Tomáš Jirsák

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

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.<ref>Ботев привлече халф на Висла Краков</ref> He made a debut in A Grupa on 11 August 2013 when Botev Plovdiv achieved a 3-0 win against Slavia Sofia.<ref>Ботев Пд 3:0 Славия</ref> 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.<ref>Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев</ref> 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.<ref>Томаш Иршак - първият чужденец със 100 мача за Ботев</ref> 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.<ref>Ботев се завърна с победа в Европа (снимки)</ref> 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.<ref>Ботев Пд 3:2 Славия</ref>

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.<ref>Ботев 2:1 Черно море</ref><ref>Ботев надигра и победи Славия, буря прекъсна мача</ref><ref>Ботев продължава без загуба, канарчетата се пребориха за 3:3 с Литекс</ref>

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.<ref>Ботев се върна в Топ 6 след убедителен успех над Берое</ref>

On 2 November Tomáš played his 90th game for Botev Plovdiv. He is the foreign player with the most games for the club.<ref>Иршак продължава да чупи рекорди, стигна до 90-ти мач за „канарчетата“</ref>

On 8 November Jirsák scored a magnificent goal after an assist by Marian Ognyanov during the 1-2 away win against Litex Lovech.<ref>Литекс 1:2 Ботев, "А" група; 08.11.2014 17:30</ref>

His goal against Litex Lovech was selected for the best goal in A Grupa for 2014.<ref>Томаш Иршак с наградата за най-красив гол за 2014-та</ref>

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.<ref>Ботев започна пролетта с класика над Марек</ref><ref>Ботев сгази Локо в калта на Лаута</ref><ref>Направихме го! Ботев влетя в шестицата с чиста победа над ЦСКА</ref>

On 5 April 2015 Jirsák became the first foreign player with 100 games for Botev Plovdiv.<ref>92 официални изяви за "Ботев" и да се озове в подножието на Клуб 100.</ref>

Jirsák scored the only goal for Botev Plovdiv during the 1-3 defeat from Ludogorets Razgrad on 3 May 2015.<ref>Ботев отстъпи на Лудогорец у дома</ref> 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.<ref>Томаш Иршак пропуска мачовете с ЦСКА и Берое</ref> Jirsák returned to the starting lineup for the 0-2 home defeat from Lokomotiv Sofia.<ref>Ботев приключи сезона с домакинска загуба от Локо Сф</ref> 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.<ref>Шеф на Ботев: Иршак и Стаховяк играят последния си мач</ref>

International career

Jirsák was capped 22 times for Czech Republic national under-21 football team.<ref>Template:CMFS player</ref> 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	16	0	1<ref>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)</ref>		–		17	0
	2004–05		24	5	2	2	–		26	7
Hradec Králové Total			40	5	3	2	–		43	7
FK Teplice	2005–06	1.Liga	25	2	2	0	2	1	29	3
	2006–07		27	3	2	0	2	0	31	3
FK Teplice Total			52	5	4	0	4	1	60	6
Wisła Kraków	2007–08	Ekstraklasa	20	2	15	1	–		35	3
	2008–09		24	0	4	1	6	1	34	2
	2009–10		27	2	5	0	2	0	34	2
	2010–11		19	1	2	0	4	0	25	1
	2011–12		19	1	5	0	4	0	28	1
Wisła Kraków Total			109	6	31	2	16	1	156	9
Botev Plovdiv	2012–13	A Group	25	0	1	0	–		26	0
	2013–14		33	1	7	0	6	1	46	2
	2014–15		27	5	2	1	4	0	33	6
Botev Plovdiv Total			85	6	10	1	10	1	105	8

Honours

Wisła Kraków

• Ekstraklasa: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11

Botev Plovdiv

• Bulgarian Cup Runner-up: 2014<ref>Ботев загуби на финала, играем в Лига Европа през юли</ref>
• Bulgarian Supercup Runner-up: 2014<ref>Ботев загуби от Лудогорец във финала за Суперкупата</ref>
• BNT award for best (most beautiful) goal: 2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Template:Fotbal DNES
• Player profile on official site
• video compilation