Full name Lukas Hradecky Name Lukas Hradecky Parents Vlado Hradecky 2003–2008 TPS Weight 80 kg | Number 1 Height 1.90 m Playing position Role Football goalkeeper | |
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Date of birth (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 26) Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Siblings Matej Hradecky, Tomas Hradecky Current teams Eintracht Frankfurt (#1 / Goalkeeper), Finland national football team (Goalkeeper) Profiles | ||
Lukas hradecky 2015 hd bests saves new goalkeeper in eintracht frankfurt
Lukáš Hrádecký (born 24 November 1989), is a Slovak-born Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt and the Finland national team. Hrádecký was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. He began his senior club career playing for TPS, before signing with Esbjerg fB at age 19 in 2009.
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- Lukas hradecky 2015 hd bests saves new goalkeeper in eintracht frankfurt
- Lukas hradecky und das kamel
- TPS
- Esbjerg
- Brndby
- Eintracht Frankfurt
- International career
- Personal life
- Club
- International
- Individual
- References
Hrádecký made his international debut for Finland in May 2010, at the age of 20.
Lukas hradecky und das kamel
TPS
Hrádecký began his career in Finnish club Turun Palloseura. In 2008, he played in the International Karel Stegeman U-19 Youth Tournament in Ruurlo, Netherlands where he won the prize for best goalkeeper.
Esbjerg
On 10 January 2009, Hrádecký transferred to Esbjerg fB and signed a four-year contract with the five-time Danish champions. On 3 August 2010 it was announced that Hrádecký had been called to be tested for a week by Manchester United to strengthen their goalkeeping department after the departure of Tom Heaton. However, he chose to seek the chance to be the primary keeper in Esbjerg instead. After the 2012–13 Superliga season Hradecky's contract with Esbjerg fB expired, and an agreement to prolong the contract was not reached.
Brøndby
June 12, 2013 he joined Danish Superliga rivals Brøndby IF on a four-year contract on a free transfer.
Eintracht Frankfurt
In August 2015 Hrádecký transferred from Brøndby to German Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt. The value of the transfer was never published, but according to newspapers Eintracht paid 2.5 million Euros to Brøndby.
International career
Hrádecký earned several caps for Finland on different junior levels. He made his junior level national team debut when he was 16 years old in 16. November 2006 in Athens in a match against Greece. He was a member of the Finland national under-20 football team and represented the team at the Valentin A. Granatkin Memorial Tournament. Hrádecký was selected to Finland national under-21 football team for 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship but he had to withdraw due to a knee injury. He was the first choice keeper for Finland's under-21 side during the 2011 UEFA European U21 Championship qualifications.
In January 2010 Hrádecký was called to the Finland national football team by Stuart Baxter to face South Korea in a friendly at Málaga, Spain. Hrádecký was at the bench the whole match. He finally made his first team debut on 21 May 2010, when he replaced Jukka Lehtovaara for the second half in a 2–0 away loss against Estonia. He played his first UEFA European Championship qualification game on 3 June 2011 when Mixu Paatelainen chose him to the starting line up against San Marino in Serravalle. During autumn of 2011 he established himself as a regular in the Finland national team and appeared in the UEFA European Championship qualification matches against Moldova, Netherlands and Sweden.
Personal life
Hradecky's brothers Tomas and Matej are also professional footballers. Both of them play for SJK Seinäjoki.
Club
As of 28 May 2017International
Statistics accurate as of matches played on 28 March 2017
Club
International
Finland national football team