Tomáš Zápotočný (born 13 September 1980) is a retired

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footballer, who last played for 1. FK Příbram in the

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Football career

He signed for Udinese in the January transfer window for an unconfirmed €500,000 bid. He arrived from Czech side Slovan Liberec, for whom he was the captain and won the 2006–07 player of the season award. He scored his first goal for the club in a 2–1 friendly win over Slovene football club NK Gorica. On 25 February 2007 he played his first Serie A match for Udinese against

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. On 1 July 2008, he was sold to Turkish side

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for €4.5 million, re-joining

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. He signed a 3+1-year contract worth €750,000 per season. On 17 September 2013, Zápotočný joined

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side FK Příbram, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Zápotočný played three times for his county's under-21 team. He currently has four caps for the senior Czech Republic side.

Honours

* Slovan Liberec **

(1): 2005–06 *

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(1): 2008–09 *

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(1): 2009–10

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References

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zapotocny, Tomas 1980 births Living people Footballers from Příbram Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech First League players FK Příbram players 1. FK Drnovice players FC Slovan Liberec players AC Sparta Prague players Serie A players Udinese Calcio players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Bursaspor footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy FC Baník Ostrava players Men's association football defenders FK Příbram managers Czech football managers Czech National Football League players Czech National Football League managers SK Dynamo České Budějovice managers Czech First League managers SFC Opava managers 21st-century Czech sportsmen