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.jpg) Šulc in 2019 with Vysočina Jihlava | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 December 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyon | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2025 | Viktoria Plzeň | 115 | (36) |
| 2019 | → Vysočina Jihlava (loan) | 16 | (3) |
| 2019 | → Opava (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2020 | → České Budějovice (loan) | 15 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | → Jablonec (loan) | 32 | (5) |
| 2025– | Lyon | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017–2018 | Czech Republic U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Czech Republic U19 | 7 | (2) |
| 2019 | Czech Republic U20 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Czech Republic U21 | 4 | (1) |
| 2024– | Czech Republic | 14 | (4) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 July 2025 | |||
Pavel Šulc (born 29 December 2000) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Czech Republic national team.
Club career
[edit]Viktoria Plzeň
[edit]Šulc is part of the first team of Viktoria Plzeň since 1 January 2020. He played his first match for this team on 17 January 2021 against 1. FK Příbram.[citation needed]
Scoring once each season in 2020–21 and 2021–22,[2] Šulc started the 2023–24 season with a hat-trick against České Budějovice.[3][4] He contributed to Viktoria Plzeň's 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League campaign, where they reached the quarter-final of a European competition for the first time.[5]
Loan spells
[edit]On 29 January 2019, Šulc was loaned to FC Vysočina Jihlava in Czech National Football League, playing he played in 16 league matches and scored 3 goals.
On 3 July 2019, he was loaned to SFC Opava in Czech First League. In six months long loan he played in 15 league matches and in 1 Czech Cup match without scoring a goal.
On 26 January 2020, he was loaned to SK Dynamo České Budějovice in Czech First League. In one year long loan he played in 15 league matches and scored 3 goals.
In June 2022, he joined Czech First League side FK Jablonec on a season-long loan, reuniting with manager David Horejš who he had worked with at České Budějovice in his previous loan spell.[6]
Lyon
[edit]On 4 August 2025, Šulc signed a four-year contract with Lyon in France.[7][8]
International career
[edit]Šulc had played international football at youth levels that ranged from Czech Republic U18 to U21. He played in 19 matches and scored five times.[citation needed]
On 22 March 2024, Šulc debuted for the Czech senior squad in a friendly match against Norway.[9]
On 10 September 2024, Šulc scored his first goals for Czechia, scoring twice in a 3–2 victory against Ukraine in the Nations League[10]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 16 August 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vysočina Jihlava (loan) | 2018–19 | Czech National Football League | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | |
| Opava (loan) | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | |
| České Budějovice (loan) | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 11 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 3 | |||
| Viktoria Plzeň | 2020–21 | Czech First League | 20 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6[b] | 1 | 35 | 3 | ||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 13[b] | 2 | 49 | 22 | ||
| 2024–25 | 35 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 16[c] | 4 | 54 | 20 | ||
| 2025–26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Total | 115 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 167 | 47 | ||
| Jablonec (loan) | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 32 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 34 | 5 | |
| Lyon | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | 194 | 47 | 20 | 4 | 37 | 7 | 251 | 58 | ||
- ^ Includes Czech Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
[edit]- As of match played 25 March 2025[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 4 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 September 2024 | Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic |  Ukraine |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B |
| 2 | 2–1 | |||||
| 3 | 19 November 2024 | Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic |  Georgia |
1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 4 | 25 March 2025 | Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal |  Gibraltar |
3–0 | 4–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Viktoria Plzeň
Individual
- Czech Golden Ball: 2025[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Pavel Šulc at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Pavel Šulc at Soccerway
- ^ Kortus, Pavel (13 August 2023). "Nejlepší zápas kariéry, liboval si Šulc. Na penaltu ho poslali spoluhráči". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "Pavel Šulc zařídil hattrickem vítězství Viktorky v Českých Budějovicích". QAP (in Czech). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Soukup, Zdeněk (18 April 2024). "Asi jsme tu smlouvu s ďáblem podepsali jen na 90 minut, usmál se Šulc". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Sedlák, Martin (23 June 2022). "Šulc si zažil krizi. Plzeňský talent hledá restart v Jablonci". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "Arrivée de Pavel Šulc jusqu'en 2029" [Pavel Šulc's arrival until 2029] (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ Čihák, Jiří (4 August 2025). "Šulc už patří Lyonu, uvedl se videem z holičství. Smlouvu podepsal na čtyři roky" [Šulc already belongs to Lyon, he announced with a video from the barbershop. He signed a four-year contract]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Petr, Tomáš (27 March 2024). "Máme lavičku, která fandí, chválí Hašek atmosféru v celém týmu. Rozhodování o Euru bude složité". Czech Radio (in Czech).
- ^ "Czechia vs. Ukraine - 10 September 2024". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ "Pavel Šulc". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
- ^ Novák, Miloslav (15 July 2025). "Šulc dobyl český Zlatý míč, během jara předčil Součka s Provodem". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Pavel Šulc at FAČR (in Czech)
