Tomáš Jirsák (born 29 June 1984 in

Vysoké Mýto Vysoké Mýto (; german: Hohenmaut, also ''Hohenmauth'') is a town in Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 12,000 inhabitants. Its town square is the largest example of its type in the country. ...

) is a retired

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footballer who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

Club career

Jirsák played his first professional years with

FC Hradec Králové FC Hradec Králové is a Czech football club based in the city of Hradec Králové. The club, which was founded in 1905, won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1959–60 season. The club currently plays in the Czech First League. Following t ...

, before moving to

FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech football club based in the city of Teplice. The club currently plays in the Czech First League. The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First League in just three years after ...

. In July 2007 he joined Polish

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

side

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. ...

on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. In 2007–08 season he won the Ekstraklasa championship with Wisła contributing with 2 goals and 3 assists in 20 matches. In the following 2008–09 season, he won the Ekstraklasa title for the second time in a row.

Botev Plovdiv

2012–13 season

On 3 July 2012 Jirsák joined Botev Plovdiv. He made a debut in

A Grupa The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

on 11 August 2013 when Botev Plovdiv achieved a 3-0 win against

Slavia Sofia PFC Slavia Sofia ( bg, ПФК Славия София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently competes in the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system, the First League. Slavia's home groun ...

. In his first season with the yellow-black kit he was a regular first team player. Jirsák took part in 25 games in

and one for the

Bulgarian Cup The Bulgarian Cup ( bg, Купа на България, Kupa na Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian annual football competition. It is the country's main cup competition and all officially registered Bulgarian football teams take part in it. The tournamen ...

. Thanks to his contributions Botev Plovdiv finished on 4th place of

2013-14

In his second season with the yellow-black jersey Jirsák played in 47 matches (33 in

, 8 in

and 6 in

UEFA Europa League The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. ...

. Thanks to him and his teammates Botev Plovdiv finished again on 4th place of

and reached the final of the

. On 7 July 2013 Jirsak scored his first goal for the club from about 25 metres against Astana in Europa League tournament. Botev Plovdiv achieved an away win with 0:1. On 25 August he gave the win with close range goal against

with 3:2.

2014-15

Velislav Vutsov Velislav Ivanov Vutsov ( Bulgarian: Велислав Иванов Вуцов) (born 19 July 1967) is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. He is also the son of former footballer Ivan Vutsov. Career Throughout his career, he has b ...

, the new manager of Botev Plovdiv for season 2014–15, assigned a more attacking role for Jirsak. Tomáš was among the goalscorers twice in his first three games in

. He scored against

Cherno More Varna Cherno More ( bg, Черно Море) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in the city of Varna, which currently competes in Bulgaria's primary football competition, the First League. Founded on March 3, 1913, as an asso ...

and

but he also received a red card at end of the dramatic 3-3 draw with

Litex Lovech Litex ( bg, Литекс) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Lovech, which currently competes in the Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Sports Club. The club's home ground is the Gradski Stadion ...

. On 24 October Tomáš 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 with 3-1. On 2 November Tomáš played his 90th game for Botev Plovdiv. He is the foreign player with the most games for the club. On 8 November Jirsák scored a magnificent goal after an assist by

Marian Ognyanov Mariyan Ognyanov ( bg, Мариян Огнянов; born 30 July 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Career Levski Sofia Ognyanov played for Levski Sofia from 2004. On 27 September 2006, Ognyanov scored the f ...

during the 1-2 away win against

. His goal against

was selected for the best goal in

for 2014. As expected Jirsák was in the starting lineup for the last three games of the regular season in

which were played in March 2015. His excellent performance was crucial for the three wins in a row for Botev Plovdiv against

Marek Dupnitsa FC Marek ( bg, ФК Марек) is a Bulgarian football club based in Dupnitsa, currently playing in the Third League, the third level of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded in 1947 following the unification of four local clubs. ...

Lokomotiv Plovdiv PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv ( bg, ПФК Локомотив Пловдив), commonly known as Loko Plovdiv, is a Bulgarian professional football club based in Plovdiv. Lokomotiv's home ground is the Lokomotiv Stadium which is situated in Lauta Park ...

, and

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia ( bg, ЦСКА София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sport ...

. On 5 April 2015 Jirsák became the first foreign player with 100 games for Botev Plovdiv. Jirsák scored the only goal for Botev Plovdiv during the 1-3 defeat from Ludogorets Razgrad on 3 May 2015. He received a yellow card during the game with

and was banned for the next two games with

and Beroe Stara Zagora. Jirsák returned to the starting lineup for the 0-2 home defeat from

Lokomotiv Sofia Lokomotiv 1929 ( bg, Локомотив 1929) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which currently plays in the First League, the top tier of Bulgarian football. Founded as Railway Sports Club in 1929, and refou ...

. After this game it was announced that the contacts of Tomáš Jirsák and his friend, the goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak, will not be renewed and both of them will leave the club.

International career

Jirsák was capped 22 times for

Czech Republic national under-21 football team The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Champ ...

. He represented the country at the

2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship The UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It was the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. Summary For the first time, a host nation was chosen ahead of the competition – the Neth ...

Statistics

: ''(correct as of 1 June 2015)''

Honours

Wisła Kraków

: 2007–08, 2008–09,

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Botev Plovdiv

Runner-up: 2014 *

Bulgarian Supercup The Bulgarian Supercup ( bg, Суперкупа на България) is the trophy won in a football match held between the football club that has won the Bulgarian first football division in the season that ended in the year of the match an ...

Runner-up: 2014 * BNT award for best (most beautiful) goal: 2014

References

External links

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Player profile on official site

video compilation
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jirsak, Tomas 1984 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech First League players FC Hradec Králové players FK Teplice players Wisła Kraków players Botev Plovdiv players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players Ekstraklasa players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Kazakhstan Premier League players Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Czech expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland People from Vysoké Mýto Men's association football midfielders Footballers from the Pardubice Region