Pavel Šulc

Pavel Šulc (born 29 December 2000) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lyon and the Czech Republic national team.

Pavel Šulc

Šulc in 2019 with Vysočina Jihlava
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-12-29) 29 December 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team	Lyon
Number	10
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2025	Viktoria Plzeň	115	(36)
2019	→ Vysočina Jihlava (loan)	16	(3)
2019	→ Opava (loan)	15	(0)
2020	→ České Budějovice (loan)	15	(3)
2022–2023	→ Jablonec (loan)	32	(5)
2025–	Lyon	0	(0)
International career‡
2017–2018	Czech Republic U18	4	(1)
2018–2019	Czech Republic U19	7	(2)
2019	Czech Republic U20	4	(1)
2019–2020	Czech Republic U21	4	(1)
2024–	Czech Republic	14	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 July 2025

Club career

Viktoria Plzeň

Šulc is part of the first team of Viktoria Plzeň since 1 January 2020. He played his first match for this team on 17 January 2021 against 1. FK Příbram.^{[citation needed]}

Scoring once each season in 2020–21 and 2021–22,^[2] Šulc started the 2023–24 season with a hat-trick against České Budějovice.^[3][4] He contributed to Viktoria Plzeň's 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League campaign, where they reached the quarter-final of a European competition for the first time.^[5]

Loan spells

On 29 January 2019, Šulc was loaned to FC Vysočina Jihlava in Czech National Football League, playing he played in 16 league matches and scored 3 goals.

On 3 July 2019, he was loaned to SFC Opava in Czech First League. In six months long loan he played in 15 league matches and in 1 Czech Cup match without scoring a goal.

On 26 January 2020, he was loaned to SK Dynamo České Budějovice in Czech First League. In one year long loan he played in 15 league matches and scored 3 goals.

In June 2022, he joined Czech First League side FK Jablonec on a season-long loan, reuniting with manager David Horejš who he had worked with at České Budějovice in his previous loan spell.^[6]

Lyon

On 4 August 2025, Šulc signed a four-year contract with Lyon in France.^[7][8]

International career

Šulc had played international football at youth levels that ranged from Czech Republic U18 to U21. He played in 19 matches and scored five times.^{[citation needed]}

On 22 March 2024, Šulc debuted for the Czech senior squad in a friendly match against Norway.^[9]

On 10 September 2024, Šulc scored his first goals for Czechia, scoring twice in a 3–2 victory against Ukraine in the Nations League^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 August 2025

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Vysočina Jihlava (loan)	2018–19	Czech National Football League	16	3	0	0	—		16	3
Opava (loan)	2019–20	Czech First League	15	0	3	0	—		18	0
České Budějovice (loan)	2019–20	Czech First League	11	2	—		—		11	2
	2020–21		4	1	0	0	—		4	1
	Total		15	3	0	0	—		15	3
Viktoria Plzeň	2020–21	Czech First League	20	1	5	0	—		25	1
	2021–22		27	1	2	1	6[b]	1	35	3
	2023–24		31	18	5	2	13[b]	2	49	22
	2024–25		35	15	3	1	16[c]	4	54	20
	2025–26		2	1	0	0	2[d]	0	4	1
	Total		115	36	15	4	37	7	167	47
Jablonec (loan)	2022–23	Czech First League	32	5	2	0	—		34	5
Lyon	2025–26	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			193	47	20	4	37	7	250	58

1. Includes Czech Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 25 March 2025^[11]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2024	10	3
	2025	2	1
Total		12	4

List of international goals scored by Pavel Šulc

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 September 2024	Fortuna Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Ukraine	1–0	3–2	2024–25 UEFA Nations League B
2				2–1
3	19 November 2024	Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic	Georgia	1–0	2–1
4	25 March 2025	Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé, Portugal	Gibraltar	3–0	4–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Viktoria Plzeň

• Czech First League: 2021–22

Individual

• Czech Golden Ball: 2025^[12]