Jindřich Staněk, the award-winning goalkeeper of the last season of FORTUNA:LIGA, has signed a new contract with Viktoria Plzeň. The twenty-six year old international has extended his contract with the club until 2025.

With fourteen clean sheets, the player with number 36 dominated the league statistics for the 2021/2022 season. He contributed significantly to the championship title, earned the award for the best goalkeeper of the season, and also made four national team starts in important matches. Now the Pilsen´s fans favourite has extended his contract with the Czech champion until 2025!

Jindřich Staněk came to Plzeň on loan in the 2019/2020 season and a year later he transferred from České Budějovice permanently. Since then, he has carved out his position as the number one keeper, which he confirmed with great performances in the last season. In Viktoria kit he played 48 out of 59 league games, in which he managed to keep 23 clean sheets.

"During the title winning season, Jindra Staněk was a significant personality of our team, and the results and numbers speak for themselves. His performance in the club also earned him a place in the national team. We are glad that we agreed on the extension of his contract quite quickly," said Adolf Šádek, the club´s general manager.

"We managed to achieve great success and win the league title. Now we have to fight for the European Cups and I feel a huge motivation for the big matches. I want to play with the team in Europe, so I am very happy that I can fight for it and continue in Pilsen in the next years," commented the Pilsen´s goalkeeper on signing a new contract.