Lukáš Zima (born 9 January 1994) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Zima spent the majority of his senior career in Italy under contract with

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, although he never made an official appearance and was loaned out several times. Since 2021, he has played professionally in the Netherlands and Romania. Internationally, Zima represented the Czech Republic from under-16 up to under-21 level.

Club career

Early career and Italy

Zima spent his junior years in the academies of MFK Nové Město nad Metují,

Hradec Králové Hradec Králové (; ) is a city of the Czech Republic. It has about 94,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Hradec Králové Region. The historic centre of Hradec Králové is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech R ...

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, and

, respectively. He made his senior debut on 23 March 2014 while on loan at Reggiana, in a 2–0 home win over

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in the

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. Zima spent the majority of the following five years on loan at various Serie C and

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teams, before

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exercised a full transfer option in July 2019. In August 2020, Zima was re-signed by Genoa as a

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, but once again failed to record his official debut for the club.

VVV-Venlo

On 13 July 2021, Zima signed a two-year contract with Dutch side

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. He amassed 24 appearances in the

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during his stint.

Petrolul Ploiești

After the expiration of his deal with VVV-Venlo, Zima joined Romanian club Petrolul Ploiești on 20 June 2023. In his debut campaign, he made 39

appearances and kept the second-most

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(12, shared with

Adnan Golubović Adnan Golubović (born 22 July 1995) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Club career Golubović made his Slovenian PrvaLiga debut for Domžale on 21 May 2016 in a game against Krško. On 6 November 2018, he was rel ...

FCSB

On 17 October 2024, fellow Liga I team

agreed a deal in advance for the transfer of Zima in the winter

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. He signed a three-year contract for a fee worth €250,000 plus bonuses. Zima made his debut on 13 March 2025, starting in a

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match against Olympique Lyon, which ended in a 0–4 away defeat (1–7 loss on aggregate). His only Liga I appearance occurred in the final 1–1 away draw with

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

on 23 May, securing him a league champion medal.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

FCSB *

: 2024–25 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zima, Lukas 1994 births Living people Footballers from Hradec Králové Czech men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Serie B players Serie C players Genoa CFC players AC Reggiana 1919 players Venezia FC players Mantova 1911 players AC Perugia Calcio players US Livorno 1915 players Eerste Divisie players VVV-Venlo players Liga I players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FCSB players Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Czech expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Czech expatriate sportspeople in Romania 21st-century Czech sportsmen