Tomáš Necid


Tomáš Necid is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a striker in the Netherlands for ADO Den Haag, and the Czech Republic national team.
He is the older brother of Simona Necidová, who is also an international footballer.

Club career

Early years

Necid played his first match for the senior team of SK Slavia Prague in September 2006, when he was just 17 years old. A month later, he scored his first league goal.

Loan to Jablonec

In the 2007–08 season, Necid made his debut in the UEFA Champions League, however, he was loaned to FK Jablonec for the second half of the season. Despite playing only 14 matches, he was Jablonec's top scorer of the season with five goals. When Necid came to FK Jablonec they were in 15th place, which means relegation to a lower league. Nevertheless, the team finished the season in 12th place, and therefore survived, with Necid being one of the heroes of the team. When his loan came to an end, he stated he wanted to return to Slavia and did not want to play for Jablonec again.
At the end of the season, in his first match for Slavia after his return from Jablonec, he scored a goal against Liberec. Slavia Prague won the 2007–08 Gambrinus liga. In 2008, he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards.

CSKA Moscow

In August 2008, CSKA Moscow, who were interested in Necid since 2006, signed a deal with Slavia Prague according to which Necid would stay at Slavia until the end of the year and would join CSKA in January 2009. He played his first competitive match for CSKA Moscow on 7 March 2009 in the Russian Super Cup 2009 where he came on as a substitute on the 78th minute and scored the winning goal for his team in extra time in the 113th minute. Before joining CSKA Moscow Necid played 16 games in the 2008–09 Gambrinus liga and scored 11 goals.
In his debut match for CSKA at the 2009 Russian Super Cup, Necid came on as a substitute when the score was 1–1 and scored the winning goal.
In June 2011, Necid suffered a knee injury that required two operations and it sidelined him for 22 months.

Loan to PAOK

Necid signed for PAOK for the 2013–14 season to gain more playing time with Olympiacos, Rennes and Twente all interested.

Loan to Slavia Prague

On 6 January 2014, Slavia Prague announced signing Necid on loan to the end of 2013–14 season.

Loan to Zwolle

In August 2014, he was sent on loan to Dutch Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle.

Return to CSKA Moscow

His loan ended in January 2015 and he returned to CSKA Moscow. After being linked with Chievo Verona, Necid dissolved his contract with CSKA on 2 February 2015.

PEC Zwolle

He returned to PEC Zwolle as a free agent and signed a contract until the end of the season.

Bursaspor

On 2 July 2015, Necid signed four-year contract for Turkish Süper Lig side Bursaspor. He came the club for a key role in filling the shoes of top goalscorer from 2014–15 season, Fernandão.

Loan to Legia Warsaw

On 30 January 2017, he was loaned to Legia Warsaw for a half-year.

Third spell at Slavia Prague

On 1 September 2017, Necid rejoined Slavia Prague on a season-long loan deal. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against FK Jablonec. He left Slavia after the loan was over.

ADO Den Haag

On 28 August 2018, he joined Dutch side ADO Den Haag on a two-year contract after his Bursaspor contract was dissolved.

International career

Youth sides

He finished as a joined top scorer with five goals in five games scored at the 2006 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship, where the Czech Republic won a silver medal.
He became the top scorer of 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship, with four goals in four games. At that tournament the Czech Republic reached the semi-final.
Necid is to be part of the Czech U-20 team at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Senior side

His first match with the senior team took place on 19 November 2008, in a qualification match against San Marino. The Czech national football team won 3–0, with Necid scoring the third goal. After that, Necid scored three goals in World Cup qualification. He scored his fifth goal in a 4–2 win over the USA in an international friendly on 25 May 2010. His sixth was scored in a 4–1 win over Latvia.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
119 November 2008San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino13–03–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
25 June 2009Na Stínadlech, Teplice, Czech Republic51–01–0Friendly
39 September 2009Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic86–07–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
410 October 2009Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic91–02–02010 FIFA World Cup qualification
525 May 2010Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford, United States154–24–2Friendly
611 August 2010Stadion u Nisy, Liberec, Czech Republic164–04–1Friendly
712 October 2010Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein191–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
813 October 2014Astana Arena, Astana, Kazakhstan274–14–2UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
913 November 2015Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty, Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic332–14–1Friendly
1027 May 2016Kufstein-Arena, Kufstein, Austria375–06–0Friendly
111 June 2016Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria382–12–1Friendly
1217 June 2016Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France412–22–2UEFA Euro 2016

Honours

Club

Slavia Prague
CSKA Moscow
PEC Zwolle
Czech Republic U17