# Michal Sáček

Michal Sáček (born 19 September 1996) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok. A central midfielder throughout most of his career, he can also be deployed as a right-back.

## Club career
### Sparta Prague

He made his career league debut for Sparta Prague on 14 May 2016 in a Czech First League 5–0 home win against Jihlava. While at Sparta Prague, he won the Revelation of the Year award for the 2016–17 Czech First League season.

### Jagiellonia Białystok

On 2 February 2023, Polish club Jagiellonia Białystok announced the signing of Sáček on a two-and-a-half-year contract.

## International career

He was called up to the Czech national team on 2 June 2017 to face Belgium and Norway as a replacement for the injured Antonín Barák, but failed to make an appearance. He represented his country on the 2017 European Under-21 Championship. In the first match, a 0–2 loss to Germany, his defensive error led to a goal by Serge Gnabry.
He made his senior debut on 8 September 2021 in a friendly against Ukraine, a 1–1 home draw.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 19 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sparta Prague | 2015–16 | Czech First League | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | 2016–17 | Czech First League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | 2018–19 | Czech First League | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 1 |
| Sparta Prague | 2019–20 | Czech First League | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 41 | 2 |
| Sparta Prague | 2020–21 | Czech First League | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | 2021–22 | Czech First League | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | 2022–23 | Czech First League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Sparta Prague | Total | Total | 157 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 201 | 3 |
| Sparta Prague B | 2022–23 | CNFL | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 38 | 1 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok | Total | Total | 63 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 1 |
| Jagiellonia Białystok II | 2023–24 | III liga, group I | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 225 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 4 |
* ↑ Includes Czech Cup, Polish Cup
* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
* ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League
* ↑ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, six appearances in UEFA Conference League

### International

Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Czech Republic |
| Czech Republic | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 1 | 0 |

## Honours

Sparta Prague
* Czech Cup: 2019–20
Jagiellonia Białystok
* Ekstraklasa: 2023–24