Adam Karabec

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Adam Karabec
File:2025-03-05 Adam Karabec HSV pic1.jpg
Karabec in 2025 with Hamburger SV
Personal information
Date of birth (2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth Prague, Czech Republic
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Lyon
(on loan from Sparta Prague)
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2016 Bohemians 1905
2016–2020 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Sparta Prague 107 (12)
2022–2023 → Sparta Prague B 5 (0)
2024–2025 → Hamburger SV (loan) 31 (3)
2025– → Lyon (loan) 14 (1)
International career‡
2017–2018 Czech Republic U15 10 (3)
2018–2019 Czech Republic U16 14 (3)
2019–2020 Czech Republic U19 8 (0)
2020– Czech Republic U21 29 (5)
2025– Czech Republic 4 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:20, 14 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025

Adam Karabec (born 2 July 2003) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Ligue 1 club Lyon, on loan from Sparta Prague, and the Czech Republic national team. He was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation" list for 2020.[1]

Club career

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After a long spell in the youth academy of Bohemians 1905, which he had joined at the age of six, in 2016 Karabec gained a move to fellow Prague-based club Sparta Prague and began making it through the Letenští's youth teams. By the beginning of the 2019–20 season, Karabec was already a member of Sparta's under-19 squad, despite being only sixteen. In July 2019, he was named "Player of the Tournament" in the CEE Cup.[2] By September 2019, he had also begun to play for the reserve team in their regional group of the national third division.

It took less than five months to the midfielder to impress the then head coach Václav Jílek and gain a call-up to join the first team. Karabec subsequently made his professional debut on 23 February 2020, coming on as a replacement for David Moberg Karlsson at the 88th minute of his side's 1–0 loss against Sigma Olomuc. After collecting other three appearances as a substitute and scoring his first goal in a 4–1 win against Karviná, he also made his first start on 10 June 2020, as he featured in Sparta's 2–0 win against Opava and was replaced by Georges Mandjeck at the 76th minute.[3]

On 4 July 2024, Karabec joined German 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV on a loan with option to make the move permanent.[4] On 12 August 2025, he joined Ligue 1 club Lyon on a one-year loan deal with an option to make transfer permanent.[5] Later that month, on 23 August, he scored his first goal in a 3–0 victory over Metz.[6]

International career

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A youth international for Czech Republic at several levels, in September 2020, Karabec received his first call-up both by the Under-21 and the senior national teams.[7]

On 2 September 2020, he made his debut for the former squad against San Marino U21, registering an assist for Václav Drchal's opener which ended up in a 6–0 victory for the Czechs.[citation needed] Exactly one week later, Karabec was featured on the bench in the senior team's UEFA Nations League match against Scotland.[citation needed]

Karabec played for the Czech Republic in the UEFA European Under-21 championships in 2021, 2023 and 2025, and thus became the first Czech player to appear in three UEFA European Under-21 championships.[8] On 8 September 2025, he debuted for the Czech Republic national football team in a 1–1 friendly draw against Saudi Arabia.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 14 December 2025[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sparta Prague 2019–20 Czech First League 10 1 0 0 – 10 1
2020–21 23 3 3 0 5[a] 0 31 3
2021–22 30 2 4 0 8[b] 0 42 2
2022–23 23 2 3 0 2[c] 0 28 2
2023–24 21 4 2 1 7[a] 0 30 5
Total 107 12 12 1 22 0 141 13
Sparta Prague B 2022–23 Czech National Football League 5 0 – – 5 0
Hamburger SV (loan) 2024–25 2. Bundesliga 31 3 2 0 — 33 3
Lyon (loan) 2025–26 Ligue 1 14 1 0 0 6[a] 1 20 2
Career total 158 16 14 1 28 1 199 18
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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As of match played 17 November 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2025 4 2
Total 4 2

Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Adam Karabec
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 12 October 2025 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands 1–1 1–2 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
2. 17 November 2025 Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic File:Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar 4–0 6–0

Honours

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Sparta Prague

Individual

References

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