Tomáš Jirsák

Tomáš Jirsák (born 29 June 1984) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sokol České Heřmanice.

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

2012–13 season
On 3 July 2012, Jirsák joined Botev Plovdiv. He made his debut in A Grupa on 11 August 2013 when Botev Plovdiv achieved a 3–0 win against Slavia Sofia. In his first season in the yellow-black kit, he was a regular first team player. Jirsák took part in 25 league games and one Bulgarian Cup fixture. Thanks to his contributions, Botev finished the 2012–13 A Grupa in fourth place.

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. Thanks to him and his teammates, Botev Plovdiv finished fourth again 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 a Europa League match. Botev achieved a 0–1 away win. On 25 August, he sealed a 3–2 win over Slavia Sofia with a close range goal.

2014-15
Velislav Vutsov, the new manager of Botev Plovdiv for the 2014–15 season, assigned a more attacking role for Jirsak. He 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.

On 24 October, 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 3–1.

On 2 November, Jirsák appeared in his 90th game for Botev. He is the foreign player with the most games played for the club.

On 8 November, Jirsák scored a magnificent goal after an assist by Marian Ognyanov during a 1–2 away win against Litex Lovech.

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

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, against Marek Dupnitsa, Lokomotiv Plovdiv, and CSKA Sofia.

On 5 April 2015, Jirsák became the first foreign player with 100 games for Botev.

Jirsák scored the only goal in a 1–3 defeat againsy Ludogorets Razgrad on 3 May 2015. 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. Jirsák returned to the starting lineup for a 0–2 home defeat from Lokomotiv Sofia. After the game, it was announced that the contacts of Jirsák and his friend, goalkeeper Adam Stachowiak, would not be renewed and both of them were to leave the club.

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

Statistics

 * (correct as of 1 June 2015)

Honours
Wisła Kraków
 * Ekstraklasa: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11

Botev Plovdiv
 * Bulgarian Cup runner-up: 2014
 * Bulgarian Supercup runner-up: 2014
 * BNT Goal of the Year: 2014