Jakub Jugas

Jakub Jugas
Jugas in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1992-05-05) 5 May 1992
Place of birth Otrokovice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Zlín
Number 25
Youth career
1998–2002 Otrokovice
2002–2010 Zlín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2017 Zlín 101 (3)
2012–2014 → Příbram (loan) 46 (1)
2014–2015 → Brno (loan) 28 (3)
2017–2021 Slavia Prague 28 (1)
2019 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 13 (0)
2019–2020 → Jablonec (loan) 16 (0)
2020–2021 → Slovan Liberec (loan) 23 (0)
2021–2025 Cracovia 81 (3)
2025 Cracovia II 2 (0)
2026– Zlín 8 (0)
International career
2008 Czech Republic U16 3 (0)
2008–2009 Czech Republic U17 9 (0)
2010 Czech Republic U18 5 (0)
2010–2011 Czech Republic U19 16 (1)
2012–2015 Czech Republic U21 10 (0)
2018–2023 Czech Republic 3 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA Euro U-19
Runner-up2011 Romania
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026

Jakub Jugas (born 5 May 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Czech First League club Zlín.

Club career

Jugas made his league debut on 28 August 2010 in Zlín's 0–2 Czech National Football League away loss against Sparta Prague B. He scored his first league goal on 17 August 2013 in the 4–0 home win against Baník Ostrava. He won the Czech FA Cup with Zlín in 2017.[1]

Slavia Prague

In May 2017, after fierce competition for his signature, Jugas decided to join Slavia Prague for the 2017–18 Fortuna Liga season[2] for a reported transfer fee of €570,000 plus future incentives.[3]

On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.

In February 2019, he joined Mladá Boleslav on loan until the end of the season.[4]

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 Romania. On 30 June 2017, he was called up to the senior Czech national team to face Belgium and Norway.[5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 25 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Zlín 2010–11 CNFL 100———100
2011–12 CNFL 27000——270
2012–13 CNFL 70———70
Total 44000——440
Příbram (loan) 2012–13 Czech First League 23000——230
2013–14 Czech First League 23120——251
Total 46120——481
Brno (loan) 2014–15 Czech First League 28320——303
Zlín 2015–16 Czech First League 30031——331
2016–17 Czech First League 27340——313
Total 57371——644
Slavia Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 2814010[b]0—421
2018–19 Czech First League 001000—10
Total 28150100—431
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2018–19 Czech First League 130———130
Jablonec (loan) 2019–20 Czech First League 160202[c]0—200
Slovan Liberec (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 230104[c]0—280
Cracovia 2021–22 Ekstraklasa 19010——200
2022–23 Ekstraklasa 26110——271
2023–24 Ekstraklasa 12020——140
2024–25 Ekstraklasa 24200——242
2025–26 Ekstraklasa 0000——00
Total 81340——853
Cracovia II 2025–26 III liga, group IV 20———20
Career total 338112311600037712
  1. ↑ Includes Czech Cup, Polish Cup
  2. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 20 June 2023[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Czech Republic
201820
202310
Total30

Honours

Zlín

Slavia Prague

Czech Republic U19

References

  1. ↑ "Fotbalový pohár patří Zlínu. Ve finále zdolal Opavu a bude fandit United". iDNES.cz. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Přetahovanou o obránce Jugase vyhrála Slavia, vyfoukla ho Spartě". iDNES.cz. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Hotovo! Vukadinovič jde do Sparty, Jugas upřednostnil Slavii - iSport.cz". iSport.cz. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "BOLESLAV POSÍLILA TROJICE MEŠANOVIČ, JUGAS A WIESNER". FK Mladá Boleslav. 22 February 2019. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jugas je poprvé v reprezentaci, Jarolím povolal i Přikryla či Čelůstku". iDNES.cz. 30 May 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Jakub Jugas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Czech Republic-Spain".