Tomáš Vaclík

Tomáš Vaclík (; born 29 March 1989) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent.

Vaclík represented the Czech Republic at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship and was named in the team of the tournament. He made his senior debut for the Czech Republic national team in 2012 and was part of the side's squad at UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020.

Club career Czech leagues

Vaclík started out with FC Vítkovice in the Czech 2. Liga where he played for three seasons before transferring to Viktoria Žižkov. Žižkov won promotion to the Czech First League in Vaclík's first season with the club. In July 2011, Vaclík signed a three-year contract with De Graafschap but it was later announced that he had failed a medical in the Netherlands and would be returning to Prague.

Vaclík played for Žižkov during the first half of the 2011–12 Czech First League. In January 2012, with Žižkov bottom of the league with seven points from 16 matches, Vaclík transferred to Sparta Prague for a reported fee of 8.25 million CZK, signing a contract to keep him at the club until the summer of 2016.

Basel On 22 May 2014 it was announced that Vaclík had signed for FC Basel of the Swiss Super League on a four-year contract with an option for another year. He joined the team for their 2014–15 season under head coach Paulo Sousa. After playing in four test games Vaclik played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Stadion Brügglifeld on 19 July 2014 as Basel won 2–1 against Aarau. Basel entered the Champions League in the group stage. They reached the knockout phase on 9 December 2014, as they managed a 1–1 draw at Anfield against Liverpool. But they were knocked out of the competition by Porto in the round of 16. At the end of the 2014–15 season, Basel won the championship for the sixth time in a row. In the 2014–15 Swiss Cup Basel reached the final. However for the third time in a row they finished as runners-up. Basel played a total of 65 matches (36 Swiss League fixtures, 6 Swiss Cup, 8 Champions League and 15 test matches). Under manager Paulo Sousa Vaclík totaled 51 appearances, 33 in the League, 8 in the Champions League as well 10 in test games.

At the end of the 2015–16 Super League season, under new head coach Urs Fischer, Vaclík won the championship for the second time. Vaclík then extended his contract with the club, this was then dated up until the end of June 2021.

At the end of Basel's 2016–17 season, Vaclík won the championship with the club for the third time. For the club this was the eighth title in a row and their 20th championship title in total. They also won the 2016–17 Swiss Cup, defeating Sion 3–0 in the final, which meant they had won the double.

On 4 July 2018, Basel announced that Vaclík had signed for Sevilla FC. In his four seasons as their first goalkeeper, Vaclík played a total of 195 games for Basel. 132 of these games were in the Swiss Super League, four in the Swiss Cup, 33 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League) and 26 were friendly games. He had won the championship three times and the Swiss Cup once.

Sevilla and Olympiacos

On 9 July 2018, Vaclík signed for Spanish La Liga club Sevilla FC. After three years, he confirmed his departure on Facebook page at the end of the season.

On 13 July 2021, Vaclík signed a two-year contract with Olympiacos F.C. of the Super League Greece. He was signed to replace José Sá, who moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Later career In January 2023, Vaclík signed a short-term contract with EFL Championship side Huddersfield Town until the end of the 2022–23 season, playing 13 games as the club managed to avoid relegation that season. On 26 August 2023, Vaclík signed a contract with Major League Soccer club New England Revolution through the 2024 season, with a club option for 2025, pending receipt of his P-1 visa, although he never played a competitive game for the club, who released him in January 2024. On 13 February 2024, he joined Albacete in Spain until the end of the 2023–24 season. On 12 February 2025, Vaclík signed a contract with Portuguese Primeira Liga club Boavista until the end of the season, with the club recently having replaced their manager. Vaclík was one of nine players signed by bottom-of-the-table Boavista on the same day, after the expiration of a transfer ban.

International career

Vaclík represented the Czech Republic at youth level between 2005 and 2011, progressing from the under-16 until under-21 team. Vaclík was involved in the national team for the first time in 2011, selected as a reserve goalkeeper for the side's matches against Spain and Luxembourg, although he did not play. He made his debut for the Czech senior side on 14 November 2012 in a 3–0 friendly victory against Slovakia. He played six times from the first 37 times he was included in the squad, limited mainly due to the presence of first-choice keeper Petr Čech. He made his 50th appearance for the Czech Republic in a UEFA Nations League game against Switzerland in June 2022.

Career statistics Club

International

Honours Sparta Prague Czech First League: 2013–14

Basel Swiss Super League: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Swiss Cup: 2016–17; runner up: 2014–15

Sevilla UEFA Europa League: 2019–20

Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2021–22

Czech Republic U21 UEFA European Under-21 Championship bronze: 2011

Czech Republic China Cup bronze: 2018

Individual UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011 Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2014–15 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, La Liga Player of the Month: November 2018, Czech Footballer of the Year: 2018, Golden Ball (Czech Republic): 2019, Super League Greece Player of the Month: January 2022