Václav Pilař (; born 13 October 1988) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a winger for

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. He represented the

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at international level between 2011 and 2015.

Club career

Pilař joined Plzeň on loan from

at the beginning of the

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season. After rejecting to sign a contract with Plzeň in November 2011, Pilař was reported to have signed a contract with German side

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. In January 2012, it was announced that Pilař would join VfL Wolfsburg in the summer but would be staying in the Czech Republic in the lead up to the

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tournament. Pilař was injured in summer 2012, thus did not play any match for Wolfsburg during the

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. He joined

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on loan exactly the following summer. Having been out for 14 months, Pilař returned to action in an October 2013 friendly match for Freiburg against 2. Bundesliga side

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International career

Pilař debuted for the

on 4 June 2011 at the

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against

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. He scored his first senior international goal against

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in the

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in November 2011. Pilař scored the Czech Republic's first goal in their opening game of the

tournament against Russia when they were 2–0 down. In the second match of the tournament, Pilař scored the winning goal in the 2–1 victory against Greece, earning the

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accolade in the process.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilar, Vaclav 1988 births Living people People from Chlumec nad Cidlinou Czech men's footballers Men's association football wingers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 2012 players Czech First League players Bundesliga players FC Hradec Králové players FC Viktoria Plzeň players VfL Wolfsburg players SC Freiburg players FC Slovan Liberec players SK Sigma Olomouc players FK Jablonec players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from the Hradec Králové Region Czech National Football League players 21st-century Czech sportsmen