David Lafata

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David Lafata (born 18 September 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the Czech First League's top scorer in six seasons and with 198 league goals, he is by far the top scorer of the Czech First League of all time. He also scored nine goals for the Czech Republic national team.

Club career

From 1992 until 2005, Lafata played for Czech team SK České Budějovice, with a brief spell at FC Vysočina Jihlava in 2002. The striker then moved to Greek club Skoda Xanthi in July 2005, but returned to the Czech Liga in January 2006. After one year at Jablonec, Lafata was transferred to FK Austria Vienna in January 2007 from where he came back to Jablonec in the spring of 2008. For Austria, he scored a goal in a domestic cup final.[1]

In the 2010–11 season, Lafata was top scorer of the Czech First League with 19 goals.[2]

He continued his good run of form into the 2011–12 season, scoring eleven goals in the first seven games, at the end of the autumn half, he scored eighteen goals in sixteen appearances.[3] In April 2012, Lafata broke the Czech First League season scoring record, notching his 23rd goal of the season.[4] He finished season with 25 goals, being top scorer and setting a new record.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In the 2012–13 season, Lafata scored 13 goals in the first 16 games, being top scorer of the league before signing for AC Sparta Prague in the winter break.[5] In February 2013, he scored a goal in the Europa League round of 32, in a 2–1 aggregate loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.[6] In March 2014 Lafata scored his 134th goal in the Czech First League, surpassing Horst Siegl as its top all-time scorer.[7]

At the start of the 2014–15 season, Lafata scored five goals in a 7–0 Champions League qualifying round win over Levadia Tallinn in the home leg in Prague.[8] Continuing his fine form in the Champions League qualifying round, Lafata scored a hat-trick in a 4–2 comeback victory over Malmö FF at home in Prague.[9] In autumn 2015, Lafata was denied at hat-trick (by the Croatian referee) in Europa League match in Greece against Asteras Tripolis.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He scored goal in both away and home match against Schalke 04, as Sparta progressed to the knockout stages.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In May 2016, Lafata became the first player to score five goals in a Czech First League match, netting all of the goals in a 5–0 win against Jihlava.[10] On 30 July 2017, he scored his 200th league goal in a 1–1 draw against city rival Bohemians 1905.[11]

International career

He scored two goals on his debut for the Czech national team in a 2–1 win against Wales on 2 September 2006. He came on as a substitute after 75 mins and scored within a minute of coming on, the second coming in the 89th minute.

Career statistics

Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
SK České Budějovice 2000–01 Czech First League 11 0 – 11 0
2001–02 Czech 2. Liga –
2002–03 Czech First League 26 8 – 26 8
2003–04 Czech First League 29 14 – 29 14
2004–05 Czech First League 25 5 – 25 5
Total 91 27 – 91 27
Skoda Xanthi 2005–06 Super League Greece 9 0 2 1 – 11 1
FK Jablonec 2005–06 Czech First League 14 3 – 14 3
2006–07 Czech First League 17 7 – 17 7
Total 31 10 – 31 10
Austria Wien 2006–07 Austrian Bundesliga 13 1 – 0 0 13 1
2007–08 Austrian Bundesliga 22 5 3 1 7Template:Efn 0 32 6
Total 35 6 3 1 7 0 45 7
FK Jablonec 2008–09 Czech First League 30 10 – 30 10
2009–10 Czech First League 27 11 5 3 – 32 14
2010–11 Czech First League 29 19 4 3 2Template:Efn 0 35 22
2011–12 Czech First League 28 25 6 3 4Template:Efn 3 38 31
2012–13 Czech First League 16 13 1 2 – 17 15
Total 130 78 16 11 6 3 152 92
Sparta Prague 2012–13 Czech First League 12 7 2 0 2Template:Efn 1 16 8
2013–14 Czech First League 30 16 6 2 2Template:Efn 2 38 20
2014–15 Czech First League 30 20 3Template:Efn 1 11Template:Efn 13 44 34
2015–16 Czech First League 26 20 3 2 12Template:Efn 5 41 27
2016–17 Czech First League 28 15 2 0 10Template:Efn 2 40 17
2017–18 Czech First League 22 5 1 0 2Template:Efn 0 25 5
Total 148 83 17 5 39 23 204 111
Career total 444 204 38 18 52 26 534 248

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International goals

Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lafata goal.[14]
List of international goals scored by David Lafata
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 September 2006 Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic 1 Template:Fb 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
2 2–1
3 26 May 2012 UPC-Arena, Graz, Austria 17 Template:Fb 2–1 2–1 Friendly
4 14 November 2012 Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic 24 Template:Fb 1–0 3–0 Friendly
5 2–0
6 6 February 2013 Manisa 19 Mayıs Stadium, Manisa, Turkey 25 Template:Fb 2–0 2–0 Friendly
7 11 October 2013 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Mdina, Malta 28 Template:Fb 2–0 4–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 13 October 2014 Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan 33 Template:Fb 2–0 4–2 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
9 27 May 2016 Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria 38 Template:Fb 4–0 6–0 Friendly

Honours

Austria Wien

Sparta Prague

Individual

Records

References

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