Lukáš Kalvach

Lukáš Kalvach
	Kalvach with Sigma Olomouc in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Lukáš Kalvach
Date of birth	19 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Olomouc, Czech Republic
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Viktoria Plzeň
Number	23
Youth career
0000–2015	Sigma Olomouc
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Sigma Olomouc B
2016–2017	→ Táborsko (loan)
2017–2019	Sigma Olomouc
2019–	Viktoria Plzeň
International career‡
2013–2014	Czech Republic U19
2014	Czech Republic U20
2019–	Czech Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 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

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

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

Club

As of 3 March 2024

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	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	Czech First League	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

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	7 September 2024	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia	Georgia	1–4	1–4	2024–25 UEFA Nations League

References

^ "Lukáš Kalvach". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
^ "Viktorii posílí záložník Lukáš Kalvach ze Sigmy Olomouc". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). 16 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Nominace Poprvé nominován Lukáš Kalvach, vrací se Michael Krmenčík". Football Association of the Czech Republic (in Czech). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ 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.]

External links

Lukáš Kalvach on Viktoria Plzeň's official website
Lukáš Kalvach at WorldFootball.net
Lukáš Kalvach at Soccerway

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[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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