Pavel Bucha

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Pavel Bucha
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Nelahozeves, Czech Republic [1]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 FC Cincinnati
Number 20
Youth career
Čechie Kralupy [1]
Neratovice [1]
Slavia Prague
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Slavia Prague 5 (0)
2018–2023 Viktoria Plzeň 121 (22)
2019 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 31 (7)
2024– FC Cincinnati 16 (0)
International career‡
2016 Czech Republic U19 1 (0)
2018 Czech Republic U20 3 (0)
2019–2021 Czech Republic U21 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 August 2019

Pavel Bucha (born 11 March 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer.

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Club career

He made his league debut in Slavia's Fortuna Liga 0–1 loss at Jihlava on 17 February 2018. [3] In June 2018, he was sent back to the Slavia junior squad following his refusal to extend his contract. [4] In July, Bucha terminated his contract with Slavia Prague on the grounds that removing him from the first team had constituted a breach of contract by the club. Immediately after, he signed a four-year deal with rivals Viktoria Plzeň. [5]

On 7 February 2024, Bucha signed a contract with Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati until 2026, with a club option for 2027. [6]

International career

In October 2021 he was called up to the senior Czech Republic squad and was on the bench against Belarus. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 September 2023
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slavia Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 5000——50
Viktoria Plzeň 2018–19 002000—20
2019–20 14420——164
2020–21 2674130—338
2021–22 3132041—374
2022–23 33311111—455
2023–24 740051—125
Total111211122330014526
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League 121———121
2019–20 1961140—247
Total43121140—368
Career total147281232730018634

Honors

Individual

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mezi nejlepšími! Kluk z Mělnicka už trénuje s áčkem Slavie". Mělnický deník (in Czech). Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Pavel Bucha" (in Czech). FC Viktoria Plzeň . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "SK Slavia Praha – Reportáž ze zápasu: Jihlava - Slavia 1:0". SK Slavia Prague (in Czech). Retrieved 2018-02-18.
  4. ↑ "Slavia už nechce Dannyho, v týmu končí i Necid. Bucha je v juniorce". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
  5. ↑ "Nadějný Bucha už patří Plzni, Slavia však s jeho odchodem nesouhlasí". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  6. ↑ "FC Cincinnati acquire midfielder Pavel Bucha from Czech club FC Viktoria Plzeň". FC Cincinnati . 7 February 2024. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "Belarus 0-2 Czech Republic". Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2022.


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