Daniel Zítka

Daniel Zítka
Zítka in 2017
Personal information
Date of birth (1975-06-20) 20 June 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Havířov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1985–1994 Baník Havířov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 FK Viktoria Žižkov 1 (0)
1995–1997 FC Svit Zlín 38 (0)
1997–1999 Tatran Prešov 43 (0)
1999–2002 Lokeren 59 (0)
2002–2010 Anderlecht 143 (0)
2010–2012 Sparta Prague 4 (0)
Total 288 (0)
International career
1994–1996 Czech Republic U21 2 (0)
2007–2008 Czech Republic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Zítka (born 20 June 1975) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played three matches for the Czech Republic.[1] He worked as a goalkeeper coach for AC Sparta Prague.[2]

Career

Zítka began his career at FK Havířov and in 1994 moved to FK Viktoria Žižkov where he accumulated only one league start. He played in the first round of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against Chelsea, conceding four goals in a 4–2 first leg defeat in London.[3] The following year, he signed with FC Zlín and in November 1997 transferred to Tatran Prešov in Slovakia.

Two years later, Zítka moved to Belgium, to K.S.C. Lokeren OV. From Lokeren he was recruited by R.S.C. Anderlecht scouts in 2002. Following his arrival at Anderlecht, he was in competition with Tristan Peersman, Zvonko Milojević, Željko Pavlović, Jan Van Steenberghe and Silvio Proto, but remained a first-team regular

On 3 May 2010, he joined Sparta Prague from Anderlecht on a two-year deal.[4]

Honours

Anderlecht[5]

Individual

References

  1. ^ Daniel Zítka at National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ Daniel Zítka Archived 25 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Sparta.cz
  3. ^ "Chelsea FC - Viktoria Žižkov 4:2". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. ^ DH.be – Daniel Zitka rejoint le Sparta de Prague
  5. ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
  6. ^ "Homme de la saison belge". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Boussoufa wint Gouden Schoen". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar". Archived from the original on 15 October 2020.


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