Štěpán Vachoušek

Štěpán Vachoušek
Personal information
Full name Štěpán Vachoušek
Date of birth 26 July 1979 (1979-07-26) (age 32)
Place of birth Duchcov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1985-1990 Lokomotiva Bílina
1990-1997 FK Teplice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 FK Teplice 11 (0)
1998–1999 1.FC Česká Lípa 6 (1)
1999 FK Teplice 5 (0)
2000–2001 SC Xaverov 24 (6)
2001 Chmel Blšany 6 (3)
2001–2002 FK Teplice 34 (6)
2002–2003 SK Slavia Praha 37 (10)
2003–2004 Olympique Marseille 21 (0)
2004–2008 Austria Wien 53 (5)
2008–2010 FK Teplice 52 (9)
2010 Sparta Prague 4 (0)
2011- FK Teplice 28 (4)
National team
2000–2002 Czech Republic U21 20 (7)
2002–2006 Czech Republic 23 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 May 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2011

Štěpán Vachoušek (born 26 July 1979 in Duchcov) is a Czech footballer who is contracted to FK Teplice.

He played for Olympique de Marseille in 2004 before moving to FK Austria Wien and then onto FK Teplice. He is a skillful left-winger or playmaker.

Vachoušek played for the Czech Republic at Euro 2004.

Persistent injury

Štěpán Vachoušek, the Czech international football player has unfortunately been hampered with a string of recurring injuries since suffering cruciate ligament damage in 2005, last undergoing an operation in February 2007. The latest news of Vachoušek’s troublesome knee injury means that the solid midfielder shall miss FK Austria Wien’s second qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, in August. Despite Štěpán's hardworking and loyal ethic to repay the Austrian outfit, persistent injury has limited Vachoušek to just 48 league appearances for Austria since joining from Olympique de Marseille three years ago.

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