Adam Vlkanova

Czech footballer (born 1994)

Adam Vlkanova
Vlkanova in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-09-04) 4 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Ruch Chorzów
(on loan from Viktoria Plzeň)
Number 88
Youth career
2000–2004 Nový Hradec Králové
2004–2007 Hradec Králové
2007–2013 Olympia Hradec Králové
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Bohemians 1905 7 (2)
2014–2022 Hradec Králové 179 (47)
2014 → Bohemians 1905 (loan) 4 (0)
2014 → Čáslav (loan) 1 (1)
2022– Viktoria Plzeň 36 (4)
2024– → Ruch Chorzów (loan) 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Czech Republic U21 1 (0)
2022– Czech Republic 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:26, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Adam Vlkanova (born 4 September 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Ruch Chorzów, on loan from Viktoria Plzeň.

Club career

Vlkanova is a youth product of the academies of Hradec Králové and Olympia Hradec Králové. He began his senior career with Bohemians 1905 in 2013, then in the Czech National Football League. He joined Hradec Králové in the winter of the 2013–14 season, immediately returning to Bohemians for the remainder of the season.[1] In August 2014, he played one game for Čáslav before returning to Hradec Králové. Vlkanova extended his contract with the club in August 2015 for three years, and then in 2019 again extended for three more years until 2022 and being named captain of the club.[2] On 31 August 2022, Vlkanova joined Viktoria Plzeň on a three-year contract.[3]

On 8 January 2024, Vlkanova joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Ruch Chorzów on a half-year loan deal, with an option to make the move permanent.[4]

International career

Vlkanova represented the Czech Republic U21s once in 2016.[5] He was first called up to the senior Czech Republic national team for 2022–23 UEFA Nations League matches in June 2022.[6] He made his debut on 9 June 2022 in a UEFA Nations League game against Portugal.[7]

Personal life

Vlkanova was attacked by an unknown assailant in September 2016 breaking a cervical vertebrae, keeping him out from playing football for a month.[8]

References

  1. ^ Kubíček, Jan. "Malý velký muž Adam Vlkanova | VOTROCI 2000".
  2. ^ "Adam Vlkanova prodloužil smlouvu do roku 2022". FC Hradec Králové.
  3. ^ Neumann, Robert (31 August 2022). "Plzeň potvrdila: Vlkanova je náš! Vyběhne reprezentační záložník hned proti Slovácku?". sport.cz (in Czech).
  4. ^ "Plzeňský záložník Vlkanova bude do konce sezony hostovat v Ruchu Chorzów". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Adam Vlkanova | Reprezentace". Fotbal.cz.
  6. ^ "V nominaci nováček Vlkanova, zpět v týmu je Václav Černý | Reprezentace". Fotbal.cz.
  7. ^ "Portugal v Czech Republic game report". UEFA. 9 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Hradeckého fotbalistu napadl neznámý útočník, zlomil mu krční obratel". iDNES.cz. 8 September 2016.

External links

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Ruch Chorzów – current squad