Michael Krmenčík (born 15 March 1993) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Czech Republic national team.

Club career

Krmenčík was born in

Kraslice Kraslice (; german: Graslitz) is a town in Sokolov District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,500 inhabitants. It was a large and important town until the World War II. It is known for manufacture of musical instrumen ...

, Czech Republic, on 15 March 1993. He began his football career at the academies of his home town, and then moved to

Baník Sokolov ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

. The scouts at

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were alerted to his talent, and moved quickly to sign him, initially for the club's development squad.

Early career

In 2011 he was promoted to the first team and in April of the same year he made his debut in a game against

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

. In the 2011–12 season, he was loaned out to Banik Sokolov, where he scored his first professional goal. In the following four seasons, he went on loan spells at Zenit Čáslav,

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Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

and

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in the Czech leagues. He returned to Viktoria Plzeň in the second half of the 2015-16 season and his career began to gain momentum. In nine games he scored three times, winning a place in the team’s starting XI. The opportunity he had been waiting for so long for came, and he made sure to take full advantage of it.

Viktoria Plzeň

By January 2020, Krmenčík managed to impress many playing for Viktoria Plzeň. In 124 matches, he scored 62 goals, made 16 assists and won four trophies. He was also the league's top scorer in the 2017–18 season. A ligament rupture in the 2018–19 season kept him out of action for a long time, but he remained impressive when he returned. His displays convinced

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of his potential.

Club Brugge

In January 2020, Club Brugge spent €6 million to make Krmenčík their own. He signed a three-and-a-half year contract with the Belgian club. However, the adjustment was difficult for the Czech forward, who scored just three times in 19 games but also contributing to three assists.

Loan to PAOK

On 5 January 2021, PAOK announced that they reached an agreement with Club Brugge for the loan of Krmenčík until the end of the 2020–21 season. On 22 May 2021, Krmenčík scored in the last minute of

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, sealing a 2–1 win against league champions

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Loan to Slavia Prague

On 23 July 2021,

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announced that Krmenčík would be joining the club on a season-long loan with an obligation to make the transfer permanent if Slavia qualified for the group stage of the

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Persija Jakarta

In June 2022, Krmenčík joined

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n Liga 1 side

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. On 23 July 2022, He made his league debut by starting in a 0–1 loss against

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International career

He has been a full Czech Republic international since 2016 and counts 26 appearances to his name, as well as nine goals. Previously, he also represented his country at many youth levels.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Viktoria Plzeň *

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, 2015–16, 2017–18 Club Brugge *

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: 2019–20 PAOK *

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Individual *

Top Scorer: 2017–18 * Greek Cup top scorer:

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krmencik, Michal Living people 1993 births People from Kraslice Men's association football forwards 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 FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Baník Sokolov players FK Čáslav players FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Dukla Prague players Club Brugge KV players PAOK FC players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Belgian Pro League players Super League Greece players UEFA Euro 2020 players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Czech expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece SK Slavia Prague players Footballers from the Karlovy Vary Region Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Persija Jakarta players Cypriot First Division players Apollon Limassol FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Indonesia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Czech expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus