Jan Kliment

Jan Kliment
Personal information
Full name Jan Kliment
Date of birth (1993-09-01) 1 September 1993
Place of birth Myjava, Slovakia, or Jihlava, Czech republic
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 VfB Stuttgart
Number 39
Youth career
1999–2012 Jihlava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Jihlava 31 (3)
2014 → Banská Bystrica (loan) 13 (0)
2015– VfB Stuttgart 8 (1)
2015– VfB Stuttgart II 1 (0)
2016–2018 → Brøndby (loan) 42 (9)
National team‡
2011 Czech Republic U19 1 (0)
2013 Czech Republic U20 2 (0)
2015 Czech Republic U21 5 (4)
2017– Czech Republic 8 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 July 2017
‡ 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 VfB Stuttgart.

Club career

Kliment played his youth football for FC 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]

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.[4] Kliment was awarded the Golden Boot as highest goalscorer of the tournament with 3 goals.[5]

Kliment made his debut for the Czech Republic national senior team on 1 September 2017 in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Germany.[6]

Honours

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. ↑ Holyman, Ian (20 June 2015). "Kliment hat-trick earns Czech win against Serbia". UEFA. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Czech striker Kliment wins Golden Boot award". UEFA.com. 30 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Czech Republic - Germany". fifa.com. FIFA. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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