Jakub Pešek

Jakub Pešek (born 24 June 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a winger for Polish club Wieczysta Kraków.^[1]

Jakub Pešek

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-06-24) 24 June 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Chrudim, Czech Republic
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Wieczysta Kraków
Number	9
Youth career
	FC Hlinsko
	Chrudim
0000–2014	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Sparta Prague	1	(0)
2015–2017	→ České Budějovice (loan)	66	(6)
2017–2018	České Budějovice	28	(6)
2018–2021	Slovan Liberec	92	(15)
2021–2024	Sparta Prague	61	(9)
2025–	Wieczysta Kraków	14	(0)
International career
2020–2022	Czech Republic	14	(5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:46, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Career

Pešek made his professional debut for Sparta Prague in the Czech First League on 9 November 2014, coming on as a substitute against Slovácko in a 2–0 away win.^[2]

In January 2015, Pešek went on loan to České Budějovice before being signed permanently in mid-2017.^[3] Having scored 6 times in 28 league games for Budějovice in the 2017–18 season, he moved to Slovan Liberec at the start of the 2018–19 Czech First League.^[4] He rejoined Sparta Prague after the 2020–21 season, signing a three-year contract.^[5]

On 27 January 2025, Pešek moved to Polish third-tier club Wieczysta Kraków, signing an eighteen-month deal with an option for a further year.^[6]

International career

On 7 September 2020, Pešek received his first call-up to the Czech Republic national team for 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B match against Scotland, in which he eventually debuted and scored the opening goal in the 12th minute, ending in a 1–2 loss for the Czechs.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 June 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sparta Prague	2014–15	Czech First League	1	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
České Budějovice (loan)	2014–15	Czech First League	12	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2015–16	Czech National Football League	25	3	1	0	—		—		26	3
	2016–17	Czech National Football League	29	3	2	0	—		—		31	3
	Total		66	6	3	0	—		—		98	6
České Budějovice	2017–18	Czech National Football League	28	6	1	0	—		—		29	6
Slovan Liberec	2018–19	Czech First League	27	2	4	1	—		—		31	3
	2019–20	Czech First League	34	7	6	2	—		—		40	9
	2020–21	Czech First League	31	6	3	1	7[b]	0	—		41	7
	Total		92	15	13	4	7	0	—		112	19
Sparta Prague	2021–22	Czech First League	32	7	3	1	11[c]	1	—		46	9
	2022–23	Czech First League	3	0	0	0	2[d]	0	—		5	0
	2023–24	Czech First League	20	2	2	0	8[e]	0	—		30	0
	2024–25	Czech First League	6	0	1	1	3[f]	0	—		10	1
	Total		61	9	6	2	24	1	—		91	12
Wieczysta Kraków	2024–25	II liga	12	0	—		—		2[g]	0	14	0
Career total			260	36	25	6	31	1	2	0	318	43

1. Includes Czech Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Appearances in II liga promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 12 June 2022^[8]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2020	1	1
	2021	8	3
	2022	5	1
Total		14	5

Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pešek goal.

List of international goals scored by Jakub Pešek^[8]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	7 September 2020	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Scotland	1–0	1–2	2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
2	8 October 2021	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Wales	1–1	2–2	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	11 November 2021	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Kuwait	2–0	7–0	Friendly
4				3–0
5	5 June 2022	Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic	Spain	1–0	2–2	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League: 2022–23,^[9] 2023–24^[10]
• Czech Cup: 2023–24^[11]