Jan Král (born 5 April 1999) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

club

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Olomouc. The club currently competes in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2 ...

Career

He made his senior league debut for

Varnsdorf Varnsdorf (; ) is a town in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the border with Germany. Administrative division Varnsdorf consists of three municipal parts (in brackets population accordi ...

on 30 July 2017 in their

Czech National Football League The Czech National Football League (, ''FNL''), known as Chance Národní Liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it was known as 2. liga or Druhá liga. The ...

1–0 home loss against

Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...

. On 24 June 2022, Král signed a three-year contract with

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in Belgium. In January 2023, he returned to his native Czech Republic to join

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech Republic, Czech professional association football, football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first se ...

on loan until the end of the season. On 10 September 2024, Král signed a contract with

until summer 2028.

Career Statistics

Club

Honours

Sigma Olomouc *

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: 2024–25

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* * 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Česká Lípa Footballers from Liberec Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders FK Mladá Boleslav players FK Varnsdorf players FC Erzgebirge Aue players FC Hradec Králové players K.A.S. Eupen players FK Jablonec players Czech First League players 2. Bundesliga players Belgian Pro League players Czech National Football League players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium SK Sigma Olomouc players 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub