Lukáš Havel (footballer)

Lukáš Havel (born 6 June 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for SK Dynamo České Budějovice.

Life
Havel was born on 6 June 1996 in České Budějovice. He is the grandson of Adolf Havel, a legend and member of SK Dynamo České Budějovice Hall of Fame who played for the club in the 1970s and then led all age categories in České Budějovice as a coach.

Club career
Havel has been playing for Dynamo České Budějovice since the age of six. He gradually went through all the youth teams and, with the exception of short loan spells in the lower amateur leagues in 2015 and 2016, when he played for FC Písek and Malše Roudná, he did not play for any other club. He made his senior league debut for České Budějovice on 28 May 2016 in their Czech National Football League 2–4 home loss against Vlašim and also scored his first goal in senior football. In the 2018–19 season, České Budějovice was promoted to the Czech First League and Havel made his first league debut on 14 July 2019 in the 0–1 home loss against Opava.

On 3 April 2023, in a match against Zlín, Havel was shown a red card forty seconds into the game, one of the fastest red cards in league history and the fastest in club history. Before the 2023–24 season, he became the club's captain. As of December 2023, he played over 120 matches in the first league for České Budějovice and scored 14 goals, which ranks him in the club's top 10 in both indicators.