Tomáš Necid (; born 13 August 1989) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a striker for

Bohemians 1905 Bohemians Praha 1905 (previously named FC Bohemians Praha) is a Prague-based football club, which was founded in 1905 as AFK Vršovice. The club won the 1982–83 Czechoslovak First League, its only league championship. Its colours are green a ...

. He is the older brother of

Simona Necidová Simona Necidová (born 20 January 1994) is a Czech football defender who plays for Czech First Division club Liberec on loan from Slavia Prague and the Czech Republic national team. Her elder brother Tomáš Necid is also an international foo ...

, who is also an international footballer.

Club career

Early years

Necid played his first match for the senior team of

SK Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in ...

in September 2006, when he was just 17 years old. A month later, he scored his first league goal.

Loan to Jablonec

In the 2007–08 season, Necid made his debut in the

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, however, he was loaned to

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech professional football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 19 ...

for the second half of the season. Despite playing only 14 matches (of 30), he was Jablonec's top scorer of the season with five goals. When Necid came to FK Jablonec they were in 15th place (out of 16), which means relegation to a lower league. Nevertheless, the team finished the season in 12th place, and therefore survived, with Necid being one of the heroes of the team. When his loan came to an end, he stated he wanted to return to Slavia and did not want to play for Jablonec again. At the end of the season, in his first match for Slavia after his return from Jablonec, he scored a goal against Liberec. Slavia Prague won the 2007–08 Gambrinus liga. In 2008, he won the Talent of the Year award at the

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awards.

CSKA Moscow

In August 2008,

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, who were interested in Necid since 2006, signed a deal with Slavia Prague according to which Necid would stay at Slavia until the end of the year and would join CSKA in January 2009. He played his first competitive match for CSKA Moscow on 7 March 2009 in the Russian Super Cup 2009 where he came on as a substitute on the 78th minute and scored the winning goal for his team in extra time in the 113th minute. Before joining CSKA Moscow Necid played 16 games in the 2008–09 Gambrinus liga and scored 11 goals (which was making him the season's top league scorer at the time he left). In his debut match for CSKA at the

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, Necid came on as a substitute when the score was 1–1 and scored the winning goal. In June 2011, Necid suffered a knee injury that required two operations and it sidelined him for 22 months (until April 2013).

Loan to PAOK

Necid signed for PAOK for the 2013–14 season to gain more playing time with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

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and

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all interested.

Loan to Slavia Prague

On 6 January 2014, Slavia Prague announced signing Necid on loan to the end of 2013–14 season.

Loan to Zwolle

In August 2014, he was sent on loan to Dutch

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side

PEC Zwolle PEC Zwolle is a Dutch football club based in Zwolle, Netherlands. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie in the 2021–22 season. They have played in the Eredivisie for a tot ...

Return to CSKA Moscow

His loan ended in January 2015 and he returned to CSKA Moscow. After being linked with

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, Necid dissolved his contract with CSKA on 2 February 2015.

PEC Zwolle

He returned to PEC Zwolle as a free agent and signed a contract until the end of the season.

Bursaspor

On 2 July 2015, Necid signed four-year contract for Turkish

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side

Bursaspor Bursaspor Kulübü Derneği (), commonly known as Bursaspor, is a Turkish sports club located in the city of Bursa. Formed in 1963, the club colours are green and white, with home kits usually featuring both colours in a striped pattern. In th ...

. He came the club for a key role in filling the shoes of top goalscorer from 2014–15 season, Fernandão.

Loan to Legia Warsaw

On 30 January 2017, he was loaned to

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for a half-year.

Third spell at Slavia Prague

On 1 September 2017, Necid rejoined Slavia Prague on a season-long loan deal. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the

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final against FK Jablonec. He left Slavia after the loan was over.

ADO Den Haag

On 28 August 2018, he joined Dutch side

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on a two-year contract after his Bursaspor contract was dissolved.

Bohemians 1905

On 12 October 2020, Necid joined Bohemians 1905 as a free agent and signed a contract until the end of the season.

International career

Youth sides

He finished as a joined top scorer with five goals in five games scored at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, where the

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won a silver medal. He became the top scorer of

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, with four goals in four games. At that tournament the

reached the semi-final. Necid is to be part of the Czech U-20 team at the

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Senior side

His first match with the senior team took place on 19 November 2008, in a qualification match against

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. The Czech national football team won 3–0, with Necid scoring the third goal. After that, Necid scored three goals in World Cup qualification. He scored his fifth goal in a 4–2 win over the US in an international friendly on 25 May 2010. His sixth was scored in a 4–1 win over

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Slavia Prague * Czech League: 2007–08, 2008–09 *

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: 2017–18 CSKA Moscow *

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* Russian Cup: 2008–09, 2010–11 *

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Czech Republic U17 *

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runner-up: 2006 Individual * UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship top scorer: 2006 *

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top scorer:

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: 2008 (Talent of the Year)

References

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