Lukáš Horníček (born 13 July 2002) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese club

Braga Braga (; ) is a cities of Portugal, city and a Municipalities of Portugal, municipality, capital of the northwestern Portugal, Portuguese Braga (district), district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality ...

Club career

Horníček is a youth product of the academies of the Czech clubs Sokol Dobříkov and

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

. On 19 July 2019, he signed on a trial loan with the Portuguese club

for one year with an option to buy. On 24 July 2020, he signed permanently with Braga in what was Pardubice's biggest sale in their history. He was named the best goalkeeper for the Liga Revelação 2020/21 season for Braga's youth team. For the 2021–22 season, he was promoted to Braga B. He made his first senior debut with Braga in a 5–0

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

win over Moitense, coming on as a late substitute in the 85th minute. He made his

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debut with Braga in a 3–2 loss to Famalicão on 15 May 2022.

International career

Horníček is a youth international for the Czech Republic, having represented the Czech Republic U17s at the

2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship The 2019 UEFA European Under-17 Championship (also known as UEFA Under-17 Euro 2019) was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship (37th edition if the Under-16 era is also included), the annual international youth association fo ...

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Braga *

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Taça da Liga The Taça da Liga (), known outside Portugal as Portuguese League Cup, is an annual club football competition organised by the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional (LPFP) for teams competing in the top two tiers of Portuguese football – the ...

: 2023–24

References

External links

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Liga Portugal profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hornicek, Lukas Living people 2002 births Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Sportspeople from Vysoké Mýto Footballers from the Pardubice Region Men's association football goalkeepers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Primeira Liga players FK Pardubice players S.C. Braga players Czech expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century Czech sportsmen