Lukáš Vácha (born 13 May 1989) is a former

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professional

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who last played as a

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for

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Club career

Vácha moved to

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from

FC Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec (), commonly referred to as Slovan Liberec or simply Slovan, is a Czech professional association football, football club based in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won thr ...

in 2013. He won the Czech double with AC Sparta Prague by winning both the

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and the

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in the 2013–14 season. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, Vácha was relegated to

, the reserve team of

International career

A member of the Czech under-21 team, Vácha represented them at the

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. He debuted for

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on 21 May 2014 in a friendly match against

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International career statistics

Controversy

In October 2016, his club ordered him to train with their

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for stating "to the stove" in reaction to a decision against him by a female assistant referee,

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. On 3 November 2024, according to Slavia team manager

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, assistant of

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Vácha shouted in the home draw 1-1 with

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on Slavia player

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"Cikáne!" ("Gypsy!"). Vácha and the club later apologized. He was banned by the Disciplinary commission

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for two months and fined 40,000 Czech crowns.

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