Václav Jurečka

Václav Jurečka came through the youth ranks at SFC Opava and made his senior debut there in 2012, going on to spend seven years with the club. A loan spell at SK Sparta Kolín in the 2014–15 season brought him 12 appearances, but it was back at Opava where he built his reputation, scoring 28 goals in 142 league matches and helping the side win promotion to the Czech First League in 2019.

The move that brought him to 1. FC Slovácko came in January 2020, when he joined on a free transfer. He scored 25 goals in 71 league appearances there and finished as the Czech First League's top scorer in the 2021–22 season. That form took him to SK Slavia Prague in June 2022, again on a free. At Slavia he won the Czech Cup in 2022–23 and topped the league's scoring charts in consecutive seasons, with 20 goals in 2022–23 and 19 in 2023–24. Despite finishing as top scorer that second season, he was left out of the Czech Republic squad for Euro 2024.

His international career had begun on 29 March 2022, in a friendly against Wales, and by September 2023 he had won 9 caps, scoring his first goal for the national side against Hungary that same month.

In September 2024, Jurečka left Czech football for Turkey, joining Süper Lig side Çaykur Rizespor for a fee of €1.2 million. That spell ended in January 2026, when he terminated his contract by mutual agreement. He returned home the same month, signing for Baník Ostrava on a free transfer until June 2027.