Jakub Sklenář (footballer)


Jakub Sklenář is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for ECU Joondalup SC in Australia. Sklenář was on the books of FK Dukla Prague for three years, although he frequently left the club on loan, having spells with a number of Second League teams.
Sklenář made his Gambrinus liga debut for Dukla in a July 2011 match against SK Sigma Olomouc as a substitute. He subsequently went out on loan to Czech 2. Liga side Sezimovo Ústí for the first half of the season, scoring four goals in fifteen appearances. Upon his return to Dukla in 2012, Sklenář was rewarded with his first Gambrinus liga start, which he marked by being sent off for two yellow cards after 62 minutes in a game against FC Viktoria Plzeň. He finished his first season in the top flight with five appearances, four of those from the substitutes' bench.
In July 2012 Sklenář joined Czech 2. Liga side FK Pardubice in a loan deal. In January 2013 he joined FK Čáslav on loan for the second half of the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga. Sklenář left Dukla in summer 2013 at the end of his contract.
Sklenář joined Australian club Narrabeen FC in 2015. He then joined Olympia FC Warriors for the 2016/17 season. In July 2017, he scored four goals in under seven minutes for the club against Launceston City FC and he ended the season scoring 28 goals for the club. He became the player of the year in the National Premier Leagues Tasmania and the player who scored most goals in that season.
The next season, he played for Hobart Zebras FC. For the 2018/19 season, Sklenář joined SFK Vrchovina.
On 18 January 2019 ECU Joondalup SC announced, that they had signed Sklenář.

Coaching career

Since Sklenář moved to Australia, he coached the youth teams at the clubs he was playing for. When Sklenář joined ECU Joondalup SC in January 2019, the club also announced, that he would be coaching the clubs U-14 squad.