Štěpán Vachoušek


Štěpán Vachoušek is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career playing for FK Teplice. He played for the Czech Republic at Euro 2004. He is a skillful left-wingback or playmaker.

Club career

Vachoušek started playing in the Czech First League for FK Teplice in the 1997–98 season.
He left his home country to play for French club Olympique de Marseille in 2003 before moving to FK Austria Wien in 2004. He returned to FK Teplice in 2008. He joined Sparta Prague on loan in 2010, but spent just four months there before returning in December of the same year. In March 2014 the player extended his contract with Teplice until the end of the 2014–15 season.

International career

Vachoušek represented his country at youth level, playing in the final of the 2002 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a match in which the Czech Republic won the tournament.
In June 2004 he was named in his nation's squad for the Euro 2004 tournament. He played in the match against Germany at the tournament.