Aleš Matějů

Aleš Matějů (Czech pronunciation: [ˈalɛʃ ˈmacɛjuː]; born 3 June 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a defender for Italian Serie A club Brescia. He previously played for Příbram, Viktoria Plzeň and Brighton & Hove Albion, and has represented his country at all under-age levels.

Aleš Matějů
Personal information
Full name Aleš Matějů[1]
Date of birth (1996-06-03) 3 June 1996
Place of birth Příbram, Czech Republic
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Brescia
Number 3
Youth career
1. FK Příbram
2014 PSV Eindhoven (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Příbram 15 (1)
2015–2017 Viktoria Plzeň 35 (0)
2017–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Brescia (loan) 22 (0)
2019– Brescia 31 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 Czech Republic U16 13 (0)
2012–2013 Czech Republic U17 16 (1)
2013 Czech Republic U18 3 (1)
2013–2015 Czech Republic U19 17 (0)
2015 Czech Republic U20 2 (0)
2015–2017 Czech Republic U21 15 (1)
2020– Czech Republic 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:48, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2020

Career

Příbram

He made his career league debut for Příbram on 30 August 2014 in a 3–2 loss at home to Bohemians 1905 in the Czech First League.

Viktoria Plzeň

Matějů moved to Viktoria Plzeň in 2015 and became an integral part of the squad, appearing in the starting eleven in 16 consecutive matches and helping Plzeň win the First League title and Czech Supercup in 2016. However, his status in the team was downgraded in the 2016–17 season as Radim Řezník took his place as the first-choice right back.[2]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Matějů signed a three-year contract with English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on 4 August 2017.[3]

Brescia

He spent the 2018–19 season on loan to Italian club Brescia, helped them win the Serie B title and with it promotion to Serie A, and then signed a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee.[4]

International career

Matějů represented the Czech Republic at all youth levels from under-16 to under-21.[5]

He made his national team debut on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Cyprus.[6]

Career statistics
As of match played 1 August 2020[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1. FK Příbram 2014–15 Czech First League 15100——151
Viktoria Plzeň 2015–16 Czech First League 17061—2[lower-alpha 1]0251
2016–17 Czech First League 18010—8[lower-alpha 2]1271
Total 35071—101522
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18 Premier League 000020—20
Brescia (loan) 2018–19 Serie B 22010——230
Brescia 2019–20 Serie A 31010——320
Total 53020——550
Career total 103191201011243
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in Europa League

References
  1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "Fotbal iDNES.cz – Aleš Matějů". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. Lustig, Nick (4 August 2017). "Brighton sign Czech U21 right-back Ales Mateju from Viktoria Plzen". Sky Sports. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. Naylor, Andy (1 July 2019). "Albion defender Ales Mateju seals permanent switch to Brescia". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. "Reprezentace: Aleš Matějů". Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  6. "Cyprus v Czech Republic game report". ESPN. 7 October 2020.
  7. "A. Matějů". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
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