Tomáš Jirsák

Tomáš Jirsák
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sokol České Heřmanice
Youth career
1990–1995 Sokol České Heřmanice
1995–1996 Vysoké Mýto
1996–1999 Agria Choceň
1999–2003 Hradec Králové
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Hradec Králové 40 (5)
2005–2007 Teplice 52 (5)
2007–2012 Wisła Kraków 109 (6)
2012–2015 Botev Plovdiv 85 (6)
2015–2016 Irtysh Pavlodar 44 (1)
2017 Hradec Králové 18 (0)
2018– Sokol České Heřmanice
International career
2004–2007 Czech Republic U21 22 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomáš Jirsák (born 29 June 1984) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sokol České Heřmanice.[1][2]

Club career

Jirsák played his first professional years with Hradec Králové, before moving to Teplice. In July 2007, he joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. In the 2007–08 season he won the Ekstraklasa championship with Wisła, contributing two goals and three assists in 20 matches. In the following 2008–09 season, he won a consecutive league title.

Botev Plovdiv

2012–13 season

On 3 July 2012, Jirsák joined Botev Plovdiv.[3] He made his debut in A Grupa on 11 August 2013 when Botev Plovdiv achieved a 3–0 win against Slavia Sofia.[4] In his first season in the yellow-black kit, he was a regular first team player. Jirsák took part in 25 league games and one Bulgarian Cup fixture.[5] Thanks to his contributions, Botev finished the 2012–13 A Grupa in fourth place.

2013-14

In his second season with the yellow-black jersey, Jirsák played in 47 matches (33 in A Grupa, 8 in Bulgarian Cup and 6 in UEFA Europa League.[6] Thanks to him and his teammates, Botev Plovdiv finished fourth again and reached the final of the Bulgarian Cup.

On 7 July 2013, Jirsak scored his first goal for the club from about 25 metres against Astana in a Europa League match.[7] Botev achieved a 0–1 away win. On 25 August, he sealed a 3–2 win over Slavia Sofia with a close range goal.[8]

2014-15

Velislav Vutsov, the new manager of Botev Plovdiv for the 2014–15 season, assigned a more attacking role for Jirsak. He was among the goalscorers twice in his first three games in A Grupa. He scored against Cherno More Varna and Slavia Sofia, but he also received a red card at end of the dramatic 3–3 draw with Litex Lovech.[9][10][11]

On 24 October, Jirsák scored the second goal for his team during the second half of the game against Beroe Stara Zagora. Botev Plovdiv defeated Beroe Stara Zagora 3–1.[12]

On 2 November, Jirsák appeared in his 90th game for Botev. He is the foreign player with the most games played for the club.[13]

On 8 November, Jirsák scored a magnificent goal after an assist by Marian Ognyanov during a 1–2 away win against Litex Lovech.[14]

His goal against Litex Lovech was selected for the best goal in A Grupa in 2014.[15]

As expected, Jirsák was in the starting lineup for the last three games of the regular season in A Grupa which were played in March 2015. His excellent performance was crucial for the three consecutive wins, against Marek Dupnitsa, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and CSKA Sofia.[16][17][18]

On 5 April 2015, Jirsák became the first foreign player with 100 games for Botev.[19]

Jirsák scored the only goal in a 1–3 defeat againsy Ludogorets Razgrad on 3 May 2015.[20] He received a yellow card during the game with Litex Lovech and was banned for the next two games with CSKA Sofia and Beroe Stara Zagora.[21] Jirsák returned to the starting lineup for a 0–2 home defeat from Lokomotiv Sofia.[22] After the game, it was announced that the contacts of Jirsák and his friend, goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak, would not be renewed and both of them were to leave the club.[23]

International career

Jirsák was capped 22 times for Czech Republic national under-21 football team.[24] He represented the country at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Statistics

(correct as of 1 June 2015)
Club Season League League Domestic cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hradec Králové 2003–04 CNFL 16 0 1[25] — 17 0
2004–05 CNFL 24 5 2 2 — 26 7
Total 40 5 3 2 — 43 7
FK Teplice 2005–06 Czech First League 25 2 2 0 2 1 29 3
2006–07 Czech First League 27 3 2 0 2 0 31 3
Total 52 5 4 0 4 1 60 6
Wisła Kraków 2007–08 Ekstraklasa 20 2 15 1 — 35 3
2008–09 Ekstraklasa 24 0 4 1 6 1 34 2
2009–10 Ekstraklasa 27 2 5 0 2 0 34 2
2010–11 Ekstraklasa 19 1 2 0 4 0 25 1
2011–12 Ekstraklasa 19 1 5 0 4 0 28 1
Total 109 6 31 2 16 1 156 9
Botev Plovdiv 2012–13 A Group 25 0 1 0 — 26 0
2013–14 A Group 33 1 7 0 6 1 46 2
2014–15 A Group 27 5 2 1 4 0 33 6
Total 85 6 10 1 10 1 105 8

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Botev Plovdiv

References

  1. ^ "Tomáš Jirsák" (in Czech). Retrieved 30 June 2024.
  2. ^ V Hradci zúžili kádr a postup ještě nebalí‚ fnliga.cz, 27 February 2018
  3. ^ Ботев привлече халф на Висла Краков Archived 3 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Ботев Пд 3:0 Славия
  5. ^ Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев
  6. ^ Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев
  7. ^ Ботев се завърна с победа в Европа (снимки)
  8. ^ Ботев Пд 3:2 Славия
  9. ^ Ботев 2:1 Черно море
  10. ^ Ботев надигра и победи Славия, буря прекъсна мача
  11. ^ Ботев продължава без загуба, канарчетата се пребориха за 3:3 с Литекс
  12. ^ Ботев се върна в Топ 6 след убедителен успех над Берое
  13. ^ Иршак продължава да чупи рекорди, стигна до 90-ти мач за "канарчетата“
  14. ^ Литекс 1:2 Ботев, "А" група; 08.11.2014 17:30
  15. ^ Томаш Иршак с наградата за най-красив гол за 2014-та
  16. ^ Ботев започна пролетта с класика над Марек
  17. ^ Ботев сгази Локо в калта на Лаута
  18. ^ Направихме го! Ботев влетя в шестицата с чиста победа над ЦСКА
  19. ^ 92 официални изяви за "Ботев" и да се озове в подножието на Клуб 100.
  20. ^ Ботев отстъпи на Лудогорец у дома
  21. ^ Томаш Иршак пропуска мачовете с ЦСКА и Берое
  22. ^ Ботев приключи сезона с домакинска загуба от Локо Сф
  23. ^ Шеф на Ботев: Иршак и Стаховяк играят последния си мач
  24. ^ Tomáš Jirsák at FAČR (in Czech)
  25. ^ Doesn't include these matches:
    1.round Czech Cup: SK Týniště n.O. – SK Hradec Králové 1:6 (0:4)
    2.round Czech Cup: 23.07.2003 FK Mladá Boleslav – SK Hradec Králové 0:1 (0:1)
  26. ^ Ботев загуби на финала, играем в Лига Европа през юли
  27. ^ Ботев загуби от Лудогорец във финала за Суперкупата
  28. ^ Dimitrov, Ivaylo (17 February 2015). "Владислав Стоянов е най-добрият български футболист за 2014 година! Лудогорци обраха почти всички индивидуални награди". topsport.bg. Retrieved 18 February 2015.