Lukas Hradecky

Lukas Hradecky
Hradecky with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-11-24) 24 November 1989 (age 35)[1]
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Bayer Leverkusen
Number 1
Youth career
0000–2000 TPK
2001–2008 TPS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 TPS 0 (0)
2008 → ÅIFK (loan) 11 (0)
2009–2013 Esbjerg fB 76 (0)
2013–2015 Brøndby 69 (0)
2015–2018 Eintracht Frankfurt 101 (0)
2018– Bayer Leverkusen 202 (0)
International career‡
2006 Finland U17 1 (0)
2007 Finland U18 11 (0)
2007–2008 Finland U19 5 (0)
2008–2009 Finland U20 2 (0)
2009–2010 Finland U21 10 (0)
2010– Finland 97 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Finland
Second place Baltic Cup 2012
Third place Baltic Cup 2014
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024

Lukas Hradecky[A] (Slovak: Lukáš Hradecký; born 24 November 1989) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains[3][4] both Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Finland national team.[5][6]

Born in Bratislava, present-day Slovakia,[7] Hradecky was raised in the Finnish city of Turku from the age of one.[8] He began his senior club career playing for TPS, before signing with Esbjerg fB at age 19 in 2009. After winning his first trophy, the Danish 1st Division, during his third season in Denmark, he helped Esbjerg win the Danish Cup in 2013. Hradecky was named Finnish Footballer of the Year by the Football Association of Finland in three consecutive seasons (2016 to 2018). In the 2023–24 season, under the management of Xabi Alonso, Hradecky captained Bayer Leverkusen to their first ever Bundesliga championship title.

Formerly an international at under-17, under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels, Hradecky made his debut for Finland in May 2010 at the age of 20. He appeared in nine out of ten of Finland's UEFA Euro 2020 qualification matches and helped the national team secure its first ever appearance at the UEFA European Championship.

  1. ^ "Hrádecký Lukas//Goalkeeper". eintracht.de. Eintracht Frankfurt. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Lukas Hradecky". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Hradecky Takes Over As Captain". www.bayer04.de. Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Tässä on Huuhkajien uusi kapteenisto". www.palloliitto.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Lukáš Hrádecký" (in Finnish). Suomen Palloliitto. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  6. ^ Työtoverit kuvailevat: tällainen on Lukas Hradecky – hurja ajatusleikki tähtivahdin tulevaisuudesta: ”Ei olisi Lukelle mikään ongelma”, mtvuutiset.fi, MTV Oy, Anssi Shemeikka, 17 March 2024
  7. ^ "Huuhkajien maalivahti Hrádecký pelaa tänään synnyinmaataan vastaan" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Runosmäki was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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