Their 2026 World Cup
🧤 In goal
Goalkeeping data derived from the matches he started (real scores and team saves). Penalty shootouts do not count as goals conceded.
Match by match
M. Kovář played 2 matches for Czech Republic, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group A | vs South Korea 1-2 | Started, played the full match |
| Group A | vs Mexico 0-3 | Started, played the full match |
Biography
Matěj Kovář (born 17 May 2000) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club PSV and the Czech Republic national team. Kovář joined the Manchester United youth system in 2018, from Czech club 1. FC Slovácko. He spent time on loan at Swindon Town, where he made his senior debut, Burton Albion and Sparta Prague. A former Czech youth international, Kovář represented his country from under-18 to under-21 level.
Manchester United Kovář began his career with 1. FC Slovácko in his native Czech Republic, but moved to England to join Manchester United in January 2018 at the age of 17. After being an unused substitute for the under-19s in a 2017–18 UEFA Youth League match against rivals Liverpool on 21 February 2018, he made his debut for the club's under-18s side in a 4–1 league win at home to Everton three days later. He played in all but two of the team's remaining matches that season, replacing Alex Fojtíček as first-choice goalkeeper.
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