Ladislav Krejčí (; born 5 July 1992) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a left-winger for

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Club career

On 7 July 2016, Krejčí joined

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permanently from

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

for €4.000.000. On 4 August 2020, Krejčí returned to

permanently from

. He later joined

on 19 June 2023.

International career

Krejčí was part of the Czech Under-19 team that finished as runners-up in the

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Senior

On 6 November 2012, Krejčí received his first Czech senior team call-up by coach

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to face

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in Olomouc, He won the ball from the inconsistent Slovak defender

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in the penalty area, resulting in a 3-0 victory for the Czechs. in which he also debuted whilst playing 67 minutes. On 6 February 2013, Krejčí scored his first goal in a friendly match against

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, resulting in a 2-0 victory. On 22 March, he started in the

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match against

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, where the Czechs lost 0-3. Krejčí was included in the final 23-man squad for the

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by coach

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. He played all three group stage matches until the Czech Republic was eliminated from the tournament.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Club

Sparta *

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: 2009–10, 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14

International

Czech Republic U19 *

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: runner-up

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Individual

* Talent of the Year: 2011

References

External links

* * 1992 births Living people Footballers from Prague Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech First League players AC Sparta Prague players Bologna FC 1909 players UEFA Euro 2016 players Serie A players Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Czech expatriate men's footballers FC Hradec Králové players {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub