Jakub Jugas

Jakub Jugas

Jugas in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Cracovia
Number	24
Youth career
1998–2002	Otrokovice
2002–2010	Zlín
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2017	Zlín	101	(3)
2012–2014	→ Příbram (loan)	46	(1)
2014–2015	→ Brno (loan)	28	(3)
2017–2021	Slavia Prague	28	(1)
2019	→ Mladá Boleslav (loan)	13	(0)
2019–2020	→ Jablonec (loan)	16	(0)
2020–2021	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	23	(0)
2021–	Cracovia	81	(3)
International career‡
2008	Czech Republic U16	3	(0)
2008–2009	Czech Republic U17	9	(0)
2010	Czech Republic U18	5	(0)
2010–2011	Czech Republic U19	16	(1)
2012–2015	Czech Republic U21	10	(0)
2018–	Czech Republic	3	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing   Czech Republic UEFA Euro U-19 Runner-up 2011 Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:07, 26 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Jakub Jugas (born 5 May 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa side Cracovia and the Czech Republic national team.

Club career

Jugas made his league debut on 28 August 2010 in Zlín's 0–2 Czech National Football League away loss against Sparta Prague B. He scored his first league goal on 17 August 2013 in the 4–0 home win against Baník Ostrava. He won the Czech FA Cup with Zlín in 2017. ^[1]

Slavia Prague

In May 2017, after fierce competition for his signature, Jugas decided to join Slavia Prague for the 2017–18 Fortuna Liga season ^[2] for a reported transfer fee of €570,000 plus future incentives. ^[3]

On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.^{[ citation needed ]}

In February 2019, he joined Mladá Boleslav on loan until the end of the season. ^[4]

International career

Jugas represented Czech Republic on every youth level from the Under-16 team, except Under-20. He was a part of the Czech Republic U-19 squad that won silver medals in the 2011 UEFA Under-19 European Championship in Romania. On 30 June 2017, he was called up to the senior Czech national team to face Belgium and Norway. ^[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Zlín	2010–11	CNFL	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
	2011–12	CNFL	27	0	0	0	—		—		27	0
	2012–13	CNFL	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	Total		44	0	0	0	—		—		44	0
Příbram (loan)	2012–13	Czech First League	23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
	2013–14	Czech First League	23	1	2	0	—		—		25	1
	Total		46	1	2	0	—		—		48	1
Brno (loan)	2014–15	Czech First League	28	3	2	0	—		—		30	3
Zlín	2015–16	Czech First League	30	0	3	1	—		—		33	1
	2016–17	Czech First League	27	3	4	0	—		—		31	3
	Total		57	3	7	1	—		—		64	4
Slavia Prague	2017–18	Czech First League	28	1	4	0	10 [b]	0	—		42	1
	2018–19	Czech First League	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		28	1	5	0	10	0	—		43	1
Mladá Boleslav (loan)	2018–19	Czech First League	13	0	—		—		—		13	0
Jablonec (loan)	2019–20	Czech First League	16	0	2	0	2 [c]	0	—		20	0
Slovan Liberec (loan)	2020–21	Czech First League	23	0	1	0	4 [c]	0	—		28	0
Cracovia	2021–22	Ekstraklasa	19	0	1	0	—		—		20	0
	2022–23	Ekstraklasa	26	1	1	0	—		—		27	1
	2023–24	Ekstraklasa	12	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
	2024–25	Ekstraklasa	24	2	0	0	—		—		24	2
	Total		81	3	4	0	—		—		85	3
Career total			336	11	23	1	16	0	0	0	375	12

1. Includes Czech Cup, Polish Cup
2. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 June 2023 ^[6]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic
	2018	2	0
	2023	1	0
Total		3	0

Honours

Zlín

• Czech Cup: 2016–17

Slavia Prague

• Czech Cup: 2017–18

Czech Republic U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2011 ^[7]

References

1. "Fotbalový pohár patří Zlínu. Ve finále zdolal Opavu a bude fandit United". iDNES.cz. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
2. "Přetahovanou o obránce Jugase vyhrála Slavia, vyfoukla ho Spartě". iDNES.cz. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
3. "Hotovo! Vukadinovič jde do Sparty, Jugas upřednostnil Slavii - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
4. "BOLESLAV POSÍLILA TROJICE MEŠANOVIČ, JUGAS A WIESNER". FK Mladá Boleslav. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
5. "Jugas je poprvé v reprezentaci, Jarolím povolal i Přikryla či Čelůstku". iDNES.cz. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
6. "Jakub Jugas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
7. "Czech Republic-Spain".

External links

• Jakub Jugas – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Jakub Jugas at FAČR (in Czech)
• Jakub Jugas at Soccerway