Lukas Haraslin (born 26 May 1996) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a winger for Sparta Prague and the Slovakia national team.
Haraslin debuted with Parma in Primavera against Juventus on 2 November 2013, coming on as a substitute for Marco Boscolo Zemelo in the 54th minute. He came on as a substitute for Marco Boscolo Zemelo in the 54th minute. Parma lost the game 2–3. Just a week later Haraslin was already a part of the starting line-up for a 1–0 victory over Bologna. However, his season was cut short by an injury that would rule him out between January and March 2014, leading to only nine starts during the season. Despite this, by the end of the season, Haraslin managed to score his first two goals against Modena in a 5–0 win, on 12 April 2014.
In the subsequent season, Haraslin played over twice as many games (20), scoring 9 goals, particularly between November and January, when he scored in 5 of 7 games he started, tallying a total of 7 goals. This won him promotion for the senior team as he made an Italian senior side and Serie A debut on 1 February 2015 against Milan. The same year in May, Haraslin returned to the senior team, as he substituted Abdelkader Ghezzal, in a match against Fiorentina (0–3 loss).
On 7 July 2015, Haraslin joined Lechia Gdansk on a three-year deal, although an apparent interest was reported from numerous clubs, yet some only requested Haraslin on a loan.
Haraslin debuted for Lechia Gdansk on 16 August 2015 a wild 3–3 tie against Wisla Krakow. Although Haraslin was only fielded in the second half, coming on as a substitute for Bruno Nazario, he scored just after six minutes on the pitch, setting the score to 2–2. The following week, Haraslin scored 2 in a 3–1 win over Gornik leczna. In late October Haraslin suffered an injury that kept him out of action until early December. After he returned, he played in almost all of the games, although mostly as a substitute. He completed the season with 3 goals in 20 games.
At the end of 2018, Haraslin was named Lechia's fan-favourite. In January 2019, it was reported that Galatasaray had notable interest in Haraslin's services, yet even Inter Milan, A.S. Roma, Atalanta Bergamo and Dijon were reportedly interested.
However, the transfer did not advance as Lechia was in a battle for the championship. In an article published on 17 May 2019, Michal Galezewski stated that Lechia appears to lack a replacement for Haraslin and while a move was expectable and comprehensible, he noted it may not happen.
Even due to an injury and poor performances in late May, Rafal Sumowski from Troj Miato also stated that it seemed to lack future potential employers. Haraslin started in Polish Cup final game against Jagiellonia Bialystok playing most of the game as Lechia won the cup. Haraslin also played an important role during the 2018–19 season as Lechia finished third in the season, Lechia's joint highest finish in the league.
The 2019–20 season saw Lechia qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League and saw them play in the Polish SuperCup. Haraslin scored twice in the SuperCup final as Lechia beat Piast Gliwice 3–1. In the Europa League Lechia were drawn against Brondby IF. Haraslin played in both games as Lechia lost the tie 5–3 on aggregate. Haraslin made his 100th appearance for Lechia in July 2019 against Wisla Krakow. In total Haraslin made 121 appearances for Lechia with 16 goals in all competitions.
In January 2020, Haraslin went on loan to Italian club Sassuolo, with having an obligation to buy at the end of the loan period.
In August 2021, Haraslin went on loan to Czech side Sparta Prague with an option to buy at the end of the loan period. On 23 February 2024, he signed permanently a new multi-year contract.
In December 2022, Haraslin was called up for senior national team prospective players' training camp at NTC Senec as one of the experienced leading players in the squad due to his previous absence last autumn. With praise from Calzona for his recent form, Haraslin returned ahead of two home qualifiers against Luxembourg and Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
