Matěj Majka
Czech footballer
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Matěj Majka (born 31 January 2000) is a Czech semi-professional footballer who plays as a winger for Czech Fourth Division club FK Olympie Březová.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Matěj Majka[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Sokolov, Czech Republic[2] | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FK Olympie Březová | ||
| Number | 28 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Sparta Prague | ||
| 2018–2020 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | FC MAS Táborsko | 19 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | FK Baník Sokolov | 26 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | FK Baník Sokolov B | 6 | (6) |
| 2023–2025 | SV Mitterteich | 44 | (3) |
| 2025– | FK Olympie Březová | 34 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Czech Republic U15 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | Czech Republic U16 | 10 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Czech Republic U17 | 9 | (2) |
| 2018 | Czech Republic U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | Czech Republic U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:55, 21 May 2026 (UTC) | |||
Majka is a product of the Sparta Prague academy and began his professional career in England with Brentford. He failed to break into the first team squad and following his release in 2020, he played lower league football in the Czech Republic and Germany. Majka was capped by the Czech Republic at youth level.
Club career
Sparta Prague
A winger, Majka entered the Sparta Prague academy at age 14 and progressed sufficiently to be awarded the Vlastislav Mareček Award at the 2016 FAČR Grassroots Gala.[4][5][6][7] He was an unused substitute for the first team on two occasions during the 2016–17 season and appeared for the U19 team in Sparta's 2016–17 and 2017–18 UEFA Youth League campaigns.[6][8] Majka departed the Stadion Letná when his contract expired in June 2018.[6]
Brentford
In August 2018, Majka moved to England to sign a two-year contract with the B team at Championship club Brentford on a free transfer, with the option of a further year.[6] During his two seasons with the club, Majka made 62 B team appearances, scored five goals and was part of the squad which won the 2018–19 Middlesex Senior Cup.[9][10] He was released in June 2020, when the club opted not to take up the option on his contract.[11]
Return to the Czech Republic
In August 2020, Majka signed a two-year contract with newly promoted Czech National League club FC MAS Táborsko on a free transfer.[12] He made 20 appearances and scored one goal during the 2020–21 season.[8] Majka departed the club during the 2021 off-season and on 16 September 2021,[13] he signed a contract with hometown Bohemian League A club FK Baník Sokolov.[14] Majka made 26 appearances and scored one goal prior to departing the club in January 2023.[15][16]
SV Mitterteich
In January 2023, Majka transferred to German Landesliga Bayern-Nordost club SV Mitterteich.[16] He made 45 appearances and scored three goals prior to his departure in February 2025.[17][18]
FK Olympie Březová
In February 2025, Majka transferred to Czech Fourth Division club FK Olympie Březová.[19] He made 14 appearances and scored goal during the remainder of a 2024–25 season in which the club narrowly avoided relegation.[20][21] Majka made 20 appearances and scored two goals during a 2025–26 season in which the club suffered relegation.[20][22]
International career
Career statistics
- As of match played 16 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2016–17[8] | Czech First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| FC MAS Táborsko | 2020–21[8] | Czech National League | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | ||
| FK Baník Sokolov | 2021–22[15] | Bohemian League A | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23[15] | Bohemian League A | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 26 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||||
| FK Baník Sokolov B | 2021–22[24] | Regional Championship Karlovy Vary I.B | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 6 | |||
| 2022–23[24] | Regional Championship Karlovy Vary I.A | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | |||||
| SV Mitterteich | 2022–23[17] | Landesliga Bayern-Nordost | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1[b] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24[17] | Landesliga Bayern-Nordost | 26 | 3 | — | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 2024–25[17] | Landesliga Bayern-Nordost | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 45 | 3 | ||||
| FK Olympie Březová | 2024–25[20] | Czech Fourth Division B | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26[20] | Czech Fourth Division B | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 20 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 34 | 3 | — | — | — | 34 | 3 | |||||
| Career total | 129 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 131 | 14 | ||