Jiří Skalák (born 12 March 1992) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a winger for

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side Dynamo České Budějovice. He has represented the Czech Republic internationally at youth levels U16 through U21.

Club career

Early career

Skalák started his professional career at

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, spending time on loan at

MFK Ružomberok MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak professional football club playing in the city of Ružomberok. History Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, t ...

, 1. FC Slovácko,

FC Zbrojovka Brno FC Zbrojovka Brno is a professional football club based in the city of Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic and named after Zbrojovka Brno, a firearms manufacturer. Founded in 1913 as SK Židenice, the club later became known as Zbrojovk ...

and

FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav. Since 2004, the club has been participating in the Czech First League. In the Czech First League, Mladá Boleslav were runners up in 2005–06 and o ...

before moving to Mladá Boleslav permanently in 2015.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Skalák joined

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side

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on 1 February 2016 for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £1.2 million. He scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 win over QPR on 19 April 2016. Although he featured 31 times in Brighton's promotion-winning 2016–17 season, he only took part in cup games the following season, as Brighton played in the

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Millwall

On 2 August 2018, Skalák joined

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side

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for an undisclosed fee. He was originally credited with his first goal for the club in a 1–1 home draw against

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on 24 November 2018, but the goal was later claimed by teammate Jake Cooper. He eventually scored his first league goal for Millwall on 22 July 2020, the final day of the extended 2019–20 season in a 4–1 win against

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Mladá Boleslav

On 8 February 2021, Skalák joined

side

for an undisclosed fee.

České Budějovice

On 18 August 2023, Skalák signed a one-year contract with last team of the league table Dynamo České Budějovice.

International career

Skalák represented his country on all youth levels from under-16 to under-21. He was called up for the senior national team for the first time on 25 August 2015 to face

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and

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in the

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but did not play in those matches.

Career statistics

Honors

Czech Republic U19 *

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runner-up

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Uefa Czech Republic vs Spain, lineups
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Skalak, Jiri 1992 births Living people Footballers from Pardubice 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 expatriate men's footballers Men's association football forwards Men's association football wingers AC Sparta Prague players MFK Ružomberok players 1. FC Slovácko players FC Zbrojovka Brno players FK Mladá Boleslav players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Millwall F.C. players Czech National Football League players Czech First League players Slovak First Football League players English Football League players UEFA Euro 2016 players Czech expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia SK Dynamo České Budějovice players 21st-century Czech sportsmen