchal joined Sparta Prague in 2016. After impressing in the Under-19s, he scored on his professional debut in February 2018.

Club career

Dynamo České Budějovice

Drchal began his career at hometown club Dynamo České Budějovice before joining the Sparta Prague youth set-up in 2016.[4]

Sparta Prague

Having scored 22 goals in 15 games for the Under-19s in the 1. Dorostinecká Liga, as well as two goals in both the Premier League International Cup and UEFA Youth League, Drchal was rewarded with a chance to join the first team.[5]

On 8 January 2018, he signed a contract extension securing his future at the club until June 2020.[6]

The following day, he scored a hat-trick within nine minutes of coming off the bench for his first non-competitive appearance in a 7–2 win against FC MAS Táborsko.[7] Drchal then joined the first team on a winter training camp in Spain.[8]

On 25 February, he made his competitive debut in a 1–1 draw with 1. FC Slovácko. Drchal scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute to give his side the lead.[9] In doing so, he became the third youngest player to score on their debut in the Czech top flight – only Petr Ruman and Vladimir Stork were younger when they scored in debuts in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.[10]

Jablonec

On 21 July 2023, Drchal signed a contract with Jablonec.[11]

International career

On 2 September 2017, Drchal made his youth international debut in a 2–1 defeat to Republic of Ireland Under-19s. Two days later, he made a second appearance – once again against the Republic of Ireland – and scored in another 2–1 friendly defeat.

After being named as an unused substitute in a 5–0 win against Armenia in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, he made appearances off the bench in victories against Luxembourg and Scotland as Czech Republic topped their group with maximum points.

Career statistics
As of 8 July 2022
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 31———31
2018–19 10321——124
2019–20 30———30
2021–22 422220—84
Total 206432000269
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 25621——277
Dynamo Dresden (loan) 2021–22 2. Bundesliga 140———140
Career total 59126420006716

References
  1. "Drchal, Kulhánek a Zahustel na hostování do Boleslavi". sparta.cz (in Czech). AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. Vacek, Jan (3 January 2022). "Šance na restart v Německu. Drchal ve Spartě neprorazil, jde na hostování". Blesk (in Czech). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  3. "Bohemians mají vytouženého útočníka. Přichází hostovat ze Sparty". Blesk (in Czech). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. "Václav Drchal". dynamocb.cz (in Czech). SK Dynamo České Budějovice. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  5. "Detail hráče - AC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz (in Czech). AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  6. "New contracts - AC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz. AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  7. "Příprava - AC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz (in Czech). AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  8. "First training camp - AC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz. AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  9. "A 1-1 draw with Slovácko - AC Sparta Praha". sparta.cz. AC Sparta Prague. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  10. CSFOTBAL (24 February 2018). "V samostatné české lize se najdou jen dva hráči, kteří vstřelili při svém ligovém debutu gól a byli mladší než sparťanský Václav Drchal (18,6 let) - před 23 lety v sezoně 1994/95 Vladimír Čáp (18,5) a sezonu před ním Petr Ruman (17,0), oba z Baníku". @fotbal_cs (in Czech). Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  11. "PŘESTUP! Daniel Souček a Václav Drchal patří Jablonci!". fkjablonec.cz (in Czech). FK Jablonec. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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