Patrik Vydra (born 20 June 2003) is a Czech

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

er who plays as a defender for

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

Club career

Patrik Vydra was raised in

Beroun Beroun (; ) is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 22,000 inhabitants. It lies at the confluence of the Berounka and Litavka rivers. Beroun creates a conurbation with Králův Dvůr, former part of Beroun. ...

. After winning many individual awards as a junior, he transferred to

, where he progressed through the youth and B teams. He made his league debut for the A team of Sparta Prague in the

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

on 20 April 2022, at the age of 19.

International career

Vydra gradually went through the youth national teams of the Czech Republic. In 2023, he became one of the important figures of the newly assembled selection of the Czech Republic U21 team. On 9 July 2024, Vydra joined

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

on a one-year loan deal.

Career statistics

Honours

Sparta Prague *

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, 2023–24 *

Czech Cup The Czech Cup (), officially known as the MOL Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the major men's football cup competition in the Czech Republic. It is organised by the Czech Football Association. The Czech Cup was first held in 1961. The winner ...

: 2023–24

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* * * * 2003 births Living people Sportspeople from Beroun Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football defenders Czech First League players Czech National Football League players AC Sparta Prague players FK Mladá Boleslav players 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub