Ondřej Lingr (born 7 October 1998) is a Czech professional
footballer who plays as an
attacking midfielder for
Major League Soccer
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club
Houston Dynamo and the
Czech Republic national team.
Club career
On 12 May 2017, Lingr made his
Czech First League debut for
Karviná
Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza (river), Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
Karviná is known as an industrial city with t ...
in a match against
Sparta Prague. On 6 August 2020, Lingr joined
Slavia Prague for an estimated amount of €450,000, signing a contract until summer 2024. By scoring a late goal in the
Prague derby against Sparta Prague and helping with the decisive in the victory over České Budějovice, he received
2021–22 Czech First League Player of the Month 30 March 2022.
On 24 August 2023, Lingr joined Dutch
Eredivisie
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club
Feyenoord
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on one-year loan with an option to buy. He debuted against
FC Utrecht
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the same year on 3 September, coming off as a substitute in the 85th minute and immediately contributed to a 5–1 victory with an assist.
On 3 September 2024, Lingr returned to Slavia Prague, signed a contract until June 2028. On 28 March 2025, he joined
Major League Soccer
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side
Houston Dynamo on a four-year contract for a reported fee of $2.6 million.
International career
After
Patrik Schick suffered an injury in early 2022, Lingr was one of the players that received his first senior call-up for the
2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against
Sweden
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and a friendly match against
Wales
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. Lingr made his debut against the former opponent, coming off a substitute. Lingr was selected from the list of 26 Czech footballers by
Ivan Hašek to participate in
UEFA Euro 2024.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lingr goal.''
Honours
Slavia Prague
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Czech First League:
2020–21
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Czech Cup:
2020–21,
2022–23
Feyenoord
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KNVB Cup
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:
2023–24
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Johan Cruyff Shield:
2024
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Havířov
Czech men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Czech Republic men's international footballers
UEFA Euro 2024 players
Czech First League players
Eredivisie players
MFK Karviná players
SK Slavia Prague players
Feyenoord players
Houston Dynamo FC players
Designated Players (MLS)
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Czech expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Czech expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
21st-century Czech sportsmen