Josef Hušbauer (born 16 March 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Czech National Football League club Příbram. A product of the Sparta Prague football academy, Hušbauer represented his country at various age groups before making his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2012.

Josef Hušbauer
Hušbauer with the Czech national team in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Hradištko, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Příbram
Number 6
Youth career
1996–2007 Sparta Prague
2007–2008 Jihlava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008 Jihlava 8 (0)
2008–2010 Viktoria Žižkov 23 (0)
2009–2010Příbram (loan) 22 (4)
2010–2011 Baník Ostrava 26 (3)
2011–2015 Sparta Prague 97 (33)
2015Cagliari (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2020 Slavia Prague 122 (22)
2020Dynamo Dresden (loan) 10 (1)
2020–2022 Anorthosis 60 (1)
2022 Karmiotissa 8 (0)
2022–2023 Ypsonas 14 (3)
2023– Příbram 15 (0)
International career
2005–2006 Czech Republic U16 10 (2)
2006–2007 Czech Republic U17 8 (1)
2007–2008 Czech Republic U18 6 (1)
2008–2009 Czech Republic U19 7 (0)
2011–2012 Czech Republic U21 5 (1)
2012– Czech Republic 21 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:25, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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Sparta Prague

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Hušbauer started his football career at Sparta Prague. He made his first league appearances in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga for Vysočina Jihlava.[1] In 2008, he was sold to FK Viktoria Žižkov, where he spent one season. For the 2009–10 season he was loaned to 1. FK Příbram. In 2010, Hušbauer moved to Baník Ostrava, where he played for one season before being sold to Sparta Prague.[2]

Hušbauer joined Italian side Cagliari on loan in January 2015.[3] However, he only played two matches under manager Gianfranco Zola, and played no further first-team matches after Zola was replaced by Zdeněk Zeman, subsequently cutting his loan period short and returning to Sparta.[4] In the autumn part of the 2015–16 Czech First League, Hušbauer dropped out of the Sparta Prague first team starting eleven and played only two full matches out of 15.[5]

Slavia Prague

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Hušbauer signed for Sparta Prague's fierce rivals Slavia Prague in December 2015 for a reported fee of 15 million CZK.[6] On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.[7]

In January 2020, Hušbauer joined 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. Dresden also secured an option to sign him permanently.[8]

Anorthosis Famagusta

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On 24 July 2020, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until May 2022.[9]

Karmiotissa

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In June 2022, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Karmiotissa.[10]

Příbram

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On 14 July 2023, Hušbauer signed a contract with Příbram.[11]

International career

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Hušbauer played for Czech youth national teams from the under-16 level.[12] He made his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2012, his first match being an international friendly against Ukraine, which finished goalless.[12] Hušbauer scored his first international goal in an international friendly match against Finland, which finished 2–2.[13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 5 January 2023[14][15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Viktoria Žižkov 2008–09 Czech First League 16 0 0 0 16 0
2009–10 Czech National Football League 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 23 0 0 0 23 0
Příbram (loan) 2009–10 Czech First League 22 4 0 0 22 4
Baník Ostrava 2010–11 Czech First League 24 2 0 0 4 1 28 3
2011–12 2 1 0 0 2 1
Total 26 3 0 0 4 1 30 4
Sparta Prague 2011–12 Czech First League 21 7 5 3 26 10
2012–13 26 4 0 0 11 2 37 6
2013–14 29 18 5 2 2 0 36 20
2014–15 9 3 3 2 7 1 19 6
2015–16 12 1 2 0 5 1 19 2
Total 97 33 15 7 25 5 137 44
Cagliari (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 2 0 1 0 3 0
Slavia Prague 2015–16 Czech First League 13 2 0 0 13 2
2016–17 29 3 3 0 5 1 37 4
2017–18 29 3 3 1 6 2 38 6
2018–19 33 9 4 2 9 1 46 12
2019–20 18 5 1 0 5 0 1 1 25 6
Total 122 22 11 3 25 4 1 1 159 30
Dynamo Dresden 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 10 1 0 0 10 1
Anorthosis 2020–21 Cypriot First Division 31 1 5 2 0 0 36 3
2021–22 29 0 6 0 10 0 1 0 46 0
Total 60 1 11 2 10 0 1 0 82 3
Karmiotissa 2022–23 Cypriot First Division 8 0 1 0 9 0
Career total 356 64 38 12 54 9 2 1 450 86

International

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As of 14 January 2020[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2012 2 0
2013 4 0
2014 3 1
2015 0 0
2016 0 0
2017 4 0
2018 4 0
2019 3 0
Total 20 1
As of 14 January 2020[16]
Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hušbauer goal.
List of international goals scored by Josef Hušbauer
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 21 May 2014 Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland   Finland 2–2 2–2 Friendly

Honours

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Sparta Prague

Slavia Prague

Anorthosis

Individual

References

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  1. ^ Profile at Vysočina Jihlava website
  2. ^ Profile Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Sparta Prague website
  3. ^ "Hušbauer definitivně opouští Spartu, v Cagliari bude zprvu hostovat". idnes.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Hušbauer o Cagliari: Zeman mě zklamal. Čekal jsem, že mi dá šanci". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Profile on iDNES".
  6. ^ "Přestup mezi rivaly: sparťanský odchovanec Hušbauer se stal slávistou" [Transfer between rivals: Sparta's Hušbauer becomes a Slavia player]. iDNES (in Czech). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
  8. ^ "SGD verpflichtet Josef Husbauer auf Leihbasis". WochenKurier (in German). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Ποδοσφαιριστής της Ανόρθωσης ο Γιόζεφ Χούσμπαουερ (δηλώσεις)". 24 July 2020.
  10. ^ Filípek, Štěpán (21 June 2022). "Trenér Uhrin míří na Kypr. Vsadí na bývalou hvězdu Slavie i další Čechy". Blesk (in Czech).
  11. ^ Brož, Zdeněk (14 July 2023). "Do Příbrami se vrací po 13 letech Josef Hušbauer". fkpribram.cz (in Czech). FK Příbram.
  12. ^ a b Josef Hušbauer at FAČR (in Czech)
  13. ^ "Hušbauer se poprvé trefil za reprezentaci: Škoda, že jsme nevyhráli" [Hušbauer scores first goal for the national team: Shame that we didn't win]. iDNES (in Czech). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  14. ^ Josef Hušbauer at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Josef Hušbauer » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  16. ^ a b Josef Hušbauer at National-Football-Teams.com
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