Ondřej Lingr

Ondřej Lingr
Lingr with Houston Dynamo in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998
Place of birth Havířov, Czech Republic
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
Korona Kielce
Youth career
–2017 Karviná
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Karviná 74 (9)
2020–2024 Slavia Prague 88 (30)
2023–2024 → Feyenoord (loan) 20 (3)
2024 Feyenoord 0 (0)
2024–2025 Slavia Prague 16 (1)
2025–2026 Houston Dynamo 43 (3)
2026– Korona Kielce 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Czech Republic U17 10 (1)
2016–2017 Czech Republic U19 12 (2)
2017–2018 Czech Republic U20 4 (0)
2019–2021 Czech Republic U21 7 (0)
2022– Czech Republic 26 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:23, 25 August 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 October 2025

Ondřej Lingr (born 7 October 1998) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce and the Czech Republic national team.[1]

Club career

On 12 May 2017, Lingr made his Czech First League debut for Karviná in a match against Sparta Prague.[2] On 6 August 2020, Lingr joined Slavia Prague for an estimated amount of €450,000, signing a contract until summer 2024.[3] By scoring a late goal in the Prague derby against Sparta Prague and helping with the decisive in the victory over České Budějovice, he received 2021–22 Czech First League Player of the Month 30 March 2022.[4]

Lingr playing for Feyenoord in 2024.

On 24 August 2023, Lingr joined Dutch Eredivisie club Feyenoord on one-year loan with an option to buy.[5] He debuted against FC Utrecht the same year on 3 September, coming off as a substitute in the 85th minute and immediately contributed to a 5–1 victory with an assist.[6]

On 3 September 2024, Lingr returned to Slavia Prague, signed a contract until June 2028.[7] On 28 March 2025, he joined Major League Soccer side Houston Dynamo on a four-year contract for a reported fee of $2.6 million. On 19 April 2025, he came in as a sub and scored his first goal for the club in the 96th minute of a match against Colorado Rapids.[8][9]

On 30 August 2026, Lingr signed a contract with Ekstraklasa club Korona Kielce until 30 June 2029.[10]

International career

Lingr with the Czech Republic U21 in 2019

After Patrik Schick suffered an injury in early 2022, Lingr was one of the players that received his first senior call-up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off against Sweden[11] and a friendly match against Wales.[12] Lingr made his debut against the former opponent, coming off a substitute.[13] Lingr was selected from the list of 26 Czech footballers by Ivan Hašek to participate in UEFA Euro 2024.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 August 2026[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Karviná 2016–17 Czech First League 20———20
2017–18 Czech First League 14033——173
2018–19 Czech First League 29230——322
2019–20 Czech First League 29700——297
Total 74963——8012
Slavia Prague 2020–21 Czech First League 2745312[b]1—448
2021–22 Czech First League 31143014[c]1—4815
2022–23 Czech First League 27115310[d]2—4216
2023–24 Czech First League 31001[e]0—41
Total 8830136374—13840
Feyenoord (loan) 2023–24 Eredivisie 203215[f]0—274
Feyenoord 2024–25 Eredivisie 0000001[g]010
Slavia Prague 2024–25 Czech First League 161107[b]0—241
Houston Dynamo 2025 Major League Soccer 26320—2[h]1304
2026 Major League Soccer 17031——201
Total 43351—21505
Career total 2414627114943132062
  1. ↑ Includes Czech Cup, KNVB Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ One appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, eleven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield
  8. ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup

International

As of match played 9 October 2025[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Czech Republic 202250
202360
2024131
202510
Total251
Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lingr goal.[16]
List of international goals scored by Ondřej Lingr
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 June 2024Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria Malta5–17–1Friendly

Honours

Slavia Prague

Feyenoord

References

  1. ↑ "Slavia hlásí další posilu! Vyfoukla ji Baníku před nosem". sport.cz (in Czech). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "MFK Karvina vs. AC Sparta Prague". Soccerway. Platform Group. 12 May 2017.
  3. ↑ Žižka, Vojtěch (7 August 2020). "Další posila v Edenu. Z Karviné přišel Lingr". Deník (in Czech). Prague: Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "V březnu byl ve fotbalové lize nejlepší Lingr, trenérem měsíce se stal Koubek". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 30 March 2022.
  5. ↑ Vojík, Jiří (24 August 2023). "Lingr po třech letech opouští Slavii, na hostování s opcí posílil Feyenoord". Eurofotbal (in Czech). Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "Lingr k Feyenoordu: Pocity jsou neskutečné. Těším se na Ligu mistrů". Eurofotbal (in Czech). 4 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  7. ↑ Malý, Jan (3 September 2024). "Lingr podepsal ve Slavii. Chci do Edenu vrátit trofeje, říká". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "Houston Dynamo FC sign Czech Republic National Team attacker Ondřej Lingr". Houston Dynamo. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  9. ↑ "Houston Dynamo acquire DP midfielder Ondřej Lingr". MLS Soccer. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  10. ↑ Skok, Aleš (30 August 2026). "Milionová posila z MLS. Lingr překvapivě zakotvil v Polsku". TN.cz (in Czech). TV Nova. Retrieved 30 August 2026.
  11. ↑ "Na baráž do Švédska bez Schicka. Kouč dodatečně nominoval Jurečku a Heču". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 21 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "Krejčí, Lingr, Jurečka? Příprava ve Walesu: povinnost i šance pro nováčky". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 27 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ať hrají Petrášek či Krejčí, čtenáři chtějí na Wales i Lingra a Jurečku". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. 29 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Nominace reprezentace na přípravný kemp před Euro 2024 | Reprezentace" (in Czech). Football Association of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  15. ↑ "O. Lingr". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  16. 1 2 Ondřej Lingr at National-Football-Teams.com
  17. ↑ "Als rook is opgetrokken, wint Feyenoord bekerfinale van NEC" [As smoke clears, Feyenoord wins cup final against NEC] (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2025.