Jakub Jugas (born 5 May 1992) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side Cracovia and the Czech Republic national team.

Club career

Jugas made his league debut on 28 August 2010 in

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's 0–2

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away loss against Sparta Prague B. He scored his first league goal on 17 August 2013 in the 4–0 home win against

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. He won the Czech FA Cup with

in 2017.

Slavia Prague

In May 2017, after fierce competition for his signature, Jugas decided to join

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for the 2017–18 Fortuna Liga season for a reported transfer fee of €570,000 plus future incentives. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the

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final against Jablonec. In February 2019, he joined

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on loan until the end of the season.

International career

Jugas represented Czech Republic on every youth level from the Under-16 team, except Under-20. He was a part of the Czech Republic U-19 squad that won silver medals in the 2011 UEFA Under-19 European Championship in

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. On 30 June 2017, he was called up to the senior Czech national team to face

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and

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Zlín *

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: 2016–17 Slavia Prague * Czech Cup: 2017–18 Czech Republic U19 *

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runner-up:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jugas, Jakub 1992 births Living people Czech men's footballers People from Otrokovice Footballers from the Zlín Region Men's association football defenders Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech National Football League players Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players FC Zbrojovka Brno players FC Zlín players FK Příbram players FK Mladá Boleslav players FK Jablonec players SK Slavia Prague players FC Slovan Liberec players KS Cracovia players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Czech sportsmen