_(cropped).jpg) Pavlenka with theCzech Republic in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1992-04-14)14 April 1992 (age 33) | ||
| Place of birth | Hlučín, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PAOK | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Baník Ostrava | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2016 | Baník Ostrava | 67 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Slavia Prague | 36 | (0) |
| 2017–2024 | Werder Bremen | 198 | (0) |
| 2024– | PAOK | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Czech Republic U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2023 | Czech Republic | 21 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 31 August 2025 | |||
Jiří Pavlenka (born 14 April 1992) is a Czech professionalfootballer who plays as agoalkeeper forSuper League Greece clubPAOK.
Pavlenka joinedSlavia Prague fromBaník Ostrava in January 2016 for a transfer fee of €380,000.[2][3] He won the league title with Slavia Prague in the2016–17 Czech First League season.[4]
In June 2017, Pavlenka joinedWerder Bremen signing a three-year contract with the option of a fourth year.[5] The transfer fee was estimated at €3 million.[5] In August 2018, following a strong debut season in the Bundesliga, Pavlenka agreed a contract extension with the club.[6]
After the seventh matchday of the2023–24 season, Pavlenka was replaced byMichael Zetterer as Bremen's first-choice goalkeeper and did not appear in any more matches for the rest of the season.[7] His contract was not extended, and he left Bremen at the end of the season, after seven years at the club.[8]
On 30 September 2024,free agent Pavlenka moved to reigningSuper League Greece championsPAOK.[9] He signed a one-year contract with the option of a further year.[9]
Having representedunder-21, Pavlenka received his first call-up to the seniorCzech Republic side for a friendly againstSlovakia in March 2015.[10] He debuted for the senior side on 15 November 2016 in afriendly match againstDenmark.[11]
Along with other Czech players in Bundesliga, Pavlenka was called for the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification in March 2021, and was allegedly only available for the first match againstEstonia.[12] However, due toCOVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the German government removed the necessity for players to undergo a mandatory two-week quarantine after returning to Germany, which the Bundesliga clubs discouraged.[13]
In May 2021, Pavlenka was included in the 23-man Czech squad for the rescheduledUEFA Euro 2020.[14] He was injured during a match againstEstonia, later replaced byTomáš Koubek andVaclík.[15]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Baník Ostrava | 2012–13 | Czech First League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | [16] | |
| 2013–14 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | [16] | |||
| 2014–15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | [16] | |||
| 2015–16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | [16] | |||
| Total | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | – | ||
| Slavia Prague | 2015–16 | Czech First League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | [16] | |
| 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | [16] | |||
| Total | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | – | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2017–18 | Bundesliga | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 0 | [17] | ||
| 2018–19 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 39 | 0 | [17] | ||||
| 2019–20 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 39 | 0 | [17] | |||
| 2020–21 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | – | 39 | 0 | [17] | ||||
| 2021–22 | 2. Bundesliga | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 23 | 0 | [17] | |||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | – | 35 | 0 | [17] | |||
| 2023–24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 8 | 0 | [17] | ||||
| Total | 198 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 0 | – | ||
| PAOK | 2024-25 | Super League Greece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 303 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 333 | 0 | – | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | |
Slavia Prague
Czech Republic
Do druhého poločasu poslal Karel Jarolím většinu zbývajících hráčů na lavičce náhradníků, svůj první start si tak připsali brankář Jiří Pavlenka a záložníci Petr Mareš s Tomášem Součkem.[As Karel Jarolím sent most of the remaining players on the bench in the second half, goalkeeper Jiří Pavlenka with midfielders Petr Mareš and Tomáš Souček got their first start.]
