Martin Fillo (born 7 February 1986) is a Czech professional

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who plays for Trinity Zlín as a

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. He is a former

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international and has played domestic football in the

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and

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Playing career

Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo began his career with 2. Liga club

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and helped the club to promotion to the First League during the 2004–05 season. In his first full season in the top flight, he made 29 appearances and scored five goals, as Plzeň narrowly avoided relegation. He played 15 matches and scored five goals during the 2007–08 season, before making his last appearance for the club in December 2007.

Viking

Fillo signed a five-year deal with

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club

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in 2008, breaking the transfer record at the club. He made his debut for Viking on match day one of the 2008 season, assisting the winning goal and being voted

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in a 1–0 victory over

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. He scored his first goal for Viking in a 1–0 victory over

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on match day four. He appeared consistently during the 2008 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 goals. He made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the 2009 season and played in Viking's UEFA Cup qualifiers, which ended with a second round defeat to Honka. In the 2010 season, Fillo made only 15 appearances, but scored five goals, including a

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against

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on 4 July 2010.

Return to Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo re-signed for Viktoria Plzeň on a -year contract during the

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season and made 12 appearances, scoring one goal. He won the first silverware of his career, having helped Plzeň to the First League title and he also won the 2011

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with the club. Fillo made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the 2011–12 season and spent the second half of the season on

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at fellow First League club

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. He made 17 appearances and helped the club a fourth-place finish (one place behind his parent club Viktoria Plzeň) and

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qualification. Fillo made 27 appearances for Viktoria Plzeň during the club's First League-winning 2012–13 season. He played part of the first half of the season on loan at Mladá Boleslav, making 10 appearances before returning to Plzeň prior to the winter break. In July 2013, Fillo agreed a season-long loan with

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club Brentford, linking up with

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, his former manager at Viking. He scored one goal in 9 appearances, before being dropped from the team in October 2013. New manager

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indicated in late December 2013 that he would hold talks with Fillo over his future. Fillo was made available for loan on 19 February 2014, but did not win any further calls into the first team squad before the end of the season. Fillo joined First League club 1. FK Příbram on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season. He made 27 appearances and scored two goals before his Viktoria Plzeň contract expired at the end of the season. Fillo made 56 appearances and scored three goals in his second spell with Plzeň.

FK Teplice

In July 2015, Fillo signed a three-year contract with First League club

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on a free transfer. Over the course of seasons, he made 73 appearances and scored 22 goals and departed

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in December 2017.

FC Baník Ostrava

On 29 December 2017, Fillo joined Czech First League club

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on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee. He made 115 appearances and scored five goals during seasons with the club.

FC Trinity Zlín

On 4 June 2021, Fillo joined Czech First League club

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(then named FC Fastav Zlín) on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. He ended a relegation-threatened 2021–22 season with 28 appearances and one goal.

International career

Fillo represented the Czech Republic at youth level and was U21 captain. He won three caps for the senior team in 2009.

Career statistics

Honours

; Viktoria Plzeň *

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(2):

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* Czech 2. Liga third-place promotion (1): 2004–05 *

(1): 2011–12

References

External links

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Martin Fillo
at fotbal.cz * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fillo, Martin 1986 births Living people Czech footballers Czech Republic youth international footballers Czech Republic under-21 international footballers Czech Republic international footballers Czech expatriate footballers Czech First League players Viking FK players FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Mladá Boleslav players Brentford F.C. players Association football forwards Eliteserien players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in Norway Czech expatriate sportspeople in Norway People from Planá Expatriate footballers in England 1. FK Příbram players FK Teplice players FC Baník Ostrava players Association football wingers Czech expatriate sportspeople in England Czech National Football League players FC Fastav Zlín players Sportspeople from the Plzeň Region