Antonín Barák (born 3 December 1994)
is a Czech professional
footballer
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who plays as an
attacking midfielder
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for
Süper Lig
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club
Kasımpaşa on loan from
Serie A
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club
Fiorentina
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, and the
Czech Republic national team.
After starting his professional career at
Příbram
Příbram (; or ''Przibram'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It is known for its mining history, and more recently, its new venture into economic restructuring.
The town is the t ...
in the
Czech First League
The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...
, Barák moved on to play for
Slavia Prague
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...
, before moving to Italy to play in Serie A for
Udinese, as well as on loan at other clubs in the same league.
Club career
Slavia Prague
Barák made his career league debut for
1. FK Příbram on 1 June 2013 in a
Czech First League
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1–1 away draw at
Slovan Liberec. He signed for Czech First League club
SK Slavia Prague
Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional association football, football football team, club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are ...
on 30 December 2015 on a contract until June 2019.
Udinese
On 31 January 2017, Slavia announced that he had signed with
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio (; "Udinese Football") is a professional association football, football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The team currently competes in the Serie A, the first tier of Italian football league system, Italian fo ...
for a fee of €3 million, but that the transfer would go through after the end of the season.
Lecce
On 29 January 2020, he joined
Serie A
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club
Lecce
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Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is n ...
on loan. On 2 February he scored a goal in a 4–0 home win against
Torino
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, his first match with the
''salentini'' side.
Verona
On 17 September 2020, he was loaned to
Hellas Verona
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. Verona held an obligation to purchase his rights if certain performance conditions were met.
Fiorentina
On 26 August 2022, Barák joined
Fiorentina
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on loan with an option to buy. On 31 January 2023, Fiorentina exercised their option to make the transfer permanent.
In the
2022-23 season, Barak helped Fiorentina in the
Europa Conference League and formed a main attacking force with
Luka Jović and
Nicolás González, scoring 5 goals in 11 matches. In the second leg of the semi-final against
Basel
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, Barak started from the bench and was substituted on 105th minute of extra time, after which he scored an injury time winner for Fiorentina in 129th minute, causing his club to reach the final in
Prague
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,
Czech Republic
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.
Loan to Kasımpaşa
On 7 September 2024, Barák was loaned by
Kasımpaşa in Turkey.
International career
In November 2016, Barák received his first call-up to the
Czech senior squad for friendly matches against
Norway
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and
Denmark
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.
He debuted in the latter match on 15 November and scored a goal.
On 26 March 2017, Barák scored two goals in his competitive debut, a 6–0 victory over
San Marino
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in the
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage on 26 March 2017. He was later selected for the rescheduled
UEFA Euro 2020
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.
On 26 June 2024, during the
UEFA Euro 2024
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, Barák was sent off in the 20th minute of a match against Turkey. This set a record for the fastest send-off of a player in Euros history.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barák goal.''
Honours
Slavia Prague
*
Czech First League
The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...
:
2016–17
Fiorentina
*
Coppa Italia
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Juventus is the competition's most successf ...
runner-up:
2022–23
*
UEFA Europa Conference League
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runner-up:
2022–23
Czech Republic
*
China Cup
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A single-elimination kn ...
bronze:
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
References
External links
Profile at the ACF Fiorentina website
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1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Příbram
Czech men's footballers
21st-century Czech sportsmen
Men's association football midfielders
Czech Republic men's international footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
UEFA Euro 2020 players
UEFA Euro 2024 players
Czech First League players
Czech National Football League players
Serie A players
Süper Lig players
FK Příbram players
FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players
SK Slavia Prague players
Udinese Calcio players
US Lecce players
Hellas Verona FC players
ACF Fiorentina players
Kasımpaşa S.K. footballers
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey