| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 August 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sparta Prague | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -2008 | Sparta Prague | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2008-2011 | Viktoria Žižkov | 21 | (0) |
| 2011- | Sparta Prague | 0 | (0) |
| 2011- | → Sparta Prague II (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2009-2010 | Czech U-18 | 3 | (1) |
| 2009- | Czech U-19 | 18 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:00, 24 August 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Jakub Brabec (born 6 August 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Sparta Prague in the Czech Gambrinus liga and for the Czech Republic under-19s.
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Jakub was part of the youth system at Sparta Prague, but having been released in the summer of 2008 he joined Viktoria Žižkov, another Prague-based club.[1] He was promoted to the Žižkov first team during the 2008-09 Gambrinus liga season, when he was still at school.[2] He made one league appearance for the club in this season, playing a full match against FC Viktoria Plzen as a 16 year old in a 2-0 defeat.[3][4]
In the 2009–10 season, he played a further 14 games for Žižkov, who were then playing in the second tier Czech 2. Liga. One of the fourteen appearances was as a substitute. In one match in this season, against FC Zenit Caslav, he received a 31st-minute red card.[3][4] He made six appearances in the Czech 2. Liga in the following 2010–11 season, four of which were as a substitute. He helped Žižkov achieve a second-place league finish and a promotion back to the Gambrinus liga.[3][4]
In June 2011, he secured a move back to Sparta Prague, for an undisclosed fee.[5][6] He told Uefa.com that his primary motivation for making the transfer was that he was a childhood fan of his former club and that he would have a better chance of playing in the Uefa Cup and the Uefa Champions League.[7] He started the 2011-12 season with the reserve team, Sparta Prague II, who compete in the 2. Liga.[3]
Jakub has represented the Czech Republic at youth international level. He scored his first national goal on his third and final appearance for the Czech Republic under-18s in a 3-1 loss to the Austria under-18s in a March 2010 friendly match.[8][9]
Later in 2009, he made his debut for the Czech Republic under-19s in a 4-0 win over the Malta under-19s.[9][10]
He was selected as captain of the Czech Republic under-19s squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship.[7] His first goal at under-19 level came in this tournament. He scored a header in a group game tournament fixture against the Republic of Ireland under-19s to equalise 1-1 on 23 July 2011; the Czechs went on to win 2-1.[11] The Czech Republic finished the tournament as losing finalists to Spain.[12]