Tomáš Zápotočný (born 13 September 1980) is a retired Czech footballer, who last played for 1. FK Příbram in the Czech National Football League.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tomáš Zápotočný | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Příbram, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Opava (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–2000 | Dukla Příbram | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Dukla Příbram | 22 | (2) |
| 2002 | Petra Drnovice | 4 | (0) |
| 2002–2006 | Slovan Liberec | 97 | (15) |
| 2007–2008 | Udinese | 32 | (0) |
| 2008–2011 | Beşiktaş | 48 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | → Bursaspor (loan) | 21 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Sparta Prague | 39 | (5) |
| 2013–2016 | FK Příbram | 77 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | Baník Ostrava | 28 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | FK Příbram | 13 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2001 | Czech Republic U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Czech Republic | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2020 | Příbram (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Příbram B | ||
| 2021–2022 | Příbram | ||
| 2022–2023 | České Budějovice | ||
| 2024– | Opava | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 June 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2017 | |||
Football career
He signed for Udinese in the January transfer window for an unconfirmed €500,000 bid.[1][2] He arrived from Czech side Slovan Liberec, for whom he was the captain and won the 2006–07 player of the season award. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 friendly win over Slovene football club NK Gorica.
On 25 February 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Udinese against Parma.[3] On 1 July 2008, he was sold to Turkish side Beşiktaş for €4.5 million, re-joining Tomáš Sivok. He signed a 3+1-year contract worth €750,000 per season.[4]
On 17 September 2013, Zápotočný joined Czech First League side FK Příbram, signing a three-year contract.[5]
International career
Zápotočný played three times for his county's under-21 team. He currently has four caps for the senior Czech Republic side.
Honours
Footnotes
References
- Tomáš Zápotočný at FAČR (in Czech)
- Tomáš Zápotočný – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Tomáš Zápotočný at Soccerway