Vladimír Darida (; born 8 August 1990) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Aris Thessaloniki Athlitikos Syllogos Aris Thessalonikis, means Athletic Club Aris Thessaloniki
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. He formerly represented the Czech Republic national team.

Club career

Born in

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

, Darida came through at

Viktoria Plzeň Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...

, also spending time on loan at

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in 2011. He joined Freiburg in 2013. On 2 November 2014, he scored a penalty for the only goal of the game away to

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to give the club their first win in their 10th game of the season, moving them out of the direct relegation places.

Hertha BSC

Darida signed for Hertha from relegated Freiburg ahead of the 2015–16 season for an undisclosed fee. He was handed the number 6 shirt. He made an immediate impact for Hertha scoring on his debut in the DFB-Pokal first-round game against

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in a 2–0 win. He got his first assist of the season through setting up Salomon Kalou in a 3–1 defeat to

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

. On 27 September he got his first league goal of the season scoring the equaliser in a 1–1 draw away to Frankfurt.

Aris Thessaloniki

In December 2022 Darida signed for

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International career

On 28 May 2012, it was announced that Darida would be included in the Czech squad for the

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tournament. He replaced injured defender

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. In the quarter-final match against

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(Euro 2012), he earned his second cap, his first in an official tournament, starting in place of the injured Tomáš Rosický. He was substituted after 61 minutes for

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and the Czech Republic lost 1–0. Following

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, Darida announced that he would retire from international football as he wanted to focus on spending "much more time with the family and my little son." He amounted 76 caps and scored 8 goals for the

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and represented them at 3

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. Having retired as captain,

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was named as his successor.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Viktoria Plzeň * Czech First League:

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2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

* Czech Cup: 2009–10 *

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: 2011 Czech Republic *

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bronze:

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Individual *

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: 2017

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