Tomáš Poštulka

Tomáš Poštulka (born 2 February 1974) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is one of the most successful Czech goalkeepers – and together with Petr Čech and Jaromír Blažek the most seasoned Czech goalkeeper in European Cups (Champions League and UEFA Cup). Under Jozef Chovanec he was the #1 goalkeeper in the Czech National Team. Besides Czech Republic, he has played in Costa Rica.[1]

Tomáš Poštulka
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-02-02) 2 February 1974
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1980–1991 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1992 Carmelita 2 (0)
1992–1993 Dukla Prague 2 (0)
1993 Petra Drnovice 14 (0)
1994–1997 SK Hradec Králové 50 (0)
1997–2001 Sparta Prague 72 (0)
2001–2007 FK Teplice 149 (0)
2007–2008 Sparta Prague 12 (0)
2008–2009 Viktoria Plzeň 10 (0)
2010 Zenit Čáslav
International career
1994–1996 Czech Republic U21 7 (0)
1998 Czech Republic 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Poštulka was born in Prague. He began his career in 1982 coming to Sparta Prague and playing in all kind junior Czech national teams (U-18, U-21,...). In 1991, he spent one year in Costa Rica playing 2 league games for Carmelita[2](1st Costa Rican league). After his comeback he spent some time in Dukla Prague and FK Drnovice (both 1st Czech league). In 1995, he moved to Hradec Kralove where he achieved his first bigger success winning the Czech Cup. From these times came his nickname the "penalties wizard" because of his stats – having saved every second penalty.

Sparta Prague

In 1997 Sparta Prague bought back their goalkeeper to win 5 championships in a row and to be the part of the most successful period in Sparta's post-revolution history. Sparta played the UEFA Champions League many times and the UEFA Cup at the time and "Tomas" got his first invitation to the Czech National Team. He played 7 matches of qualification (all wins) for the EURO 2000 tournament and won the Japan Kirin Cup with the prize for best goalkeeper.

FK Teplice

In 2001 the ambitious team FK Teplice offered Sparta a big transfer price and Postulka moved to North Bohemia. There he celebrated the win of the Czech Cup and underdog victories in the UEFA Cup. In 2005, he set up two season records by going up to 600 minutes without conceding a goal (it was a club record and 10th best time in league history) and the second record was the accomplishment of having 15 clean sheets.

AC Sparta Prague

On 16 February 2007, he was transferred back to his mother club, AC Sparta Prague.

References
  1. Za mě byl třetí gólman na Spartě vždy někdo mladej – Tomáš Poštulka spartanskenoviny.cz
  2. Treinta y cinco extranjeros forjaron su nombre en Carmelita – UNAFUT (in Spanish)
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