Tomáš Vaclík (; born 29 March 1989) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He represents the Czech Republic national team. Vaclík participated in the

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and was named in the team of the tournament. He made his senior debut for the Czech Republic in 2012 and was part of the side's squad at

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and

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Club career

Czech leagues

Vaclík started out with

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in the

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where he played for three seasons before transferring to

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. Žižkov won promotion to the

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in Vaclík's first season with the club. In July 2011, Vaclík signed a three-year contract with

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but it was later announced that he had failed a medical in the Netherlands and would be returning to Prague. Vaclík played for Žižkov during the first half of the

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. In January 2012, with Žižkov bottom of the league with seven points from 16 matches, Vaclík transferred to

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for a reported fee of 8.25 million

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, signing a contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016.

Basel

On 22 May 2014 it was announced that Vaclík had signed for

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of the

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on a four-year contract with an option for another year. He joined the team for their 2014–15 season under head coach

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. After playing in four test games Vaclik played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the

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on 19 July 2014 as Basel won 2–1 against

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. Basel entered the Champions League in the

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. They reached the

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on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at

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against

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. But they were knocked out of the competition by

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in the

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. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel won the championship for the sixth time in a row. In the

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Basel reached the final. However for the third time in a row they finished as runners-up. Basel played a total of 65 matches (36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches). Under manager

Vaclík totaled 51 appearances, 33 in the League, 8 in the Champions League as well 10 in test games. At the end of the 2015–16 Super League season, under new head coach

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, Vaclík won the championship for the second time. Vaclík then extended his contract with the club, this was then dated up until the end of June 2021. At the end of Basel's 2016–17 season, Vaclík won the championship with the club for the third time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the

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, defeating

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3–0 in the final, which meant they had won the double. Basel's new head coach for their 2017–18 season was Raphaël Wicky. This season didn't work out that well for the team. After losing against Young Boys in the first match of the season, Basel were always behind in the league table. They ended the championship as runners-up. In the

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Basel reached the semi-final, but here they suffered a defeat against the Young Boys as well. On 4 July 2018 Basel announced that Vaclic had signed for

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. In his four seasons as their first goalkeeper, Vaclic played a total of 195 games for Basel. 132 of these games were in the

, four in the

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, 33 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 26 were friendly games. He had won the championship three times and the Swiss Cup once.

Sevilla

On 9 July 2018, Vaclík signed with

in Spain's

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. After three years, Vaclík confirmed on his

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page that he would leave Sevilla after the end of the

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Olympiacos

On 13 July 2021, Vaclík signed a two-year contract with

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of the

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. He was signed to replace

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, who moved to

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Huddersfield Town

On 31 January 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with

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side

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until the end of the 2022–23 season.

New England Revolution

On 26 August 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with

side

through the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025, pending receipt of his P-1 visa.

International career

Vaclík represented Czech Republic at youth level between 2005 and 2011, progressing from the under-16 team up to the under-21 team. Vaclík was involved in the national team for the first time in 2011, selected as a third goalkeeper for the squad's matches against Spain and Luxembourg, although he did not play. He made his senior debut for

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on 14 November 2012 in a 3–0 friendly victory against

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sparta Prague *

: 2013–14 Basel *

: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

: 2016–17; runner up: 2014–15 Sevilla *

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: 2019–20 *

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runner-up:

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Olympiacos *

: 2021–22 Czech Republic U21 *

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bronze:

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Czech Republic *

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bronze:

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Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

Team of the Year: 2014–15 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18 *

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: November 2018 *

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: 2018 *

Golden Ball (Czech Republic) The Golden Ball ( cs, Zlatý míč) is awarded in the Czech Republic by a poll of Czech sport journalists from the Club of Sport Journalists (''Klub sportovních novinářů, KSN''). Eligible are Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Award ...

: 2019 *

Player of the Month:

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References

External links

Profile season 2015/16 on the Swiss Football League homepage
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