Tomáš Zápotočný

Tomáš Zápotočný
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Zápotočný
Date of birth (1980-09-13) 13 September 1980 (age 44)
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

Tomáš "Zapo" Zápotočný (born 13 September 1980) is a retired Czech footballer, who last played for 1. FK Příbram in the Czech National Football League.

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

  1. ^ Czech Football Daily » Blog Archive » Liberec and Udinese Agree Zápotočný Deal + News
  2. ^ "[CALCIOMERCATO - 2007 -] - ACQUISTI, CESSIONI, INDISCREZIONI ecc" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2007.
  3. ^ "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved 1 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Konsolide Dipnotlar" (PDF). Besiktas JK (in Turkish). (Published by Turkish Public Disclosure System (KAP). 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ^ "1.FK PŘÍBRAM - Zápotočný se upsal Příbrami na tři roky". FK Příbram. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.

References