Jan Sýkora (born 29 December 1993) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

Sýkora began his professional career at Sparta Prague, but failed to make a league appearance for their first team. He also spent time on loan at

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. In 2015, he transferred to

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. On 15 September 2016 he scored the fastest-ever goal of

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, finding the net after just 10.69 seconds in

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's group stage match against

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.Sýkora scores quickest ever Europa League goal

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, Retrieved 7. 10. 2016Blesková trefa a ztracená výhra. Jak liberecký Sýkora překonal rekord Evropské ligy?
, o2sport.cz, Retrieved 7. 10. 2016 (in Czech) In total, he made 34 league appearances for Liberec, scoring one goal.

Slavia Prague

After a lengthy battle for his signature between Slavia Prague and

, the two frontrunners for the

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title at the time, Sýkora signed for Slavia Prague in January 2017. On 22 November 2018, Sýkora signed a new contract with Slavia until the summer of 2022. In February 2019, he returned to

on loan until the end of the season.

Lech Poznań

On 24 August 2020, Sýkora signed a four-year contract with Polish Ekstraklasa side

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. He made his debut 6 days later during league match against

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Viktoria Plzeň

On 6 July 2022, Sýkora signed a three-year contract with Czech First League side

International career

Sýkora got his first call up to the senior

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side for a friendly against

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and a

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match against

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in August 2016.

Career statistics

¹ Including

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sýkora goal''.

Honours

Slavia Prague * Czech First League: 2016–17, 2018–19 * Czech Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19 Viktoria Plzeň *Czech First League: 2021–22 Lech Poznań * Ekstraklasa: 2021–22

References

External links

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