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

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who last played as a

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for Portuguese

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club Boavista and 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 Urs Fischer, 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 Sion 3–0 in the final, which meant they had won the double. On 4 July 2018, Basel announced that Vaclík had signed for

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. In his four seasons as their first goalkeeper, Vaclík 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 and Olympiacos

On 9 July 2018, Vaclík signed for Spanish

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club

. After three years, he confirmed his departure on

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page at the end of the

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. 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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Later career

In January 2023, Vaclík signed a short-term contract with

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side

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until the end of the 2022–23 season, playing 13 games as the club managed to avoid relegation that season. On 26 August 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with

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club

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through the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025, pending receipt of his P-1 visa, although he never played a competitive game for the club, who released him in January 2024. On 13 February 2024, he joined

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in Spain until the end of the 2023–24 season. On 12 February 2025, Vaclík signed a contract with Portuguese

club Boavista until the end of the season, with the club recently having replaced their manager. Vaclík was one of nine players signed by bottom-of-the-table Boavista on the same day, after the expiration of a transfer ban.

International career

Vaclík represented the Czech Republic at youth level between 2005 and 2011, progressing from the under-16 until 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 debuted for the Czech senior side 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 Olympiacos *

: 2021–22 Czech Republic U21 *

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bronze:

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

Czech Republic *

China Cup The China Cup International Football Championship () is an annual association football tournament organized in China by Wanda Sports Holdings. The Championship was inaugurated in 2017 as a single-elimination tournament A single-elimination kn ...

bronze:

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Individual *

Team of the Tournament:

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

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: November 2018, *

Czech Footballer of the Year The Czech Footballer of the Year () is awarded in the Czech Republic by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FA ČR). Eligibility extends to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards for young player, coach and Czech First L ...

: 2018, *

Golden Ball (Czech Republic) The Golden Ball () is awarded in the Czech Republic by a poll of Czech sport journalists from the Club of Sport Journalists (''Klub sportovních novinářů, KSN''). The award is eligible to Czech players in the Czech Republic and abroad. Awards fo ...

: 2019, *

Player of the Month: January 2022

References

External links

Profile season 2015/16 on the Swiss Football League homepage
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