Jan Sýkora

Jan Sýkora

Sýkora with Slavia Prague in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sigma Olomouc
Youth career
	FC Švihov
	Přeštice
	Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Sparta Prague B	23	(3)
2012–2015	Sparta Prague	0	(0)
2014–2015	→ Brno (loan)	26	(4)
2015–2016	Slovan Liberec	34	(1)
2017–2020	Slavia Prague	40	(5)
2019	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	8	(1)
2019–2020	→ Jablonec (loan)	29	(8)
2020–2022	Lech Poznań	26	(0)
2020–2021	→ Lech Poznań II	3	(3)
2021–2022	→ Viktoria Plzeň (loan)	29	(4)
2022–2025	Viktoria Plzeň	36	(2)
2025–	Sigma Olomouc	0	(0)
International career^‡
2010	Czech Republic U17	3	(1)
2011	Czech Republic U18	4	(0)
2011–2012	Czech Republic U19	13	(1)
2013	Czech Republic U20	1	(0)
2014	Czech Republic U21	2	(0)
2016–	Czech Republic	14	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024

Jan Sýkora (born 29 December 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Czech First League club Sigma Olomouc.[1]

Club career

Sýkora began his professional career at Sparta Prague, but failed to make a league appearance for their first team. He also spent time on loan at Zbrojovka Brno before transferring to Slovan Liberec in 2015.^[citation needed]

On 15 September 2016, Sýkora scored the fastest ever goal of UEFA Europa League, finding the net after just 10.69 seconds in Liberec's group stage match against Qarabağ FK.[2][3] In total, he made 34 league appearances for Liberec, scoring one goal.^[citation needed]

Slavia Prague and loan to Slovan Liberec

After a long battle for his signature between Slavia Prague and Viktoria Plzeň, the two frontrunners for the league title at the time, Sýkora signed for the former in January 2017.[4] On 22 November 2018, Sýkora signed a new contract with Slavia until 2022.[5] In February 2019, he returned to Slovan Liberec on loan until the end of the season.[6]

Lech Poznań

On 24 August 2020, Sýkora signed a four-year contract with Polish Ekstraklasa football club Lech Poznań.[7] He debuted six days later during league match against Wisła Płock.[8][9]

Viktoria Plzeň

On 6 July 2022, Sýkora signed a three-year contract with Czech First League side Viktoria Plzeň.[10]

Sigma Olomouc

On 4 January 2025, Sýkora signed a contact with Sigma Olomouc until the end of the season with two-year option.[11]

International career

In August 2016, Sýkora got his first call-up to the Czech Republic national football team for a friendly match against Armenia and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Northern Ireland.[12] He debuted against the former opponent on 31 August.[13] In November 2017, Sýkora scored his first international goal in a 2–1 victory against Iceland.[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 April 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sparta Prague B	2011–12[15]	Czech National Football League	23	3	—		—		—		23	3
Sparta Prague	2011–12[15]	Czech First League	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
Zbrojovka Brno	2014–15[15][16]	Czech First League	26	4	0	0	—		—		26	4
Slovan Liberec	2015–16[15][16]	Czech First League	21	1	4	0	5[b]	0	—		30	1
	2016–17[15][16]	Czech First League	13	0	0	0	9[b]	4	—		22	4
	Total		34	1	4	0	14	4	—		52	5
Slavia Prague	2016–17[15][16]	Czech First League	11	2	1	0	0	0	—		12	2
	2017–18[15][16]	Czech First League	17	2	3	1	7[c]	0	—		27	3
	2018–19[15][16]	Czech First League	12	1	1	1	4[d]	0	—		17	2
	Total		40	5	5	2	11	0	—		56	7
Slovan Liberec (loan)	2018–19[15][16]	Czech First League	8	1	1	1	—		—		9	2
Jablonec (loan)	2019–20[15][16]	Czech First League	29	8	3	0	2[b]	0	—		34	8
Lech Poznań	2020–21[17]	Ekstraklasa	22	0	3	0	7[b]	1	—		32	1
	2021–22[18]	Ekstraklasa	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		26	0	3	0	7	1	—		36	1
Viktoria Plzeň (loan)	2021–22[15][16]	Czech First League	29	4	1	0	—		—		30	4
Viktoria Plzeň	2022–23[15][16]	Czech First League	21	2	0	0	8[e]	3	—		29	5
	2023–24[15][16]	Czech First League	15	0	3	1	7[f]	0	—		25	1
	2024–25[15][16]	Czech First League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		36	2	3	1	15	3	—		54	6
Sigma Olomouc	2024–25[15][16]	Czech First League	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			251	28	21	4	49	8	—		321	40

1. Includes Czech Cup, Polish Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International goals

Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sýkora goal.[19]

List of international goals scored by Jan Sýkora

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 November 2017	Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Iceland	2–0	2–1	Friendly
2	11 November 2021	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Kuwait	6–0	7–0
3				7–0
4	16 November 2021	Stadion Letná, Prague, Qatar	Estonia	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2016–17, 2018–19
• Czech Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19

Viktoria Plzeň

• Czech First League: 2021–22

Lech Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 2021–22

References

1. "Jan Sýkora". synotliga.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 26 December 2014.
2. "Sýkora scores quickest ever Europa League goal". UEFA. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017.
3. "Blesková trefa a ztracená výhra. Jak liberecký Sýkora překonal rekord Evropské ligy?". O2 Czech Republic (in Czech). 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019.
4. "Sýkora se nebál, že přijde o Slavii: Spartě bych řekl, že do ní nejdu". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
5. "2022 + 2021!". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). 22 November 2018.
6. "Sýkora: Nechám duši na hřišti v každém zápase, abych klukům pomohl (Video)". FC Slovan Liberec (in Czech). 26 February 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
7. "Jan Sýkora piłkarzem Lecha". Lech Poznań (in Polish). 24 August 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
8. "Lech Poznań 2-2 Wisła Płock". Ekstraklasa (in Polish). 30 August 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
9. "Debiutant Sýkora". Lech Poznań (in Polish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
10. "Plzeň potvrdila příchod Sýkory, záložník přestoupil z Lechu Poznaň". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Czech News Agency. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
11. Sýkora, Jan (4 January 2025). "Sýkoru inspiroval Kliment. Když to zvládnu jako on, bude to super, říká posila Sigmy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Interviewed by Petr Marek. Borgis. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
12. "Jarolím odhalil nominaci: povolal nováčky z Liberce, vrací se Drobný". Mladá fronta Dnes. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
13. "Největší přestup zimy je prý hotov! Sýkora odletěl se Slavií do Číny". Deník (in Czech). 5 January 2017.
14. "Češi porazili Island. Výhru trefili slávisté". Deník (in Czech). 8 November 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
15. "Jan Sýkora". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
16. "Jan Sýkora" (in Czech). Fortuna Liga. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
17. "Sezon 2020/21" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
18. "Sezon 2021/22" (in Polish). 90minut.pl. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
19. "Jan Sýkora". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

External links

• Jan Sýkora at Fortunaliga.cz
• Jan Sýkora at FAČR (in Czech)
• Jan Sýkora – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Jan Sýkora at Soccerway
• Jan Sýkora at 90minut.pl (in Polish)