Václav Drchal
{{short description|Czech footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Václav Drchal
| image =
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| fullname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1999|07|25}}
| birth_place = České Budějovice, Czech Republic
| height = 1.87 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Bohemians 1905
| clubnumber = 20
| youthyears1 = 2008–2016
| youthclubs1 = České Budějovice
| youthyears2 = 2016–2018
| youthclubs2 = Sparta Prague
| years1 = 2018–2023 | clubs1 = Sparta Prague | caps1 = 20 | goals1 = 6
| years2 = 2020–2021 | clubs2 = → Mladá Boleslav (loan) | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 6
| years3 = 2022 | clubs3 = → Dynamo Dresden (loan) | caps3 = 3 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2022–2023 | clubs4 = → Bohemians 1905 (loan) | caps4 = 26 | goals4 = 6
| years5 = 2023–2024 | clubs5 = Jablonec | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 2
| years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = Bohemians 1905 | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2016–2017 | nationalteam1 = Czech Republic U17 | nationalcaps1 = 9 | nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2017 | nationalteam2 = Czech Republic U18 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2017–2018 | nationalteam3 = Czech Republic U19 | nationalcaps3 = 7 | nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2019–2021 | nationalteam4 = Czech Republic U21 | nationalcaps4 = 9 | nationalgoals4 = 3
| club-update = 4 January 2025
| nationalteam-update = 27 March 2021
}}
Václav Drchal (born 25 July 1999) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Czech First League club Bohemians 1905 as a striker.{{Cite web|url=https://sparta.cz/cs/clanek/drchal-kulhanek-a-zahustel-na-hostovani-do-boleslavi-37129|title=Drchal, Kulhánek a Zahustel na hostování do Boleslavi|date=|website=AC Sparta Prague|language=cs|access-date=17 August 2020}}{{Cite web|first=Jan|last=Vacek|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2021-22/407271/sance-na-restart-v-nemecku-drchal-ve-sparte-neprorazil-jde-na-hostovani.html|title=Šance na restart v Německu. Drchal ve Spartě neprorazil, jde na hostování|date=3 January 2022|website=Blesk|language=cs|access-date=3 January 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2022-23/419482/bohemians-maji-vytouzeneho-utocnika-prichazi-hostovat-ze-sparty.html|title=Bohemians mají vytouženého útočníka. Přichází hostovat ze Sparty|date=6 September 2022|website=Blesk|language=cs|access-date=6 September 2022}}
A product of the České Budějovice youth set-up, Drchal joined Sparta Prague in 2016. After impressing in the Under-19s, he scored on his professional debut in February 2018.
Club career
= Dynamo České Budějovice =
Drchal began his career at hometown club Dynamo České Budějovice before joining the Sparta Prague youth set-up in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dynamocb.cz/hrac.asp?id=Vaclav-Drchal-739&sezona=2014&kategorie=U15|title=Václav Drchal|date=|website=SK Dynamo České Budějovice|language=cs|access-date=24 February 2018}}
= Sparta Prague =
Having scored 22 goals in 15 games for the Under-19s in the 1. Dorostinecká Liga, as well as two goals in both the Premier League International Cup and UEFA Youth League, Drchal was rewarded with a chance to join the first team.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sparta.cz/srv/www/cs/football/team/viewMemberDetail.do?memberId=1793|title=Detail hráče - AC Sparta Praha|website=AC Sparta Prague|language=cs|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=19 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180319004535/http://www.sparta.cz/srv/www/cs/football/team/viewMemberDetail.do?memberId=1793|url-status=dead}}
In January 2018, he signed a contract extension securing his future at the club until 2020. The same month he scored a hat-trick within fifteen minutes after making a substitute appearance in a 7–2 win against FC MAS Táborsko, his first match for Sparta's A-team.{{Cite web|url=https://ceskobudejovicky.denik.cz/fotbal_region/talent-z-jihu-cech-se-pri-debutu-v-letenskem-acku-uvedl-hattrickem-20180111.html|title=Talent z jihu Čech se při debutu v letenském áčku uvedl hattrickem|first=Bohumil|last=Ortman|work=Deník|language=cs|access-date=17 January 2025|date=11 January 2018}}
On 25 February, he made his competitive debut in a 1–1 draw with 1. FC Slovácko. Drchal scored his first goal for the club in the 53rd minute to give his side the lead.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sparta.cz/en/news/a-1-1-draw-with-slovacko-686.shtml|title=A 1-1 draw with Slovácko - AC Sparta Praha|website=AC Sparta Prague|access-date=24 February 2018|archive-date=4 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504042128/http://www.sparta.cz/en/news/a-1-1-draw-with-slovacko-686.shtml|url-status=dead}} In doing so, he became the third youngest player to score on their debut in the Czech top flight – only Petr Ruman and Vladimir Stork were younger when they scored in debuts in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/fotbal_cs/status/967461846600044545|title=V samostatné české lize se najdou jen dva hráči, kteří vstřelili při svém ligovém debutu gól a byli mladší než sparťanský Václav Drchal (18,6 let) - před 23 lety v sezoně 1994/95 Vladimír Čáp (18,5) a sezonu před ním Petr Ruman (17,0), oba z Baníku.|last=CSFOTBAL|date=24 February 2018|website=@fotbal_cs|language=cs|access-date=24 February 2018}}
= Jablonec =
= Bohemians =
On 7 June 2024, Drchal signed a multi-year contract with Bohemians 1905.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-fotbalisty-bohemians-1905-posilil-utocnik-drchal-5029797|title=Fotbalisty Bohemians 1905 posílil útočník Drchal|website=Sport.cz|language=cs|date=7 June 2024|access-date=7 June 2024|publisher=Borgis|agency=Czech News Agency}}
International career
On 2 September 2017, Drchal made his youth international debut in a 2–1 defeat to Republic of Ireland Under-19s. Two days later, he made a second appearance – once again against the Republic of Ireland – and scored in another 2–1 friendly defeat.
After being named as an unused substitute in a 5–0 win against Armenia in 2018 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification, he made appearances off the bench in victories against Luxembourg and Scotland as Czech Republic topped their group with maximum points.
Career statistics
{{updated|8 July 2022}}
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| rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Sparta Prague
|rowspan="4"|Czech First League |3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 4 | ||
| 2019–20
|3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 4 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!20 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 9 |
| Mladá Boleslav (loan)
|25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 27 | 7 | ||
| Dynamo Dresden (loan)
|14 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!59 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 16 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.sparta.cz/srv/www/en/football/team/viewMemberDetail.do?memberId=1793 Profile] at sparta.cz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Drchal, Vaclav}}
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