Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jan Kliment | ||
Date of birth | 1 September 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Jihlava, Czech republic | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Brøndby IF (on loan from VfB Stuttgart) |
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Number | 29 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2012 | Jihlava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Jihlava | 31 | (3) |
2014 | → Banská Bystrica (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2015– | VfB Stuttgart | 8 | (1) |
2015– | VfB Stuttgart II | 1 | (0) |
2016– | → Brøndby IF (loan) | 12 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2011 | Czech Republic U19 | 1 | (0) |
2013 | Czech Republic U20 | 2 | (0) |
2015 | Czech Republic U21 | 5 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 September 2015 |
Jan Kliment (born 1 September 1993) is a Czech footballer who plays as a forward for Brøndby IF on loan from VfB Stuttgart.
Kliment played his youth football for FC Vysočina Jihlava before joining their senior team. Following his rise to prominence at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he won the Golden Boot, he departed for VfB Stuttgart prior to the 2015–16 season, signing a deal through 2019.
On 30 August 2016 Kliment was loaned out to Brøndby IF until the end of the season.
On 20 June 2015, he scored a hat-trick for the Czech under-21 team in a 4–0 win over Serbia in the group stage of the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship at Letná Stadium in Prague. Kliment was awarded the Golden Boot as highest goalscorer of the tournament with 3 goals.