Tomáš Jirsák

Tomáš Jirsák
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-29) 29 June 1984
Place of birth Vysoké Mýto, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Irtysh Pavlodar
Number 16
Youth career
1990–1995 Sokol České Heřmanice
1995–1996 Vysoké Mýto
1996–1999 Agria Choceň
1999–2003 Hradec Králové
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Hradec Králové 40 (5)
2005–2007 Teplice 52 (5)
2007–2012 Wisła Kraków 109 (6)
2012–2015 Botev Plovdiv 85 (6)
2015– Irtysh Pavlodar 17 (0)
National team
2004–2007 Czech Republic U-21 22 (3)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 November 2015.


Tomáš Jirsák (born 29 June 1984 in Vysoké Mýto) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Irtysh Pavlodar.

Club career

Jirsák played his first professional years with FC Hradec Králové, before moving to FK Teplice. In July 2007 he joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Wisła Kraków on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. In 2007–08 season he won the Ekstraklasa championship with Wisła contributing with 2 goals and 3 assists in 20 matches. In the following 2008–09 season, he won the Ekstraklasa title for the second time in a row.

Botev Plovdiv

2012–13 season

On 3 July 2012 Jirsák joined Botev Plovdiv.[1] He made a debut in A Grupa on 11 August 2013 when Botev Plovdiv achieved a 3-0 win against Slavia Sofia.[2] In his first season with the yellow-black kit he was a regular first team player. Jirsák took part in 25 games in A Grupa and one for the Bulgarian Cup.[3] Thanks to his contributions Botev Plovdiv finished on 4th place of A Grupa.

2013-14

In his second season with the yellow-black jersey Jirsák played in 47 matches (33 in A Grupa, 8 in Bulgarian Cup and 6 in UEFA Europa League.[4] Thanks to him and his teammates Botev Plovdiv finished again on 4th place of A Grupa and reached the final of the Bulgarian Cup.

On 7 July 2013 Jirsak scored his first goal for the club from about 25 metres against Astana in Europa League tournament.[5] Botev Plovdiv achieved an away win with 0:1. On 25 August he gave the win with close range goal against Slavia Sofia with 3:2.[6]

2014-15

Velislav Vutsov, the new manager of Botev Plovdiv for season 2014-15, assigned a more attacking role for Jirsak. Tomáš was among the goalscorers twice in his first three games in A Grupa. He scored against Cherno More Varna and Slavia Sofia but he also received a red card at end of the dramatic 3-3 draw with Litex Lovech.[7][8][9]

On 24 October Tomáš Jirsák scored the second goal for his team during the second half of the game against Beroe Stara Zagora. Botev Plovdiv defeated Beroe Stara Zagora with 3-1.[10]

On 2 November Tomáš played his 90th game for Botev Plovdiv. He is the foreign player with the most games for the club.[11]

On 8 November Jirsák scored a magnificent goal after an assist by Marian Ognyanov during the 1-2 away win against Litex Lovech.[12]

His goal against Litex Lovech was selected for the best goal in A Grupa for 2014.[13]

As expected Jirsák was in the starting lineup for the last three games of the regular season in A Grupa which were played in March 2015. His excellent performance was crucial for the three wins in a row for Botev Plovdiv against Marek Dupnitsa, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and CSKA Sofia.[14][15][16]

On 5 April 2015 Jirsák became the first foreign player with 100 games for Botev Plovdiv.[17]

Jirsák scored the only goal for Botev Plovdiv during the 1-3 defeat from Ludogorets Razgrad on 3 May 2015.[18] He received a yellow card during the game with Litex Lovech and was banned for the next two games with CSKA Sofia and Beroe Stara Zagora.[19] Jirsák returned to the starting lineup for the 0-2 home defeat from Lokomotiv Sofia.[20] After this game it was announced that the contacts of Tomáš Jirsák and his friend, the goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak, will not be renewed and both of them will leave the club.[21]

International career

Jirsák was capped 22 times for Czech Republic national under-21 football team.[22] He represented the country at the 2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Statistics

(correct as of 1 June 2015)
Club Season League Domestic League Domestic Cups European Cups Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hradec Králové 2003–04 2.Liga 1601[23]–170
2004–05 24522–267
Hradec Králové Total 40 5 3 2 – 43 7
FK Teplice 2005–06 1.Liga 2522021293
2006–07 2732020313
FK Teplice Total 52 5 4 0 4 1 60 6
Wisła Kraków 2007–08 Ekstraklasa 202151–353
2008–09 2404161342
2009–10 2725020342
2010–11 1912040251
2011–12 1915040281
Wisła Kraków Total 109 6 31 2 16 1 156 9
Botev Plovdiv 2012–13 A Group 25010–260
2013–14 3317061462
2014–15 2752140336
Botev Plovdiv Total 85 6 10 1 10 1 105 8

Honours

Wisła Kraków

Botev Plovdiv

References

  1. ↑ Ботев привлече халф на Висла Краков
  2. ↑ Ботев Пд 3:0 Славия
  3. ↑ Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев
  4. ↑ Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев
  5. ↑ Ботев се завърна с победа в Европа (снимки)
  6. ↑ Ботев Пд 3:2 Славия
  7. ↑ Ботев 2:1 Черно море
  8. ↑ Ботев надигра и победи Славия, буря прекъсна мача
  9. ↑ Ботев продължава без загуба, канарчетата се пребориха за 3:3 с Литекс
  10. ↑ Ботев се върна в Топ 6 след убедителен успех над Берое
  11. ↑ Иршак продължава да чупи рекорди, стигна до 90-ти мач за „канарчетата“
  12. ↑ Литекс 1:2 Ботев, "А" група; 08.11.2014 17:30
  13. ↑ Томаш Иршак с наградата за най-красив гол за 2014-та
  14. ↑ Ботев започна пролетта с класика над Марек
  15. ↑ Ботев сгази Локо в калта на Лаута
  16. ↑ Направихме го! Ботев влетя в шестицата с чиста победа над ЦСКА
  17. ↑ 92 официални изяви за "Ботев" и да се озове в подножието на Клуб 100.
  18. ↑ Ботев отстъпи на Лудогорец у дома
  19. ↑ Томаш Иршак пропуска мачовете с ЦСКА и Берое
  20. ↑ Ботев приключи сезона с домакинска загуба от Локо Сф
  21. ↑ Шеф на Ботев: Иршак и Стаховяк играят последния си мач
  22. ↑ Tomáš Jirsák international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
  23. ↑ Doesn't include these matches:
    1.round Czech Cup: SK Týniště n.O. – SK Hradec Králové 1:6 (0:4)
    2.round Czech Cup: 23.07.2003 FK Mladá Boleslav – SK Hradec Králové 0:1 (0:1)
  24. ↑ Ботев загуби на финала, играем в Лига Европа през юли
  25. ↑ Ботев загуби от Лудогорец във финала за Суперкупата
  26. ↑ Dimitrov, Ivaylo (17 February 2015). "Владислав Стоянов е най-добрият български футболист за 2014 година! Лудогорци обраха почти всички индивидуални награди". topsport.bg. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
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