Jan Kliment
Kliment training with VfB Stuttgart in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
Place of birth Jihlava, Czech Republic
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Viktoria Plzeň
Number 9
Youth career
1999–2012 Vysočina Jihlava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Vysočina Jihlava 31 (3)
2014Dukla Banská Bystrica (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2020 VfB Stuttgart 8 (1)
2015–2020 VfB Stuttgart II 17 (6)
2016–2018Brøndby (loan) 39 (7)
2020–2021 1. FC Slovácko 34 (10)
2021–2022 Wisła Kraków 22 (2)
2022– Viktoria Plzeň 18 (4)
International career
2011 Czech Republic U19 1 (0)
2013 Czech Republic U20 2 (0)
2015 Czech Republic U21 5 (4)
2017– Czech Republic 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2017

Jan Kliment (born 1 September 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Viktoria Plzeň.

Club career

Kliment played his youth football for Vysočina Jihlava before joining their senior team. Following his rise to prominence at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he won the Golden Boot, he departed for VfB Stuttgart prior to the 2015–16 season, signing a deal through 2019.[1]

On 30 August 2016, Kliment was loaned out to Brøndby IF until the end of the season.[2] On 7 July 2017, the loan deal was extended for another season.[3]

In January 2020, Kliment left Stuttgart and returned to the Czech Republic joining 1. FC Slovácko.[4]

In June 2022, Kliment left Wisła Kraków and returned to the Czech Republic joining Viktoria Plzeň.[5]

International career

On 20 June 2015, he scored a hat-trick for the Czech under-21 team in a 4–0 win over Serbia in the group stage of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship at Letná Stadium in Prague.[6] Kliment was awarded the Golden Boot as highest goalscorer of the tournament with 3 goals.[7]

Kliment made his debut for the Czech Republic national senior team on 1 September 2017 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Germany.[8]

Career statistics

As of matches played on 27 August 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vysočina Jihlava 2011–12[9] Czech 2. Liga 1010
2012–13[9] Czech First League 9110101
2013–14[9] Czech First League 603090
2014–15[9] Czech First League 15200152
Total 313400000353
Dukla Banská Bystrica (loan) 2013–14[9] Slovak Super Liga 13000130
VfB Stuttgart II 2015–16[10] 3. Liga 1010
2019–20[10] Oberliga Baden-Württemberg 166176
Total 176000000176
VfB Stuttgart 2015–16[10] Bundesliga 8120101
2018–19[10] Bundesliga 000000
Total 81200000101
Brøndby (loan) 2016–17[10] Danish Superliga 1613020211
2017–18[10] Danish Superliga 236102[lower-alpha 1]010276
Total 397402030487
1. FC Slovácko 2019–20[9] Czech First League 301040
2020–21 Czech First League 3110233313
Total 3410333713
Wisła Kraków 2021–22[9] Ekstraklasa 22232254
Viktoria Plzeň 2022–23[9] Czech First League 32005385
Career total 16731165733019339
  1. Appearances in the UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Club

Brøndby IF

Individual

References

  1. "Jan Kliment signs for VfB". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  2. "Jan Kliment released on loan". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  3. "Loan extension". vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  4. Becker, Tobias (7 January 2020). "VfB Stuttgart: Angreifer Jan Kliment macht den Abgang! Neuanfang in der Heimat". echo24.de (in German). Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  5. Bartoš, Jonáš (10 June 2022). "Plzeň podepsala Klimenta, má číslo po Beauguelovi: Láká mě Evropa". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. Holyman, Ian (20 June 2015). "Kliment hat-trick earns Czech win against Serbia". UEFA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Czech striker Kliment wins Golden Boot award". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  8. "Czech Republic - Germany". fifa.com. FIFA. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jan Kliment at Soccerway
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Jan Kliment » Club matches". World Football. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
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