Antonín Kinský

Early career

Kinský played for a number of clubs in his early career, including Dukla Prague, after which he moved to Bohemians 1905. He later spent time on loan at Motorlet Prague and EMĚ Mělník. Kinský won promotion with FC Dukla to the Czech First League, where he played for one season.

Liberec

Kinský joined FC Slovan Liberec in 1998, reaching the final of the 1998–99 Czech Cup in his first season. In the summer of 1999 Kinský broke his thumb, resultantly not playing for the autumn half of the 1999–2000 season and subsequently sharing goalkeeping duties with Zbyněk Hauzr in the spring. Liberec finished the season by winning the 1999–2000 Czech Cup. In July 2000, Kinský was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis, receiving treatment at the military hospital in Prague and resultantly being unable to play in the autumn part of the 2000–01 season. The following season, he recorded consecutive clean sheets at the beginning of the campaign. Liberec went on to reach the quarter finals of the 2001–02 UEFA Cup and won the 2001–02 Czech First League. During a UEFA Cup match in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in October 2002, Kinský was targeted by bottles thrown onto the pitch from the crowd as the home team was defeated 1–0 in the match and 4–2 on aggregate. Three policemen were injured in the incident. He played in goal in a 4–0 league defeat against Viktoria Žižkov in October 2002, a game he described as "probably the worst match in my life." November 2002 was…

Kinský played for the under-17 team of Czechoslovakia in 1992, making two appearances. He went on to make three appearances for the Czech Republic national under-21 football team in 1997. Kinský was called up to the Czech Republic national team by coach Karel Brückner before their participation in two friendly matches in Cyprus in February 2002. He was one of three uncapped goalkeepers named in the squad, the others being Petr Čech and Martin Vaniak. He made his debut in Cyprus on 13 February, playing the second half of the game against the host country in a 4–3 win. Kinský was named in the Czech Republic squad for two major tournaments, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but didn't play in either competition. He played in a total of five matches for his national team between 2002 and 2004. He also made one appearance for the "A2" team of his country in 2006, playing the second half of a match against Turkey B on 1 March.

Kinský became a goalkeeping coach for the youth team of FC Tempo Prague after finishing his playing career, stating his desire to work as a goalkeeping coach in professional football in the future, but not as a head coach.

Youth career

Kinský played youth football for Tempo Prague, moving to Bohemians 1905 in 2017. In 2018, at the age of 15, he moved to Dukla Prague.

Early career

Kinský made his senior debut for Dukla Prague on 14 July 2020, in a 2–1 Czech National Football League win against Třinec. He made his Czech Cup debut on 26 August of the same year, keeping a clean sheet for Dukla in a 4–0 away win against Admira Prague. In July 2021 he transferred to Slavia Prague, signing a four-year contract. He was repeatedly called the greatest Czech goalkeeping talent of his generation. Between 2022 and 2024, Kinský was on loan in MFK Vyškov and FK Pardubice. He made his Czech First League debut on 22 July 2023, at the age of 20, in Pardubice's 0–1 home loss against Bohemians 1905. He was shown the red card in Pardubice's second league match of the season, receiving a four-match suspension, and went on to miss a number of further matches due to injury. His next league appearance came in December 2023, when he played in a 2–1 loss against Sparta Prague, before keeping the first First League clean sheet of his career in a 2–0 win against Slovan Liberec the same month. Having played just four times before the mid-season break, Kinský went on to feature for Pardubice 14 times in the second half of the season before returning to his parent club. After the 2023–24 season, Kinský originally decided not to extend his contract in Slavia. Following an injury to Slavia's number one…

Kinský was a regular member of the youth national teams. He regularly played for the Czech youth national teams since the U15 category. He was originally in the Czech Republic U21 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, but he had to be replaced due to injury. Kinský received his first call-up for the Czech Republic senior team in October 2024 ahead of Nations League matches against Albania and Ukraine. In May 2026, he was named in the Czech Republic's 54-man preliminary squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, he was later excluded from the final squad after opting to undergo surgery.

Club

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Kinský studied Russian at school. He and his wife, Martina, have two children, Antonín and Andrea, who both took part in sports in their childhood. Antonín Jr. went on to become a professional football goalkeeper, moving to England to play for Tottenham Hotspur in 2025.

Kinský is the son of Antonín Kinský, who is a former member of the Czech national team, winner of the Czech First League and part of his national team's squad at UEFA Euro 2004.