Tomáš Zajíc (born 12 August 1996) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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Club career

He started his professional career at

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. He made his senior league debut for them on 20 February 2015 in their

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1–2 home loss to Jablonec. He scored his first league goal in his second appearance, a 2–2 home draw against Dukla Prague on 6 August 2016, when he scored a late equalizer after coming on as a substitute. On 25 September 2017, he ended Slovácko's seven-hour goal drought by scoring another late equalizer, this time in a 1–1 draw at

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. On 31 August 2021, Zajíc was loaned out to Polish club

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. On 4 May 2022, his loan was terminated.

International career

He represented the Czech Republic in the under-20 and under-21 youth categories.

Honours

Zagłębie Lubin II * III liga, gr. III: 2021–22

References

External links

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Tomáš Zajíc
profile on the 1. FC Slovácko official website 1996 births Living people People from Hodonín District Men's association football forwards Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech First League players Ekstraklasa players III liga players 1. FC Slovácko players FC Baník Ostrava players Zagłębie Lubin players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Footballers from the South Moravian Region {{CzechRepublic-footy-forward-stub