Scotland goalkeeper Krisztian Hegyi has joined Sparta Prague on a permanent transfer after seven years at West Ham United. The 23-year-old leaves without a first-team appearance for West Ham United, ending a long spell built around academy football and loan moves.
Hegyi played more than 90 times for West Ham United's academy sides and was named in the matchday squad seven times when the club won the Uefa Conference League in 2023. He was also an unused substitute in the Premier League three times, but the senior breakthrough never came.
West Ham United and Hegyi
His route through West Ham was steady but limited at the top level. Over seven years, Hegyi stayed in the system, moved out on loan, and kept collecting competitive minutes elsewhere while waiting for a first-team chance that never arrived.
Those loan spells took him to Stevenage, Motherwell, Den Bosch, Debrecen and MTK Budapest. The pattern is clear: West Ham used him as a developing goalkeeper, but Sparta Prague have now taken him on a permanent deal rather than another temporary move.
Sparta Prague take Hegyi
That shift matters because it changes the shape of the next step in his career. A permanent transfer gives Sparta Prague control of his future instead of borrowing him for a short spell, and it ends the long wait attached to his time at West Ham United.
Hegyi has also played for Hungary at various age-group levels, so the move gives him a fresh club setting after years of moving between squads and loan stops. For a goalkeeper at 23, the practical change is simple: he now has a fixed home in the first team structure at Sparta Prague, after a West Ham spell that produced academy minutes, loan experience and no senior appearance.
