Lukas Hradecky[A] (Slovak: Lukáš Hradecký; born 24 November 1989) is a Finnish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for and captains[3][4] both Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the Finland national team.
[10] On 3 August 2010 it was announced that Hradecky had been called to be tested for a week by Manchester United to strengthen their goalkeeping department after the departure of Tom Heaton.
[23][24][25][26] On 3 February 2024, in a 2–0 away win against Darmstadt, Hradecky had his 80th clean sheet in 280 Bundesliga matches in his career, which is the most of any foreign-born goalkeepers in the league's entire history.
[27] On 14 April 2024, after a 5–0 home win against Werder Bremen, Hradecky and Leverkusen secured the club's first ever Bundesliga championship title, five rounds prior to season ending.
[28] A month later, on 5 May, he featured in his 292nd Bundesliga match in a 5–1 away win over his former club Eintracht Frankfurt, breaking Yann Sommer's record to become the foreign goalkeeper with the most appearances in the German top tier.
[36] On 19 October, in a match against his former club Eintracht Frankfurt, Hradecky made his 300th Bundesliga appearance, as the first foreign goalkeeper in the history of the German top tier.
[37] On 25 January 2025, after a 2–2 draw against RB Leipzig, Hradecky became only the second player in the Bundesliga history to have played at least 50 consecutive league matches unbeaten.
[39] Hradecky was selected to Finland national under-21 football team for 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Championship but he had to withdraw due to a knee injury.
In January 2010 Hradecky was called to the Finland national football team by Stuart Baxter to face South Korea in a friendly at Málaga, Spain.
[42] He played his first UEFA European Championship qualification game on 3 June 2011 when Mixu Paatelainen chose him to the starting line up against San Marino in Serravalle.
[43] During autumn of 2011 he established himself as a regular in the Finland national team and appeared in the UEFA European Championship qualification matches against Moldova, Netherlands and Sweden.
He was chosen to starting line up in the first qualification match against France, but remained as a substitute for the rest of the campaign as Niki Mäenpää established himself as the number one choice.