Lukáš Matějka (born 20 December 1997) is a

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player who plays as a forward for

Skalica Skalica (, , Latin: ''Sakolcium'') is the largest town in Skalica District in western Slovakia in the Záhorie region. Located near the Czech Republic, Czech border, Skalica has a population of around 15,000. Etymology The name is derived from Slo ...

on loan from

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

Club career

Viktoria Plzeň

In 2017 Matějka became a part of

FC Viktoria Plzeň Football Club Viktoria Plzeň () is a Czech professional Association football, football club based in Plzeň. It plays in the Czech First League, the top division of football in the country. As runner-up in the 1970–71 Czechoslovak Cup, the c ...

squad. He played his first match for this team on 17 January 2021 against 1. FK Příbram.

Loans at České Budějovice, Ústí, and Domažlice

On 4 January 2017 Matějka was loaned to

SK Dynamo České Budějovice SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley o ...

in the

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 ...

. In six months long loan he played in 11 league matches and scored 1 goal. On 1 July 2017 he joined

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of the same league. In his six-month loan he played in 15 league matches, 2 matches in

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and scored 2 goals. On 25 January 2018 he was loaned to

TJ Jiskra Domažlice TJ Jiskra Domažlice is a Czech football club located in Domažlice. It currently plays in the Bohemian Football League, which is the third tier of the Czech football system. The team won Divize A, part of the Czech Fourth Division The Czech Fou ...

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. In six months long loan he played in 15 league matches and scored 14 goals.

Second loans at Ústí and České Budějovice

On 1 July 2018 he was loaned to Ústí nad Labem for the second time, on a two-year loan. He played a total of 55 league matches, 4 matches in Czech Cup and scored 26 goals. On 17 August 2020 Matějka joined České Budějovice on loan for the second time, this time in the Czech First League. He scored his first Czech First League goal on 28 August in a 2–2 away draw with

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 finished his six-month loan with one goal from seven league matches.

Loans at Pardubice and Dukla

Matějka joined

FK Pardubice FK Pardubice is a Czech football club located in the city of Pardubice. Since 2020, the club has played in the Czech First League. The club is the successor of TJ Tesla Pardubice, which merged with FC Loko Pardubice in 2008. History The club ad ...

on a season-long loan in August 2021, playing 20 matches and scoring two goals in the Czech First League. He then joined

in July 2022 on a year's loan deal.

Dukla Prague

On 10 July 2024, Matějka signed a contract with

until 2026.

Loan at Skalica

On 14 January 2025, Matějka signed a half-year loan deal with

without option to buy.

International career

Matějka played international football at under-19 level for Czech Republic U19. He played in 3 matches without scoring a goal.

References

External links

*https://repre.fotbal.cz/hrac/hraci/35595 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Matejka, Lukas 1997 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football forwards Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Bohemian Football League players FC Viktoria Plzeň players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem players TJ Jiskra Domažlice players FK Pardubice players FK Dukla Prague players 21st-century Czech sportsmen MFK Skalica players Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate footballers in Slovakia