Tomáš Vaclík

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Tomáš Vaclík
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Vaclík with Basel in 2017
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Vaclík[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 32)
Place of birth Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Olympiacos
Number 1
Youth career
2006–2007 Vítkovice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Vítkovice 52 (0)
2010–2012 Viktoria Žižkov 40 (0)
2012–2014 Sparta Prague 71 (0)
2014–2018 Basel 132 (0)
2018–2021 Sevilla 71 (0)
2021– Olympiacos 15 (0)
National team‡
2005 Czech Republic U16 1 (0)
2006–2007 Czech Republic U18 2 (0)
2007–2008 Czech Republic U19 8 (0)
2009 Czech Republic U20 4 (0)
2009–2011 Czech Republic U21 15 (0)
2012– Czech Republic 47 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 November 2021

Tomáš Vaclík (Czech pronunciation: [ˈtomaːʃ ˈvatsliːk]; born 29 March 1989) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Greek Super League club Olympiacos and the Czech Republic national team.

Vaclík participated in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship and was named in the team of the tournament. He made his senior debut for the Czech Republic in 2012 and was part of the side's squad at UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career[]

Czech leagues[]

Vaclík with Sparta Prague in 2012

Vaclík started out with FC Vítkovice in the Czech 2. Liga where he played for three seasons before transferring to Viktoria Žižkov. Žižkov won promotion to the Czech First League in Vaclík's first season with the club. In July 2011, Vaclík signed a three-year contract with De Graafschap[2] but it was later announced that he had failed a medical in the Netherlands and would be returning to Prague.[3]

Vaclík played for Žižkov during the first half of the 2011–12 Czech First League. In January 2012, with Žižkov bottom of the league with seven points from 16 matches, Vaclík transferred to Sparta Prague for a reported fee of 8.25 million CZK, signing a contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016.[4]

Basel[]

In May 2014 Vaclík signed for FC Basel of the Swiss Super League on a four-year contract.[5] He made his first team league debut on 19 July 2014 in the 2–1 away win against Aarau.[6] The season 2014–15 is where the championship was won for the sixth time in a row by the club[7] that season and in the 2014–15 Swiss Cup it reached the final. For the third season in a row, they finished as runners-up, losing 0–3 to FC Sion in the final. Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage and reached the knockout phase as on 9 December 2014 they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.[8] Basel then lost to Porto in the Round of 16. Basel played a total of 65 matches (36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches). Under manager Paulo Sousa Vaclík totaled 51 appearances, 33 in the League, 8 in the Champions League as well 10 in test games.[9]

Under manager Urs Fischer Vaclík won the Swiss Super League championship at the end of the 2015–16 Super League season for the again.[10] Vaclík extended his contract with the club, this is now valid until the end of June 2021.[11] Then at the end of the 2016–17 Super season League Vaclík won the championship for the third time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and its 20th championship title in total. It also won the Swiss Cup for the 12th time which meant the club had won the double for the sixth time.[12]

Sevilla[]

Vaclík playing for Sevilla in 2020

On 9 July 2018, Vaclík signed with Sevilla FC in Spain's La Liga.[13] After three years, Vaclík confirmed on his Facebook page that he would leave Sevilla after the end of the season.[14]

Olympiacos[]

On 13 July 2021, Vaclík signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos F.C. of the Super League Greece. He was signed to replace José Sá, who moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[15]

International career[]

