Matěj Majka

Matěj Majka
Personal information
Full name Matěj Majka[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-31) 31 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Sokolov, Czech Republic[2]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 SV Mitterteich
Youth career
–2018 Sparta Prague
2018–2020 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2021 FC MAS Táborsko 19 (1)
2021–2023 FK Baník Sokolov 26 (1)
2021–2022 FK Baník Sokolov B 6 (6)
2023– SV Mitterteich 44 (3)
International career
2015 Czech Republic U15 2 (0)
2016 Czech Republic U16 10 (1)
2016–2017 Czech Republic U17 9 (2)
2018 Czech Republic U18 6 (0)
2017 Czech Republic U19 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:40, 6 December 2024 (UTC)

Matěj Majka (born 31 January 2000) is a Czech semi-professional footballer who plays for Landesliga Bayern-Nordost club SV Mitterteich as a winger.

Majka is a product of the Sparta Prague academy and began his professional career in England with Brentford. He failed to break into the first team squad and following his release in 2020, he played lower league football in the Czech Republic and Germany. Majka was capped by the Czech Republic at youth level.

Club career

Sparta Prague

A winger, Majka entered the Sparta Prague academy at age 14 and progressed sufficiently to be awarded the Vlastislav Mareček Award at the 2016 FAČR Grassroots Gala.[4][5][6][7] He was an unused substitute for the first team on two occasions during the 2016–17 season and appeared for the U19 team in Sparta's 2016–17 and 2017–18 UEFA Youth League campaigns.[6][8] Majka departed the Stadion Letná when his contract expired in June 2018.[6]

Brentford

In August 2018, Majka moved to England to sign a two-year contract with the B team at Championship club Brentford on a free transfer, with the option of a further year.[6] During his two seasons with the club, Majka made 62 B team appearances, scored five goals and was part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.[9][10] He was released in June 2020, when the club opted not to take up the option on his contract.[11]

Return to the Czech Republic

In August 2020, Majka signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Czech National League club FC MAS Táborsko on a free transfer.[12] He made 20 appearances and scored one goal during the 2020–21 season.[8] Majka departed the club during the 2021 off-season and on 16 September 2021,[13] he signed a contract with hometown Bohemian League A club FK Baník Sokolov.[14] Majka made 26 appearances and scored one goal prior to departing the club in January 2023.[15][16]

SV Mitterteich

In January 2023, Majka transferred to German Landesliga Bayern-Nordost club SV Mitterteich.[16] He made 31 appearances and scored three goals over the course of the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons.[17][18]

International career

Majka was capped by the Czech Republic between U15 and U19 level.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 17 November 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 2016–17[8] Czech First League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
FC MAS Táborsko 2020–21[8] Czech National League 19 1 1 0 — — 20 1
FK Baník Sokolov 2021–22[15] Bohemian League A 15 1 — — — 15 1
2022–23[15] Bohemian League A 11 0 — — — 11 0
Total 26 1 — — — 26 1
FK Baník Sokolov B 2021–22[20] Regional Championship Karlovy Vary I.B 5 6 — — — 5 6
2022–23[20] Regional Championship Karlovy Vary I.A 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total 6 6 — — — 6 6
SV Mitterteich 2022–23[17] Landesliga Bayern-Nordost 4 0 — — 1[b] 0 5 0
2023–24[18] Landesliga Bayern-Nordost 26 3 — — — 26 3
2024–25[21] Landesliga Bayern-Nordost 14 0 — — — 14 0
Total 44 3 — — 1 0 45 3
Career total 95 11 1 0 0 0 1 0 97 11
  1. ^ Includes Czech Cup
  2. ^ Appearance in Bavarian Toto Cup qualifying

Honours

Czech Republic U18

Brentford B

FK Baník Sokolov B

  • Regional Championship Karlovy Vary I.B: 2021–22[20][23]

Individual

  • FAČR Grassroots Gala Vlastislav Mareček Award: 2016[5]

References

  1. ^ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2018 and 31/08/2018". The Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ Matěj Majka at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Matej Majka – Forward – Brentford B". Brentford FC. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Nominace na Grassroots Galavečer fotbalu 2016". Můj fotbal (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Majka nejlepším mladším dorostencem roku". AC Sparta Praha (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Brentford B sign Matej Majka". Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Matěj Majka Sparta B". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d Matěj Majka at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  9. ^ "B Team 18/19 Review: End of the campaign". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Harrow Borough 0 Brentford B 4". www.brentfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Nine players depart Brentford FC". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Táborsko posílil útočník Majka". www.fctaborsko.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Táborsko zažilo průvan v kabině, druhou ligu otevře proti Zbrojovce". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 23 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  14. ^ "Matěji, vítej doma!". Facebook. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Matej Majka stats and transfer history". AiScore Football LiveScore. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  16. ^ a b "SV Mitterteich holt drei tschechische Spieler". www.onetz.de (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Matej Majka | Spieler Einsätze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Matej Majka | Spieler Einsätze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Matěj Majka | Reprezentace". Fotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  20. ^ a b c "Matěj Majka". Kdesehraje.cz – aktuální fotbalové zápasy, výsledky a statistiky. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Matej Majka | Spieler Einsätze". kicker (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  22. ^ "U-17/U-19 Tournaments La Manga (Spain)". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  23. ^ "I.B třída 2021/2022 – 26. kolo – 1. B třída Karlovarský kraj výsledky a tabulka". Chebský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 8 July 2022.