Jiří Skalák

Jiří Skalák
Personal information
Full name Jiří Skalák[1]
Date of birth (1992-03-12) 12 March 1992
Place of birth Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Brighton & Hove Albion
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2015 Sparta Prague 10 (0)
2011–2012MFK Ružomberok (loan) 27 (3)
20131. FC Slovácko (loan) 9 (0)
2013–2014FC Zbrojovka Brno (loan) 24 (3)
2014–2015FK Mladá Boleslav (loan) 24 (6)
2015–2016 FK Mladá Boleslav 16 (6)
2016– Brighton & Hove Albion 16 (2)
National team
2007–2008 Czech Republic U16 6 (5)
2008 Czech Republic U17 4 (0)
2009 Czech Republic U18 5 (0)
2009–2011 Czech Republic U19 24 (3)
2012 Czech Republic U20 1 (1)
2012–2015 Czech Republic U21 17 (1)
2015– Czech Republic 13 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 April 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2015

Jiří Skalák (born 12 March 1992) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for Brighton & Hove Albion.[2]

Early career

Skalák started his professional career at AC Sparta Prague, spending time on loan at MFK Ružomberok, 1. FC Slovácko, FC Zbrojovka Brno and FK Mladá Boleslav before moving to Mladá Boleslav permanently in 2015.[3]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Skalak joined English Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion on 1 February 2016 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £1.2 million. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over QPR on 19 April 2016.

International career

Skalák represented his country on all youth levels from Under-16 to Under-21. He was called up for the senior national team for the first time on 25 August 2015 to face Latvia and Kazakhstan in the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round.[4]

References

  1. "EFL: Retained list: 2015/16" (PDF). English Football League. p. 11. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. Profile at iDNES.cz
  3. "Skalák změnil hostování v Mladé Boleslavi v přestup". sportovninoviny.cz (in Czech). 7 April 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  4. "Vrba nominoval na klíčové zápasy o Euro i nováčky Skaláka a Pavelku". idnes.cz (in Czech). 25 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.


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