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) 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 115 (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 6 January 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 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 9 November 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 2625014[lower-alpha 4]0—452
2021–22 1802010[lower-alpha 5]2—302
2022–23 192318[lower-alpha 6]1—304
2023–24 110108[lower-alpha 1]3—203
Total 113141435091018124
Career total 262353455991035647
  1. 1 2 3 4 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.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. 1 2 3 4 5 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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "L. Masopust". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "Lukáš Masopust". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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