Kryštof Daněk (born 5 January 2003) is a Czech professional footballer playing as a
midfielder
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for
Austrian Bundesliga
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club
LASK
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on loan from
Sparta Prague
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, and the
Czech Republic national under-21 football team
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.
Early life
Daněk started playing football for local club SK Chalkovice at the age of six. In 2015 he moved to
Sigma Olomouc academy.
Club career
Sigma Olomouc
Daněk made his professional debut for Sigma Olomouc in a 3-1
Czech Cup
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The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...
win over
Jablonec in March 2020. In the rest of that season Danek made 3 other appearances in the league.
In the
2020-21 season Daněk played a more central role for Sigma Olomouc, scoring his first goal for the club in a 4–1 home win against
Opava
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. In total in the 2020–21 season Daněk scored 3 goals in 26 appearances in all competitions. The next season Daněk scored 3 goals in 32 games in all competitions.
Sparta Prague
In June 2022 Daněk transferred to fellow
Czech First League
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club
Sparta Prague
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It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...
on a multi-year deal.
Daněk made his debut for Sparta in a 2–1 home defeat to
Slovan Liberec. He also scored his first goal
in that game. His second goal for the club came in a 1–1 draw at home to
Jablonec.
On 8 September 2023, Daněk joined
Pardubice
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on a half-year loan deal.
On 6 February 2025, Daněk joined
LASK
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on a half-year loan deal with option to make transfer permanent.
On 4 July 2025, Daněk joined LASK on a one-year loan deal with option to buy.
International career
Danek has represented the
Czech Republic
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at U15, U16,
U17 and
U21 level.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Club
Sparta Prague
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Czech First League
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:
2022–23
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2003 births
Living people
Footballers from Olomouc
Czech men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech First League players
Czech National Football League players
SK Sigma Olomouc players
AC Sparta Prague players
FK Pardubice players
LASK players
21st-century Czech sportsmen
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
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