Jan Kuchta

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Jan Kuchta
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Kuchta with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27) [1]
Place of birth Liberec, Czech Republic
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Prague
Number 9
Youth career
2010–2013 Sparta Prague
2013–2016 Slavia Prague
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2020 Slavia Prague 1 (0)
2016–2017 → Bohemians (loan) 21 (0)
2018 → Viktoria Žižkov (loan) 12 (4)
2018 → Slovácko (loan) 14 (4)
2019 → Teplice (loan) 8 (3)
2019–2020 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 13 (2)
2020 Slovan Liberec 10 (4)
2020–2022 Slavia Prague 43 (24)
2022–2023 Lokomotiv Moscow 10 (3)
2022–2023 → Sparta Prague (loan) 29 (14)
2023– Sparta Prague 32 (17)
International career‡
2014–2015 Czech Republic U18 12 (3)
2015–2016 Czech Republic U19 9 (4)
2017–2018 Czech Republic U20 6 (1)
2018 Czech Republic U21 3 (2)
2021– Czech Republic 20 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Jan Kuchta (born 8 January 1997) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech club Sparta Prague and the Czech Republic national team.

Contents

Club career

Slavia Prague

Kuchta made his Czech First League debut for Slavia Prague on 8 November 2015 in a game against Bohemians. [2]

In January 2019, he joined Teplice on loan until June 2020. [3]

In February 2020, Kuchta signed for Slovan Liberec on a permanent deal, following a loan move at the club. In July 2020, Kuchta re-signed for Slavia Prague. [4] Kuchta finished the 2020–21 Czech First League as joint top scorer, alongside Adam Hložek with 15 goals. [5] In the final match of the season on 29 May 2021, Kuchta scored his side's winning goal against Dynamo České Budějovice which confirmed an undefeated league season for Slavia, the first time a Czech club reached this milestone since rivals Sparta Prague did so in 2009–10. [6]

Lokomotiv Moscow

On 12 January 2022, Kuchta signed a contract with Russian Premier League club Lokomotiv Moscow until 2026. [7]

He made his league debut for Lokomotiv on 6 March 2022 against FC Khimki and scored the winning goal in a 3–2 victory. However, he never served a disqualification that he received for getting sent off in his last game for Slavia, and, according to FIFA regulations, was not eligible to play, FC Khimki filed a protest. [8] The protest was denied on 10 March 2022, according to Russian Football Union, Kuchta should have been disqualified for the Russian Cup game Lokomotiv played against Yenisey Krasnoyarsk on 3 March and lost 4–0, as Czech regulations extend disqualifications to Cup games, even though Russian regulations do not, so he was technically disqualified for "one league or Cup game" as opposed to "one league game". Lokomotiv did not provide the document detailing the disqualification to the league, the club claimed they did not receive it during the transfer, and he was allowed by the RFU to play in the Cup game. His disqualification is considered served after that game, even though he actually played in it, as per FIFA regulations. Khimki considered lodging an appeal. [9]

Sparta Prague

In June 2022, Kuchta joined Sparta Prague on a one-year long loan with an option for a permanent transfer. [10] In his first match for Sparta Prague in the Czech First League (2–1 home loss against Slovan Liberec) he stepped on Liberec goalkeeper Olivier Vliegen's head and received a yellow card, which the referee changed to a red card after he saw video footage. Kuchta was banned for five league matches by LFA Disciplinary Commission. [11] The club with Kuchta appealed against his ban, [12] but the appeal was rejected by Appeals Committee on 11 August 2022. [13]

Kuchta helped the club to win its first championship title since 2014. [14]

In June 2023, Sparta exercised the option to buy in the loan contract, signing a multi-year contract with Kuchta. [15]

In May 2024, Kuchta helped the club to win its second championship title in two seasons [16] and domestic cup. [17] He was awarded as the forward of the 2023–24 season by the League Football Association. [18]

International career

Kuchta made his debut for the Czech Republic national team on 8 October 2021 in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Wales. [19]

On 19 November 2023, Kuchta with Vladimír Coufal and Jakub Brabec have been kicked out of the Czech Republic's national team camp after they allegedly went out clubbing two days before the Euro 2024 qualifier match against Moldova. [20]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 June 2024 [21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] EuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slavia Prague 2015–16 Czech First League 1000—10
Bohemians (loan) 2016–17 Czech First League17031—201
2017–18 4000—40
Total21031—241
Viktoria Žižkov (loan) 2017–18 Czech National Football League 124——124
Slovácko (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League14421—165
Teplice (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League8300—83
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2019–20 Czech First League13221—153
Slovan Liberec 2019–20 Czech First League10420—124
Slavia Prague 2020–21 Czech First League27153311 [lower-alpha 2] 24120
2021–22 169108 [lower-alpha 3] 32512
Total4324431956632
Lokomotiv Moscow 2021–22 Russian Premier League 10310—113
Sparta Prague (loan) 2022–23 Czech First League2914422 [lower-alpha 4] 03516
Sparta Prague 2023–24 Czech First League32172114 [lower-alpha 5] 34721
Career total1857219935823989
  1. ↑ Includes Czech Cup, Russian Cup
  2. ↑ Includes one appearance in UEFA Champions League and ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League, five appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, twelve appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 6 June 2024 [22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Czech Republic 202140
202282
202381
Total203
Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kuchta goal. [22]
List of international goals scored by Jan Kuchta
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
12 June 2022 Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech RepublicFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–02–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
15 June 2022Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech RepublicFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 2–12–2
224 March 2023 Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech RepublicFlag of Poland.svg  Poland 3–03–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

FC Slovan Liberec

Slavia Prague

Sparta Prague

Individual

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  22. 1 2 Jan Kuchta at FAČR (in Czech)
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