Lukáš Vácha

Lukáš Vácha (born 13 May 1989) is a former Czech professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for AC Sparta Prague B.^[2]

Lukáš Vácha

Vácha with Czech Republic in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Lukáš Vácha[1]
Date of birth	(1989-05-13) 13 May 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Hradec Králové (assistant)
Youth career
1994–2006	Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Slavia Prague	1	(0)
2007	→ Jablonec (loan)	10	(0)
2008	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	0	(0)
2009	→ Baník Ostrava (loan)	8	(0)
2009–2012	Slovan Liberec	79	(4)
2013–2019	Sparta Prague	101	(6)
2017	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	3	(0)
2019–2023	Sparta Prague B	29	(2)
International career
2004–2007	Czech Republic U16	8	(2)
2005–2006	Czech Republic U17	19	(4)
2006–2007	Czech Republic U19	17	(2)
2009–2011	Czech Republic U21	20	(1)
2014–2015	Czech Republic	8	(0)
Managerial career
2022–2023	Sparta Prague B (assistant)
2024–	Hradec Králové (assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czech Republic UEFA European Under-17 Championship Runner-up 2006 Luxembourg
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:51, 11 May 2023 (UTC)~

Club career

Vácha moved to AC Sparta Prague from FC Slovan Liberec in 2013.^[3] He won the Czech double with AC Sparta Prague by winning both the Czech First League and the Czech Cup in the 2013–14 season.

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Vácha was relegated to AC Sparta Prague B, the reserve team of AC Sparta Prague.^[4]

International career

A member of the Czech under-21 team, Vácha represented them at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.^{[citation needed]} He debuted for Czech Republic on 21 May 2014 in a friendly match against Finland.^[5]

International career statistics

Czech Republic national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	6	0
2015	2	0
Total	8	0

Controversy

In October 2016, his club ordered him to train with their women's team for stating "to the stove" in reaction to a decision against him by a female assistant referee, Lucie Ratajová.^[6]

On 3 November 2024, according to Slavia team manager Stanislav Vlček, assistant of Hradec Králové Vácha shouted in the home draw 1-1 with Slavia Prague on Slavia player Ondřej Lingr "Cikáne!" ("Gypsy!").^[7] Vácha and the club later apologized.^[8] He was banned by the Disciplinary commission FAČR for two months and fined 40,000 Czech crowns.^[9]