Tomáš Vaclík

Czech footballer

Tomáš Vaclík
Vaclík with Basel in 2017
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Vaclík[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-29) 29 March 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Albacete
Number 25
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)
2021–2023 Olympiacos 37 (0)
2023 Huddersfield Town 13 (0)
2023 New England Revolution 0 (0)
2024– Albacete 0 (0)
International career‡
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 54 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023 (UTC)

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

Vaclík participated in the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 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[3] but it was later announced that he had failed a medical in the Netherlands and would be returning to Prague.[4]

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.[5]

Basel

On 22 May 2014 it was announced that Vaclík had signed for FC Basel of the Swiss Super League on a four-year contract with an option for another year.[6] He joined the team for their 2014–15 season under head coach Paulo Sousa. After playing in four test games Vaclik played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stadion Brügglifeld on 19 July 2014 as Basel won 2–1 against Aarau.[7] Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage. They reached the knockout phase on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool.[8] But they were knocked out of the competition by Porto in the round of 16. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel won the championship for the sixth time in a row.[9] In the 2014–15 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final. However for the third time in a row they finished as runners-up. 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.[10]

At the end of the 2015–16 Super League season, under new head coach Urs Fischer, Vaclík won the championship for the second time.[11] Vaclík then extended his contract with the club, this was then dated up until the end of June 2021.[12]

At the end of Basel's 2016–17 season, Vaclík won the championship with the club for the third time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total.[13] They also won the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, defeating Sion 3–0 in the final, which meant they had won the double.[14]

Basel's new head coach for their 2017–18 season was Raphaël Wicky. This season didn't work out that well for the team. After losing against Young Boys in the first match of the season, Basel were always behind in the league table. They ended the championship as runners-up. In the 2017–18 Swiss Cup Basel reached the semi-final, but here they suffered a defeat against the Young Boys as well. On 4 July 2018 Basel announced that Vaclic had signed for Sevilla FC.[15] In his four seasons as their first goalkeeper, Vaclic played a total of 195 games for Basel. 132 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, 33 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 26 were friendly games. He had won the championship three times and the Swiss Cup once.[16]

Sevilla

Vaclík playing for Sevilla in 2020

On 9 July 2018, Vaclík signed with Sevilla FC in Spain's La Liga.[17] After three years, Vaclík confirmed on his Facebook page that he would leave Sevilla after the end of the season.[18]

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.[19]

Huddersfield Town

On 31 January 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town until the end of the 2022–23 season.[20]

New England Revolution

On 26 August 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with Major League Soccer side New England Revolution through the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025, pending receipt of his P-1 visa.[21]

Albacete

On 13 February 2024, Vaclík joined Albacete in Spain until the end of the 2023–24 season.[22]

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.[23] 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.[24] He made his senior debut for Czech Republic on 14 November 2012 in a 3–0 friendly victory against Slovakia.[23]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 10 January 2024
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 32 0 2 0 10[b] 0 — 44 0
2022–23 5 0 0 0 8 0 — 13 0
Total 37 0 2 0 18 0 — 57 0
Huddersfield Town 2022–23 Championship 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
New England Revolution 2023 Major League Soccer 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 416 0 23 0 83 0 1 0 523 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 20 June 2023[25]
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 13 0
2022 6 0
2023 1 0
Total 54 0

Honours

Sparta Prague

Basel

Sevilla

Olympiacos

Czech Republic U21

Czech Republic

Individual

  • Golden Ball (Czech Republic): 2019,[36]

References

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  2. ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Czech Republic" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Žižkovský brankář Vaclík přestupuje do nizozemského Graafschapu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Gólman Vaclík neprošel zdravotními testy, do Graafschapu nepřestupuje" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Žižkovský Vaclík se stal sparťanem. Přišel se prát o roli jedničky" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  6. ^ Feller, Céline (22 May 2014). "Jetzt ist es fix! Tomas Vaclik wird neuer Torhüter beim FC Basel". Now it's fix! Tomas Vaclik becomes the new FC Basel goalkeeper (in German). bz – Zeitung für die Region Basel. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
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  17. ^ "Bude to jako Liga mistrů každý týden, vyhlíží Vaclík španělské angažmá" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 9 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Vaclík opustí Sevillu: Navždy jí budu fandit. Na nejvyšší úroveň ještě mám" (in Czech). Sport.cz. 24 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Olympiakos představil Vaclíka. První FOTO české jedničky v novém dresu" (in Czech). isport.blesk.cz. 13 July 2021.
  20. ^ "SIGNING: TOMÁŠ VACLÍK JOINS TOWN!". Huddersfield Town AFC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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  22. ^ "Tomáš Vaclík acepta el desafío" [Tomáš Vaclík accepts the challenge] (in Spanish). Albacete. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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