Milan Lalkovič

Milan Lalkovič (born 9 December 1992) is a Slovak professional footballer who plays for FC Baník Ostrava in the Czech First League.

Milan Lalkovič

Lalkovič with Baník Ostrava in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Milan Lalkovič
Date of birth	9 December 1992
Place of birth	Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Baník Ostrava
Number	10
Youth career
	Košice-Barca
1998–2007	MFK Košice
2007–2010	Chelsea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Chelsea	0	(0)
2011	→ Doncaster Rovers (loan)	6	(0)
2012	→ ADO Den Haag (loan)	2	(0)
2012–2013	→ Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	8	(0)
2013–2014	→ Walsall (loan)	38	(6)
2014–2015	Mladá Boleslav	6	(0)
2015	Barnsley	17	(0)
2015–2016	Walsall	40	(7)
2016–2018	Portsmouth	14	(1)
2017	→ Ross County (loan)	6	(0)
2018–2019	Sigma Olomouc	17	(2)
2019–	Baník Ostrava	12	(0)
National team^‡
2007–2009	Slovakia U17	9	(2)
2009–2010	Slovakia U19	3	(0)
2011–2014	Slovakia U21	16	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 January 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 July 2015

Club career

Early career

Born in Košice, Lalkovič spent his early career with Košice-Barca and MFK Košice before signing for English club Chelsea in 2007. He joined Doncaster Rovers in August 2010; Lalkovič made a total of six appearances for Doncaster before returning to Chelsea.[1]

Lalkovič signed a season-long loan deal with Dutch club ADO Den Haag in August 2011,[2] and a season-long loan deal with Portuguese club Vitória de Guimarães in July 2012. On 4 January 2013 Lalkovič was recalled by Chelsea as he was struggling to find regular playing time.[3]

On 15 July 2013, Lalkovič signed for Walsall on a six-month loan deal.[4] During this period, Lalkovič scored 4 times in 24 appearances. On 6 January 2014, Lalkovič extended his loan with Walsall until the end of the season.[5] On 23 May 2014, Chelsea released Lalkovič and made him available for free transfer.[6][7]

On 25 July 2014, Lalkovič signed a deal with Czech FK Mladá Boleslav.[8] Following the termination of his deal with the side, he completed a free transfer to League One side Barnsley on 8 January 2015, signing an eighteen-month contract.[9] Lalkovič made his Barnsley début coming off the bench in a 2–0 victory against Yeovil Town.[10] Lalkovič made seventeen appearances in total for the Tykes but was permitted to conclude his contract early at the end of the season.[11]

Walsall

Lalkovič rejoined Walsall on 16 July 2015, signing a one–year deal with the Saddlers.[12] He scored his first goal in his second spell at Walsall in a League Cup tie against Brighton & Hove Albion.[13]

Portsmouth

On 28 June 2016, Lalkovič signed a two-year deal with Portsmouth for an undisclosed fee after failing to agree a new contract with Walsall.[14] He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 win over Barnet on 24 September 2016.[15]

On 20 January 2017, Lalkovič joined Scottish Premiership side Ross County on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 campaign.[16]

On transfer deadline day, Milan had his contract cancelled 6 months early by mutual consent.

Czech First League

On 18 October 2018, Lalkovič joined Czech First Division Side Sigma Olomouc on a short term deal until the end of the season.[17] After the season, he left Sigma Olomouc for FC Baník Ostrava.

Career statistics

As of 11 June 2019[18]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Chelsea	2011–12	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2012–13		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2013–14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doncaster Rovers (loan)	2011–12	Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
ADO Den Haag (loan)	2011–12	Eredivisie	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
Vitória de Guimarães (loan)	2012–13	Primeira Liga	8	0	1	0	1	0	—		10	0
Walsall (loan)	2013–14	League One	38	6	2	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	42	6
Mladá Boleslav	2014–15	Czech First League	6	0	2	0	—		0	0	8	0
Barnsley	2014–15	League One	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
Walsall	2015–16	League One	40	5	1	0	3	1	3[lower-alpha 2]	0	47	6
Portsmouth	2016–17	League Two	13	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	16	1
	2017–18	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	Total		14	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	1
Ross County (loan)	2016–17	Scottish Premiership	6	0	2	0	0	0	—		8	0
Sigma Olomouc	2018–19	Czech First League	17	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
Career total			153	14	9	0	5	1	8	0	175	15

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
2. One appearance(s) in Football League Trophy and two appearance(s) in Football League One play-offs

Honours

Vitória de Guimarães

• Taça de Portugal: 2012–13

References

1. "The Reserves Profiles: Milan Lalkovič". Chelsea F.C. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011.
2. "Blues' Lalkovic goes Dutch". skysports.
3. "Milan Lalkovic, Matej Delac return to Chelsea FC". weaintgotnohistory.com. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
4. "Walsall sign Chelsea youngster Milan Lalkovic on loan deal". talksport.co.uk. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
5. "LALKOVIC STAYS AT WALSALL". chelseafc.com. 6 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
6. "Clubs submit retained and released lists". premierleague.com. 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
7. "HUTCHISON, PIREZ RELEASED BY CHELSEA". tribalfootball.com. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
8. "Lalkovič do Mladej Boleslavi". Football Service Agency (in Czech). 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
9. "Barnsley: Milan Lalkovic, Ben Pearson and George Waring join". BBC Sport. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
10. "BBC Sport – Barnsley 2–0 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
11. "Milan Lalkovic: Ex-Chelsea trainee joins Walsall on 12-month contract". BBC Sport. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
12. "Milan Lalkovic: Ex-Chelsea trainee joins Walsall on 12-month contract". BBC Sport. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
13. "Walsall 2–1 Brighton". BBC Sport. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
14. "Portsmouth have signed Milan Lalkovic after reaching a compensation agreement with former club Walsall". BBC Sports. 28 June 2016.
15. "Portsmouth 5–1 Barnet". BBC. 24 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
16. "Slovakian international Milan Lalkovic comes in on loan from Portsmouth". Ross County FC. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
17. "Former Walsall winger Milan Lalkovic joins Czech side". Express and Star. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
18. Milan Lalkovič at Soccerway

External links

• Milan Lalkovic at Soccerbase