Jiří Piroch (born 31 August 1995) is a Czech professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a defender for Polish club

Odra Opole OKS Odra Opole Spółka Akcyjna () is a association football, football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the I liga. History Beginnings The history of Odra Opole began on 16 June 1945, when in the Opole Town Hall, a group o ...

. Having started out at

FC Viktoria Plzeň Football Club Viktoria Plzeň () is a Czech professional Association football, football club based in Plzeň. It plays in the Czech First League, the top division of football in the country. As runner-up in the 1970–71 Czechoslovak Cup, the c ...

, Piroch didn't feature in the league for his team, and only played during six loan spells away from the club, including 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 ...

for Jablonec and

Karviná Karviná (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 49,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Olza (river), Olza River in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Karviná is known as an industrial city with t ...

. He subsequently transferred to play in the

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for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

in 2019 for four years, before moving to Poland in 2023.

Career

Growing up, Piroch played football and handball, before deciding to concentrate on football. He signed for

and spent time on loan at lower-league clubs Baník Most and Jiskra Domažlice. Piroch scored his first Czech Second League goal for

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

in a 3–0 win against Táborsko in the spring part of the 2016–17 season, and played a total of 29 league matches for the club during his loan spell. Piroch made his

debut while on loan at

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech Republic, Czech professional association football, football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first se ...

, as a substitute in a 2–0 win against Slovan Liberec in April 2018. After another loan in the First League, at

, he went on loan for a second time to second-tier Pardubice in February 2019. From 2019 to 2023, Piroch played for

in the

, before moving to Poland to play for

Personal life

His father, also called Jiří, played handball at a professional level, making seven appearances for the Czech national team. His brother, Tomáš, is also a national team player. The family spent seven years in France during Piroch's childhood.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Piroch, Jiri Czech men's footballers 1995 births Living people Footballers from Plzeň Men's association football defenders FC Viktoria Plzeň players FK Baník Most 1909 players FK Pardubice players FK Jablonec players MFK Karviná players FK Dukla Prague players Odra Opole players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players I liga players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland 21st-century Czech sportsmen