Štěpán Vachoušek (born 26 July 1979) is a

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former professional

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who played as a

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. He spent most of his career playing for

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. He played for the

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. He is a skillful left-wingback or playmaker.

Club career

Vachoušek started playing in the

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for

in the 1997–98 season. He left his home country to play for French club

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in 2003 before moving to

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in 2004. He returned to FK Teplice in 2008. He joined

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

on loan in 2010, but spent just four months there before returning in December of the same year. In March 2014 the player extended his contract with Teplice until the end of the 2014–15 season.

International career

Vachoušek represented his country at youth level, playing in the final of the

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, a match in which the Czech Republic won the tournament. In June 2004 he was named in his nation's squad for the

tournament. He played in the match against Germany at the tournament.

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