Tomáš Poštulka

Infobox Football biography
playername = Tomáš Poštulka


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|2|2
cityofbirth = Prague
countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
height = 190 cm
nickname =
position = Goalkeeper
currentclub = AC Sparta Praha
clubnumber = 1
youthyears = 1980-1991
1991-1992
youthclubs = AC Sparta Praha
Alajuelense
years = 1992-1993
1993
1994-1997
1997-2001
2001-2007
2007-
clubs = Dukla Praha
Petra Drnovice
SK Hradec Králové
AC Sparta Praha
FK Teplice
AC Sparta Praha
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1994-1996
1998
nationalteam = Czech Republic U-21
Czech Republic
nationalcaps(goals) = 7 (0)
7 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =

Tomáš Poštulka (born February 2, 1974 in Prague) - is a Czech football goalkeeper currently playing for Sparta Prague. He is one of the most successful Czech goalkeepers - and together with Petr Čech and Jaromír Blažek the most seasoned Czech goalkeeper in European Cups (Champions League and UEFA Cup). Under Jozef Chovanec he was the #1 goalkeeper in the Czech National Team.

Career beginnings

He began his career in 1982 coming to Sparta Prague and playing in all kind junior Czech national teams (U-18, U-21,...). In 1991 he spent one year in Costa Rica playing for Carmen Alajuela (1st Costa Rican league). After his comeback he spent some time in Dukla Prague and FK Drnovice (both 1st Czech league). In 1995 he moved to Hradec Kralove where he achieved his first bigger success winning the Czech Cup. From these times came his nickname the "penalties wizard" because of his stats - having saved every second penalty.

parta Prague

In 1997 Sparta Prague bought back their goalkeeper to win 5 championships in a row and to be the part of the most successful period in Sparta's post-revolution history. Sparta played the UEFA Champions League many times and the UEFA Cup at the time and "Tomas" got his first invitation to the Czech National Team. He played 7 matches of qualification (all wins) for the EURO 2000 tournament and won the Japan Kirin Cup with the prize for best goalkeeper.

FK Teplice

In 2001 the ambitious team FK Teplice offered Sparta a big transfer price and Postulka moved to north Bohemia. There he celebrated the win of the Czech Cup and underdog victories in the UEFA Cup. In 2005 he set up two season records by going up to 600 minutes without conceding a goal (it was a club record and 10th best time in league history) and the second record was the accomplishment of having 15 clean sheets.

AC Sparta Praha

On February 16, 2007, he transferred back to his mother club, AC Sparta Prague.

ources

* [http://www.spartaforever.cz/ukaz_clanek.php?clanek=934 Sparta Forever] - in Czech
* [http://sport.ihned.cz/c4-10105250-20455230-004000_d-bilek-si-z-teplic-vyzadal-postulku iHned] - in Czech