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Matěj Kovář is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United.


Birthday : 17 May 2000 . Place of birth : Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic.


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.


Kovář was again the first-choice goalkeeper for the reserve team the following season, playing in 17 of their 22 league matches; he also played in six of the seven matches for the under-19s in the 2018-19 UEFA Youth League.


In 2019-20, he played in 11 of the 17 league matches the reserves played before the season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, as well as all four matches they played in the 2019-20 EFL Trophy, in which they came up against the senior sides of the teams in EFL League One and Two.


His performances for the reserves earned him a new contract with the club, signed in October 2019.


With the first team's qualification for the knockout phase of the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League secure, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær selected a young team for their matchday 5 game against Astana in Kazakhstan on 28 November 2019; Kovář was named on the bench as back-up for Lee Grant, but did not play in the match.


Ahead of the 2020-21 season, Kovář moved on loan to Swindon Town in August 2020.


On 6 January 2021 Kovář returned to Manchester United after being recalled.


Kovář was named in Manchester United's final Premier League squad submitted after the end of the transfer deadline for the 2021-22 season.


Kovář represented the Czech Republic at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 youth levels.


Kovář was first called up to the Czech Republic senior team on 8 September 2021 for the friendly against Ukraine after Tomáš Vaclík suffered an injury.



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