Lukas Hradecky (born 24 November 1989), is a Slovak-born Finnish football goalkeeper who plays for Bayer Leverkusen and the Finland national team. Hradecky was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. He began his senior club career playing for TPS, before signing with Esbjerg fB at age 19 in 2009. After winning his first trophy, the Danish 1st Division, during his third season in Denmark, he helped Esbjerg win the Danish Cup in 2013.
A Finnish international, Hradecky has been awarded with Finnish Footballer of the Year award by the Football Association of Finland for three years in a row between 2016-2018. He made his international debut for Finland in May 2010, at the age of 20 and has over 50 caps. He appeared in 9 out of 10 Finland´s UEFA Euro 2020 qualification matches and helped Finland national team secure it´s first ever place in European Football Championship tournament´s group stage. |