Jakub Klíma
{{Short description|Czech footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jakub Klíma
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|8|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nymburk, Czech Republic
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Centre-back
| currentclub = FC Hradec Králové
| clubnumber = 14
| youthyears1 = 2009–2017
| youthclubs1 = Mladá Boleslav
| years1 = 2018–2022 | clubs1 = Mladá Boleslav | caps1 = 61 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2018 | clubs2 = → Pardubice (loan) | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2021–2022 | clubs3 = → Hradec Králové (loan) | caps3 = 28 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022– | clubs4 = Hradec Králové | caps4 = 86 | goals4 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2018
| nationalteam1 = Czech Republic U20
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2020
| nationalteam2 = Czech Republic U21
| nationalcaps2 = 1
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 31 March 2025
}}
Jakub Klíma (born 28 August 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defender for FC Hradec Králové.
Life
Jakub Klíma was born in Nymburk, but he comes from the nearby village of Zvěřínek.{{cite web |last=Malinovský|first=Vladimír|title=Boleslavský mladík Jakub Klíma: Kabina mi chybí. Ale co se dá dělat|url=https://kladensky.denik.cz/fotbal-prvni-liga/boleslavsky-mladik-jakub-klima-kabina-mi-chybi-ale-co-se-da-delat-20200324.html|work=Deník.cz|language=cs|date=2020-03-24|access-date=2025-02-12}}
Club career
Klíma was raised in the youth teams of FK Mladá Boleslav and here he also made his debut in senior football.{{cite web |last=Machek|first=Radomír|title=Souboj o Evropu. Hradecký Klíma zná prostředí v Boleslavi i nevyzpytatelnost|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/jakub-klima-hradec-kralove-rozhovor.A240531_798416_fotbal_kazdt|work=iDNES.cz|language=cs|date=2024-05-31|access-date=2025-02-12}} He made his Czech First League debut on 17 February 2018, at the age of 19, in their 0–1 home loss against MFK Karviná.{{cite web |title=Jakub Klíma|url=http://en.chanceliga.cz/hrac/3537-jakub-klima|work=Chance Liga|access-date=2025-02-12}}
In the autumn part of the 2018–19 season, he went on loan to FK Pardubice, playing in the Czech National Football League at that time.{{cite web |last=Votke|first=Marek|title=Bod s Brnem je asi v pořádku, uvažuje pardubický stoper Klíma|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/domaci-souteze/jakub-klima-pardubice-fotbal.A180925_429030_fot_dsouteze_ald|work=iDNES.cz|language=cs|date=2018-09-25|access-date=2025-02-12}} Before the 2020–21 season, he went on loan to FC Hradec Králové, a newcomer in the Czech First League. After the season, he transferred there permanently. He became a stable member of the starting lineup and was the player with the highest number of minutes played on the team in the 2022–23 and 2023–24 seasons. He has played over 110 matches for Hradec Králové and is among the most notable players in the club's first league history.{{cite web |title=Detailed stats: FC Hradec Králové|url=https://www.chanceliga.cz/statistiky?unit=1&status=0¶meter=1&season=1&club=11&game_limit=0&nationality=&age=0&position=0&list_number=0&order=5&order_dir=2#stats|work=Chance Liga|language=cs|access-date=2025-02-12}}
On 30 March 2023, in his 175th Czech First League match (home match against SK Dynamo České Budějovice), Klíma scored his first goal in senior football.{{cite web |last=Machek|first=Vladimír|title=Klíma o první trefě: Brečel jsem jako malý kluk. Kluci mi to hrozně moc přáli|url=https://hradecky.denik.cz/fotbal-prvni-liga/jakub-klima-premierovy-gol-fotbal-ceske-budejovice-prvni-liga.html|work=Deník.cz|language=cs|date=2024-03-30|access-date=2025-03-31}}
International career
References
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External links
- {{Fortunaliga.cz|3537-jakub-klima}}
- {{FACR player|new_id=16333369}}
{{FC Hradec Králové squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Klima, Jakub}}
Category:Czech men's footballers
Category:Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Category:Czech First League players
Category:Czech National Football League players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:FK Mladá Boleslav players