Tomáš Sivok (born 15 September 1983) is a Czech former professional

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who played as a

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. He made 64 appearances for the Czech national team scoring 5 goals.

Club career

In September 2005, Sivok became a captain of

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 ...

. In the middle of 2006, Sivok became a main face of a Czech government anti-racist campaign which is called ''Together Against The Racism''. He signed for

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during the January 2007 transfer window. In May 2008, he was sold by Udinese to the Turkish side

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for €4.7 million. He signed a four-plus-one-year contract worth €800,000 per season and up to €100,000 in bonuses; his salary would have risen to €1.2 million if he had extended his contract to 2013. Sivok joined

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club

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in 2019.

International career

Sivok was captain of the Czech Republic U21 national team in 2006. He made his debut for the Czech national team on 3 September 2005.

Personal life

Sivok married Michaela Šachlová on 9 March 2009 in

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. Their first child is a son named Andre Tomas.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sivok goal.''

Honours

Sparta Prague *

: 2002–03, 2004–05 *

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: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08 Beşiktaş *

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: 2008–09 *

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: 2008–09, 2010–11

References

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AC 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 ...

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