Jan Žambůrek

Jan Žambůrek (born 13 February 2001) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for English club Brentford as a central midfielder. He is a product of the Slavia Prague academy and has been capped by the Czech Republic at youth level.

Jan Žambůrek
Personal information
Full name Jan Žambůrek[1]
Date of birth (2001-02-13) 13 February 2001
Place of birth Czech Republic
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brentford
Number 31
Youth career
2009–2015 Bohemians 1905
2015–2018 Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Brentford 18 (0)
2020–2021 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 6 (0)
National team‡
2016 Czech Republic U15 4 (0)
2016–2017 Czech Republic U16 14 (2)
2017–2018 Czech Republic U17 5 (1)
2018–2019 Czech Republic U18 13 (1)
2019– Czech Republic U19 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:36, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11:55, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Slavia Prague

A central midfielder, Žambůrek began his career in the academies at Bohemians 1905 and Slavia Prague and progressed to U19 level with the latter club.[3][4] He was a part of the U17 team which won the 2017–18 league and cup double and left the club in August 2018.[5]

Brentford

On 9 August 2018, Žambůrek moved to England to sign a three-year contract with the B team at Championship club Brentford on a free transfer, with the option of a further year.[3] Žambůrek received his maiden call into the first team squad for a league match versus Hull City on 23 February 2019 and with the match safe at 5–1, he made the first senior appearance of his career as a late substitute for Saïd Benrahma.[6] The appearance made him the first player born in the 21st century to play a competitive match for the club.[7] He played out the season with the B team and was a part of the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup-winning squad.[7]

Žambůrek spent the 2019–20 pre-season with the first team group and after making two early-regular season appearances,[8][9] he signed a new four-year contract and was promoted into the first team squad.[10] By late October 2019, he had broken into the team as a regular substitute.[9] In January 2020, Žambůrek's performances at club and international level during 2019 were recognised with a runner-up finish in voting for the FACR's Young Player of the Year award.[7] He finished the season with 19 appearances, but did not feature in Brentford's unsuccessful playoff campaign.[9][11] After making just two EFL Cup appearances during the first month of the 2020–21 season,[12] Žambůrek departed on loan until the end of the campaign.[13] The loan was ended during the January transfer window.[14]

Shrewsbury Town (loan)

On 5 October 2020, Žambůrek joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[13] He made 9 appearances before the loan was terminated on 11 January 2021.[14]

International career

Žambůrek has been capped by the Czech Republic at U15, U16, U17, U18 and U19 level.[15] He won his maiden U20 call-up for a friendly versus Slovakia on 5 September 2020,[16] but was released from the squad prior to the match.[17] Žambůrek was named as standby for the U21 team's 2021 European U21 Championship qualifier versus Greece on 13 November 2020,[18] but he was not named in the matchday squad.[19]

Personal life

After joining Brentford, Žambůrek enrolled at West Thames College.[20]

Honours

Brentford B

Czech Republic U18

  • SportChain Cup: 2019[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 20 January 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 2018–19[6] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 ― 1 0
2019–20[9] 16 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
2020–21[12] 1 0 0 0 2 0 ― 3 0
Total 18 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 23 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2020–21[12] League One 6 0 ― ― 3[lower-alpha 1] 0 9 0
Career total 24 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 32 0
  1. Appearances in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Brentford" (PDF). English Football League. p. 12. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. "Jan Zamburek – Midfielder – First Team". Brentford FC. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. "Jan Zamburek signs for Brentford B from Slavia Praha". Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  4. "Virtuální Ďolíček – oficiální stránky Bohemians Praha 1905". bohemians.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. "U17: Československý pohár pro Slavii!". SK Slavia Praha (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  6. "Games played by Jan Žambůrek in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  7. "Jan Žambůrek runner-up in Czech Young Player of the Year award". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  8. ""After every session we are better and better"". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. "Games played by Jan Žambůrek in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  10. "Jan Žambůrek promoted to First Team squad as he pens long-term deal". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  11. "Brentford 1 Fulham 2". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  12. "Games played by Jan Žambůrek in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  13. "Jan Žambůrek heads to Shrewsbury Town on season-long loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  14. "Jan Žambůrek returns from Shrewsbury Town loan". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  15. "Jan Žambůrek | Reprezentace". Fotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  16. "Jan Zamburek earns maiden call-up for Czech Republic Under-20s". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  17. "Nine players gearing up for international action this weekend". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  18. "International action begins today across Europe and Africa". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  19. "Greece U21 vs. Czech Republic U21 – 13 November 2020". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  20. "Hounslow students playing for Brentford FC". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  21. "Jan Žambůrek on international duty next week". www.brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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