Erik Jirka

Following his move to GKS Katowice, Jirka's current-season form is level with last season (Season 36→36), while his Rating climbed 28→30. His peak season for form remains 2025/26 (Season 36).

Domestic career

Season	Club	Apps	G	A	Match	RTG	Season
2026/27	GKS Katowice · 8th	4	0	0	6.9	30	36
2025/26	Piast Gliwice · 15th	31	6	1	7.02	28	36
2024/25	Piast Gliwice · 10th	15	0	1	6.97	29	9
2024/25	Plzen	12	3	0	6.9	—	—
2023/24	Plzen	21	5	1	6.85	—	—
2022/23	Plzen	28	2	0	—	—	—

Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year. 8 earlier seasons in the full career.

Slovakia · international

Side	Apps	G
Slovakia	10	2
Slovakia U21	10	1
Slovakia U19	6	1

Career caps & goals — tournament breakdown in the full career.

Scout report

Project playerCentral midfielder

E. Jirka is a 28-year-old central midfielder at Piast Gliwice, enjoying a standout season — 6 goals and 1 assists in 31 appearances, a Season grade of 36. On long-term scout potential he's rated 28.2. An experienced operator, he has been a regular starter (71.5% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.39 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Jirka.

On the season, Jirka graded 36 for current form (age-blind), on 6 goals, 1 assist and 2.387 defensive actions per 90.

Year-on-year, that's broadly in line with last season (Season 36 → 36). Over the 5 seasons on record his form has trended upward, peaking in 2025/26.

On long-term talent our Rating reads 28. At 28 Jirka is in his prime years, and a market index of 4.1 reflects that trajectory.

From the career report

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A career still climbing — Jirka is at his peak right now, and the curve hasn't flattened.

Peak: 2025/26Trending upBreakout: 2025/26Stepped up 2024/254 clubs

28.2

Ratingi

below regular-starter level

36.3

Seasoni

developing / rotation level

71.5%

Minutes

a regular starter

2.39

Def. actions / 90

moderate defensive volume

Output in context · Piast Gliwice finished 15th of 18 · a lower-table side

Apps

2.39

Def. / 90

Tackles

Interceptions

Clean sheets

2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 6 clean sheets across 31 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (15th of 18) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 6 goals and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.

Strengths

Availability. On the pitch for 71.5% of available minutes — a dependable presence in the XI.
Attacking threat. Chips in from deep: 0.29 goal involvements per 90, useful for a central midfielder.

Watch points

Level. Rates below a nailed-on top-tier starter on our model.

Outlook

Rated 28.2 overall — below regular-starter level. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.39 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1.2× now → 0.9× projected in three years).

Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.

Per 90 & availability

Minutes played %71.5%

Available fixtures34 of 34

Goals / 900.247

Assists / 900.041

Goal contribution / 900.288

Defensive actions / 902.387

Player flow

Goal involvements7

Cards / 900.165

Season-by-season progression

Rating (potential)Season (form)

Value & potential by age

Market valueRating

Solid = now · dashed = projected

The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~7), then tapers with age. At 28, Jirka sits on 4.1, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Jirka's projected Rating — 28.2 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.

Season statistics

Bars = where he ranks among central midfielders in the Ekstraklasa with 600+ minutes this season.

Shooting

Goals6

Passing

Assists1

Defending

Tackles35

Interceptions21

Blocks2

Yellow/red cards

Yellow cards4

Red cards0

Transfer history

GKS KatowiceJan 2026 – now

Piast GliwiceJan 2025 – Jan 2026Free Transfer

PlzenAug 2022 – Jan 2025Free

OviedoJul 2021 – Aug 2022

Mirandes(on loan)Aug 2020 – Jul 2021

Gornik Zabrze(on loan)Jan 2020 – Aug 2020

FK Crvena Zvezda(back from loan)Jan 2020 – Jan 2020

Radnicki NIS(on loan)Jul 2019 – Jan 2020

FK Crvena ZvezdaJan 2019 – Jul 2019

Spartak Trnavauntil Jan 2019

About E. Jirka

Erik Jirka is a 28-year-old central midfielder who plays for GKS Katowice, born on September 19, 1997 in Drahovce, standing 183 cm tall. He is from Slovakia. GKS Katowice currently sit 8th of 18 in the Ekstraklasa.

This season

In the current season, E. Jirka has made 4 appearances with 0 goals and 0 assists across 216 minutes, averaging a 6.9 match rating over his last 4 rated games.

Recent matches

August 23, 2026: 5-0 win at home vs Wisla Plock (26 minutes, 6.9 rating)
August 16, 2026: 0-1 loss away at Motor Lublin (71 minutes, 6.3 rating)
August 2, 2026: 3-1 win at home vs Radomiak Radom (90 minutes, 7.7 rating)
July 26, 2026: 1-2 loss away at Wisla Krakow (29 minutes, 6.7 rating)

E. Jirka's next match is on August 30, 2026, when GKS Katowice face Gornik Zabrze away in the Ekstraklasa.

Field Insider's view

Field Insider currently rates E. Jirka at 28.2 with a Season form score of 36.3. See the full scout report for strengths, watch-points and the market-value outlook.

His honours include 4 career titles — among them the Super Liga and the 1. liga. Full list in the career record.

Career

Across 13 recorded seasons, E. Jirka has totalled 278 club appearances with 41 goals and 5 assists for 9 different clubs. His busiest campaign came in 2020/21, with 32 appearances for Mirandes.

E. Jirka's career has also included time at Piast Gliwice, Plzen, Oviedo, Mirandes, Gornik Zabrze, FK Crvena Zvezda, Radnicki NIS and Spartak Trnava.

On the international stage, E. Jirka has represented Slovakia, Slovakia U21, Slovakia U19 — 26 caps and 4 goals in our records.

Transfer news

No transfer news found for this player.