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

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who plays as a

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for Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž.

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

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Tomáš Zajíc
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