Vaclík with the national team in 2019

Vaclík represented Czech Republic at youth level between 2005 and 2011, progressing from the under-16 team up to the under-21 team.[16] Vaclík was involved in the national team for the first time in 2011, selected as a third goalkeeper for the squad's matches against Spain and Luxembourg, although he did not play.[17] He made his senior debut for Czech Republic on 14 November 2012 in a 3–0 friendly victory against Slovakia.[16]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 9 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vítkovice 2006–07 Czech 2. Liga 3 0 — — 3 0
2007–08 16 0 — — 16 0
2008–09 14 0 — — 14 0
2009–10 19 0 — — 19 0
Total 52 0 — — 52 0
Viktoria Žižkov 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga 24 0 2 0 — — 26 0
2011–12 Czech First League 16 0 2 0 — — 18 0
Total 40 0 4 0 — — 44 0
Sparta Prague 2011–12 Czech First League 11 0 5 0 — — 16 0
2012–13 30 0 0 0 11[b] 0 — 41 0
2013–14 30 0 5 0 2[b] 0 — 37 0
Total 71 0 10 0 13 0 — 94 0
Basel 2014–15 Swiss Super League 32 0 0 0 8[c] 0 — 40 0
2015–16 30 0 0 0 11[d] 0 — 41 0
2016–17 34 0 3 0 6[c] 0 — 43 0
2017–18 36 0 1 0 8[c] 0 — 45 0
Total 132 0 4 0 33 0 — 169 0
Sevilla 2018–19 La Liga 33 0 0 0 15[b] 0 1[e] 0 49 0
2019–20 33 0 2 0 2[b] 0 — 37 0
2020–21 5 0 1 0 2[c] 0 0 0 8 0
Total 71 0 3 0 19 0 1 0 94 0
Olympiacos 2021–22 Super League Greece 15 0 0 0 8[b] 0 — 23 0
Career total 381 0 21 0 73 0 1 0 476 0
  1. ^ Includes Czech Cup, Swiss Cup and Copa del Rey
  2. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International[]

As of match played 11 October 2021[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2012 1 0
2013 0 0
2014 1 0
2015 3 0
2016 6 0
2017 7 0
2018 5 0
2019 6 0
2020 5 0
2021 12 0
Total 46 0

Honours[]

Sparta Prague

Basel

Sevilla

National

Individual

References[]

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 30 de agosto de 2009, en Málaga" [Minutes of the Match held on 30 August 2009, in Málaga] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Žižkovský brankář Vaclík přestupuje do nizozemského Graafschapu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Gólman Vaclík neprošel zdravotními testy, do Graafschapu nepřestupuje" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Žižkovský Vaclík se stal sparťanem. Přišel se prát o roli jedničky" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Sparta Prague goalkeeper Vaclik moves to Basel". The Kansas City Star. 22 May 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  6. ^ Marti, Caspar (2014). "Gelungene Premiere auf dem Brügglifeld" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  7. ^ Marti, Caspar (2015). "Der Meisterfreitag im bunten Zeitraffer" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Liverpool 1 Basel 1". BBC Sport. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  9. ^ Zindel, Josef (2015). Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4.
  10. ^ Marti, Casper (2016). "Es ist vollbracht ! Der FCB ist zum 19. Mal Meister". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  11. ^ FC Basel 1893 (2016). "Tomas Vaclik verlaengert seinen Vertrag vorzeitig". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  12. ^ Marti, Casper (2017). "Der Saisonabschluss im Zeitraffer". FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  13. ^ "Bude to jako Liga mistrů každý týden, vyhlíží Vaclík španělské angažmá" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 9 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Vaclík opustí Sevillu: Navždy jí budu fandit. Na nejvyšší úroveň ještě mám" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 24 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Olympiakos představil Vaclíka. První FOTO české jedničky v novém dresu" (in Czech). isport.blesk.cz. 13 July 2021.
  16. ^ a b Tomáš Vaclík at FAČR (in Czech)
  17. ^ "Vaclík: V éře Petra Čecha starty pro jiné gólmany moc přibývat nebudou" (in Czech). ihned.cz. 7 November 2012. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  18. ^ "Vaclík, Tomáš". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Swiss football: FC Basel wins 3-0 over Sion in Geneva; police extra vigilant after game". allaboutgeneva.com. 25 May 2017.
  20. ^ Wilkinson, Jack (21 August 2020). "Sevilla 3-2 Inter Milan: Sevilla edge five-goal thriller for sixth Europa League crown". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  21. ^ "China PR vs. Czech Republic". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  22. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  23. ^ "Tomas Vaclik is the LaLiga Santander Player of the Month for November". La Liga. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  24. ^ "Fotbalistou roku je Vaclík! Sesadil Daridu, vyhrál jako čtvrtý brankář". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). CNC. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  25. ^ "Vláda brankářů pokračuje, Zlatý míč získal Vaclík". ksn.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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