| Kryštof Daněk | |
| Birth Date: | 2003 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Height: | 1.82 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Sparta Prague |
| Clubnumber: | 13 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | SK Chvalkovice |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | Sigma Olomouc |
| Years1: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Sigma Olomouc |
| Caps1: | 55 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Years2: | 2022– |
| Clubs2: | Sparta Prague |
| Caps2: | 36 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Pardubice (loan) |
| Caps3: | 25 |
| Goals3: | 8 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2018 |
| Nationalteam1: | Czech Republic U15 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 13 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Czech Republic U16 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam3: | Czech Republic U17 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | Czech Republic U21 |
| Nationalcaps4: | 15 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 2 |
| Club-Update: | 28 November 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 18 July 2024 |
Kryštof Daněk (born 5 January 2003) is a Czech professional footballer playing as a midfielder who currently plays for AC Sparta Prague in the Czech First League, and the Czech Republic national under-21 football team.
Daněk started playing football for local club SK Chalkovice at the age of six. In 2015 he moved to Sigma Olomouc academy.
Daněk made his professional debut for Sigma Olomouc in a 3-1 Czech Cup win over Jablonec in March 2020.[1] In the rest of that season Danek made 3 other appearances in the league.
In the 2020-21 season Daněk played a more central role for Sigma Olomouc, scoring his first goal for the club in a 4–1 home win against Opava.[2] In total in the 2020–21 season Daněk scored 3 goals in 26 appearances in all competitions. The next season Daněk scored 3 goals in 32 games in all competitions.[3]
In June 2022 Daněk transferred to fellow Czech First League club Sparta Prague on a multi-year deal.[4] Daněk made his debut for Sparta in a 2–1 home defeat to Slovan Liberec.[5] He also scored his first goalin that game. His second goal for the club came in a 1–1 draw at home to Jablonec.[6]
On 8 September 2023, Daněk joined Pardubice on a half-year loan deal.[7]
Danek has represented the Czech Republic at U15, U16, U17 and U21 level.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sigma Olomouc | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2021–21 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 3 | |||||
| Total | 55 | 5 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 63 | 6 | |||||
| Sparta Prague | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 27 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 46 | 2 | ||||
| Paradubice(loan) | 2023–24 | Czech First League | 25 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 26 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 116 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 16 | |||
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