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František Plach (born 8 March 1992) is a Slovak professional
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who plays as a
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for Polish club
Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...
and the Slovakia national team.


Club career


FK Senica

Plach made his professional debut for FK Senica against
MFK Skalica MFK Skalica is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Skalica. The club was founded in 1920. The club plays in the Fortuna Liga, the top tier of Slovak football, and hosts home games at the Mestský štadión Skalica. History * 1920–1 ...
on 2 April 2016.


Piast Gliwice

Plach moved from Senica to
Piast Gliwice Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice () is a Polish professional football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2025–26, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division. Histo ...
on 10 January 2018. In April 2018, Plach spoke to Slovak regional tabloid '' My'' about his career in Gliwice. While he did not start in a single competitive game in the spring half of the 2017–18 season, he mentioned he was glad for the transfer and was not worried that he would follow the tracks of Dobrivoj Rusov who spent 2 years there before returning to Slovak top-division team
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. The 2018–19 season, however, took a major twist for Plach and Piast. While Piast battled to avoid relegation in the previous season, the side championed the Polish league in this edition and Plach was the preferred goalkeeper for the majority of the season, maintaining 12 clean sheets in 25 league matches. After the season, that saw Plach win his first senior trophy, he was nominated to be Ekstaklasa's goalkeeper of the season by the experts at ''Sportowefakty'' web-portal, thanks to his 81% save rate and the lowest number of conceded goals (21). He was nominated along with his fellow-Slovak goalkeeper
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from
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, who finished third, and Latvian
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. In December 2022, Plach extended his contract with Piast until the summer of 2026, with a year option, shutting down claims of a possible transfer to Slovan Bratislava.


International career

On few occasions, Plach was a part of the Slovakia national team call-ups for international fixtures. For the first time, he was recognised by
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in August 2021, ahead of three 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. In March 2022, he was called up additionally to replace
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, who had suffered
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ahead of friendlies against
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and
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. Plach did not make an appearance on 25 March 2022 in
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fixture against
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, as
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was given preference. The match concluded in a 2–0 defeat, following strikes by
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and
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. Days late, Dominik Holec, a fellow debutant in the national team, appeared in the starting line-up in the subsequent match, debuting on 29 March 2022 in a neutral field international friendly against Finland. Following an agreement with goalkeeper's coach Miroslav Seman however, Plach and Holec were to feature for one half of the game each. During the first half, Holec faced two shots from the opposing team. Consequently, Plach made his debut starting in the second half. The match concluded in a 2–0 victory, after a first-half strike by
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and a second-half securing goal by Erik Jirka. It was noted, that during the second half, Plach had little problems to solve in goal. Following the match, Holec and Plach both praised the defensive line commanded by
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, expressed pride over representing their nation and claimed that lack of spectators was the only regret related to their debut.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Piast Gliwice *
Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...
: 2018–19 Individual *
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Goalkeeper of the Season: 2018–19


References


External links


FK Senica official club profile

Eurofotbal profile
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Futbalnet Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plach, Frantisek 1992 births Living people Footballers from Žilina Slovak men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Slovakia men's international footballers MŠK Žilina players ŠK Svätý Jur players FK Pohronie players FK Senica players Piast Gliwice players Slovak First Football League players 2. Liga (Slovakia) players 4. Liga (Slovakia) players Ekstraklasa players Slovak expatriate men's footballers Slovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century Slovak sportsmen