Antonín Kinský (footballer, born 2003)

This article is about the active footballer. For his father (a former footballer), see Antonín Kinský (footballer, born 1975).
Antonín Kinský
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 21)
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 31
Youth career
2009–2017 Tempo Prague
2017–2018 Bohemians 1905
2018–2020 Dukla Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 Dukla Prague 6 (0)
2021–2025 Slavia Prague 19 (0)
2022–2023 → Vyškov (loan) 43 (0)
2023–2024 → Pardubice (loan) 18 (0)
2025– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
International career‡
2017 Czech Republic U15 3 (0)
2019 Czech Republic U16 3 (0)
2019–2020 Czech Republic U17 3 (0)
2021–2022 Czech Republic U19 8 (0)
2022 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2022– Czech Republic U21 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 December 2024

Antonín Kinský (born 13 March 2003) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.

Club career

Youth career

Kinský played youth football for Tempo Prague, moving to Bohemians 1905 in 2017. In 2018, at the age of 15, he moved to Dukla Prague.[1]

Early career

Kinský made his senior debut for Dukla Prague on 14 July 2020, in a 2–1 Czech National Football League win against Třinec. He made his Czech Cup debut on 26 August of the same year, keeping a clean sheet for Dukla in a 4–0 away win against Admira Prague.[2] In July 2021 he transferred to Slavia Prague, signing a four-year contract.[3] He was repeatedly called the greatest Czech goalkeeping talent of his generation.[1][4]

Between 2022 and 2024, Kinský was on loan in MFK Vyškov and FK Pardubice.[4] He made his Czech First League debut on 22 July 2023, at the age of 20, in Pardubice's 0–1 home loss against Bohemians 1905.[5] He was shown the red card in Pardubice's second league match of the season, receiving a four match suspension, and went on to miss a number of further matches due to injury. His next league appearance came in December 2023, when he played in a 2–1 loss against Sparta Prague, before keeping the first First League clean sheet of his career in a 2–0 win against Slovan Liberec the same month.[6] Having played just four times before the mid-season break, Kinský went on to feature for Pardubice 14 times in the second half of the season before returning to his parent club.

After the 2023–24 season, he originally decided not to extend his contract in Slavia.[7] Following an injury to Slavia's number one goalkeeper Jindřich Staněk, before the 2024–25 season, the club offered Kinský the position of number one goalkeeper.[8] Based on that, Kinský changed his decision and extended his contract in Slavia Prague.[9] He conceded just one goal in his first nine league matches of the 2024–25 season.[10]

Tottenham Hotspur

On 5 January 2025, Kinský signed for Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur on a six-and-a-half year deal for an estimated £12.5m.[11][12] He made his debut on 8 January in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final against Liverpool, keeping a clean sheet in a 1–0 win.[13]

International career

Kinský is a stable member of the youth national teams. He regularly plays for the Czech youth national teams since the U15 category.[14] He was originally in the Czech Republic U21 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but he had to be replaced due to injury.[15] He received his first call-up for the Czech Republic senior team in October 2024 ahead of Nations League matches against Albania and Ukraine.[10]

Personal life

Kinský is the son of Antonín Kinský, who is a former member of the Czech national team, winner of the Czech First League and part of his national team's squad at UEFA Euro 2004.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 January 2025[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dukla Prague 2019–20 Czech National League 1 0 0 0 — — — 1 0
2020–21 Czech National League 5 0 1 0 — — — 6 0
Total 6 0 1 0 — — — 7 0
Slavia Prague 2021–22 Czech First League 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2024–25 Czech First League 19 0 0 0 — 10[c] 0 — 29 0
Total 19 0 1 0 — 10 0 — 30 0
Vyškov (loan) 2021–22 Czech National League 13 0 0 0 — — — 13 0
2022–23 Czech National League 30 0 2 0 — — 2[d] 0 34 0
Total 43 0 2 0 — — 2 0 47 0
Pardubice (loan) 2023–24 Czech First League 18 0 0 0 — — — 18 0
Tottenham Hotspur 2024–25[17] Premier League 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 — 2 0
Career total 86 0 5 0 1 0 10 0 2 0 104 0
  1. ^ Includes Czech Cup, FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in Czech National League promotion play-offs

References

  1. ^ a b "Další nová tvář ve Slavii. Přišel brankář Kinský, syn bývalého reprezentanta". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 28 July 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ^ "První start v poháru a hned vychytaná nula. Vážím si toho, povídal Kinský" (in Czech). FK Dukla Prague. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  3. ^ a b Káva, Michal (28 July 2021). "Nová posila mezi tyče mistra. Kinský junior je slávistou" (in Czech). Deník. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  4. ^ a b Zamastil, Zdeněk (29 June 2023). "Kinský se potatil. Pardubice se třesou na největší gólmanský klenot současnosti". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Pardubice - Bohemians 0:1, hostům pomohl rychlý gól a pak vyloučení". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 22 July 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Kinského fotbalový podzim: červená, zranění, mononukleóza a první nula". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  7. ^ Daněk, Jan (24 May 2024). "Kinský se potatil. Pardubice se třesou na největší gólmanský klenot současnosti". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Do brány Kinský, Jurásek v ráži. Co další reprezentanti? Chce to sladit, říká kouč". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 15 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Slavia si pojistila brankáře. Novou smlouvu podepsali Kinský i Mandous". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 26 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Kuriozita, nebo logické řešení? Kinský během tří dnů ve dvou nominacích". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 4 October 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Spurs sign Czech goalkeeper Kinsky for £12.5m". BBC Sport. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Kinsky deal agreed". Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
  13. ^ Wiseman, Ciaran (8 January 2025). "'Best night of my life' – Tottenham new boy Antonin Kinsky embraces sister in emotional scenes after dream debut". TalkSport.
  14. ^ "Antonín Kinský" (in Czech). Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Další změna v bráně: po Kovářovi vypadl před Eurem i Kinský, náhrada je z Karviné". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  16. ^ Antonín Kinský at Soccerway
  17. ^ "Games played by Antonín Kinský in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 January 2025.