Jacob Lensky (born December 16, 1988) is a professional soccer player who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Born in Canada, he has represented Canada and the Czech Republic internationally at youth levels.

Club career

Youth career

Lensky was born in

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and attended

Vancouver College Vancouver College (abbreviated informally to VC) is an independent university-preparatory Catholic school for boys located in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1922, it is the only independent Catho ...

. His early soccer career was spent throughout Europe - in Belgium with

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,The Ones That Got Away: Canada's Lost International Talent
Goal.com, December 8, 2010 in the Czech Republic with

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and

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

, in England with

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and Scotland with Celtic.

Professional career

In September 2006, Lensky signed a pre-contract agreement with Dutch side

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, effective from January 1, 2007. He made his

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debut for Feyenoord on February 11, 2007, against

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. Lensky announced his retirement from professional soccer in August 2008, before training with the

Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...

in January 2009. Lensky was also offered a trial with Seattle Sounders of

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, but he declined. Lensky returned to professional football in September 2009, when he signed a one-year deal with Dutch side

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staying there until late 2011, when he returned to Canada. He was on trial with Whitecaps FC of MLS until he was released on February 12, 2013.

International career

Canada

Lensky was involved with Canada's unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played in games against Mexico and Haiti.

Czech Republic

Lensky was a member of the Czech Republic U-21 team and made his debut on March 3, 2010 against

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. He made his competitive debut on August 11, 2010 against

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.Jacob Lensky
UEFA.com

References

External links

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Voetbal International
player profile at goal.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lensky, Jacob 1988 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Canadian men's soccer players Canadian expatriate men's soccer players Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Czech Republic Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Canadian expatriate sportspeople in England Canadian people of Czech descent Eredivisie players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in the Czech Republic Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands FC Utrecht players Feyenoord players Soccer players from Vancouver German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Vancouver College alumni