Lukáš Kalvach

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Lukáš Kalvach
Kalvach with Sigma Olomouc in 2018
Personal information
Full name Lukáš Kalvach
Date of birth (1995-07-19) 19 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Olomouc, Czech Republic
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Viktoria Plzeň
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2015 Sigma Olomouc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Sigma Olomouc B 26 (2)
2016–2017 → Táborsko (loan) 23 (0)
2017–2019 Sigma Olomouc 59 (2)
2019– Viktoria Plzeň 143 (11)
International career‡
2013–2014 Czech Republic U19 10 (0)
2014 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2019– Czech Republic 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024

Lukáš Kalvach (born 19 July 1995) is a Czech footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Viktoria Plzeň and the Czech Republic national team.

Club career[edit]

Kalvach began his career playing at youth level for hometown club Sigma Olomouc. He was assigned to the reserve squad in 2015, making 26 appearances and scoring twice during the 2015–16 Czech National Football League season. He spent the following season on loan at Táborsko, for whom he appeared 25 times. At the beginning of the 2017–18 season, he joined Sigma Olomouc's senior squad and broke into the first team, making a total of 30 appearances in that season and 37 in the next, including in cup and Europa League matches. He scored his first senior goal on 20 September 2017, in an 8–0 cup win against Sokol Živanice. On 2 March 2019, he scored a brace in a 4–0 league win against Dukla Prague.[citation needed]

On 16 May 2019, Kalvach joined Viktoria Plzeň on a three-year deal.[2]

International career[edit]

Having represented various Czech youth teams, Kalvach received his first call-up to the senior team on 2 September 2019.[3] On 14 October 2019, he debuted as a starter in a friendly match against Northern Ireland which ended in a 2-3 loss for the Czechs.[4]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of 3 March 2024
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Táborsko (loan) 2016–17 Czech National Football League 23 0 4 0 — — 27 0
Sigma Olomouc 2017–18 Czech First League 29 0 1 1 — — 30 1
2018–19 30 2 3 0 4 0 — 37 2
Total 59 2 4 1 4 0 — 67 3
Viktoria Plzeň 2019–20 Czech First League 33 5 3 0 4 0 — 40 5
2020–21 33 2 5 1 3 0 — 41 3
2021–22 27 0 1 0 — — 28 0
2022–23 28 2 1 0 12 0 — 41 2
2023–24 22 2 1 0 12 2 — 35 4
Total 143 11 11 1 31 2 0 0 185 14
Career total 225 13 19 2 35 2 0 0 279 17

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lukáš Kalvach". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Viktorii posílí záložník Lukáš Kalvach ze Sigmy Olomouc". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Nominace Poprvé nominován Lukáš Kalvach, vrací se Michael Krmenčík". Football Association of the Czech Republic (in Czech). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  4. ^ Šindelář, Jaroslav (14 October 2019). "Česko - Severní Irsko 2:3. Češi po zpackané první půli náskok soupeře už nestihli dohnat". Lidové noviny (in Czech). K premiéře v reprezentačním áčku nastoupil Kalvach, v útoku dostal šanci další plzeňský hráč Krmenčík. [Kalvach debuted in the national team, while another player from Viktoria Plzeň, Krmenčík, got a chance in the attack.]

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