Tomáš Sivok (born 15 September 1983) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He made 64 appearances for the Czech national team scoring 5 goals. At club level, Sivok is best known for a seven-year spell with Turkish club Beşiktaş, playing over 200 matches for them. He has also played abroad for Udinese in Italy, Bursaspor in Turkey and Maccabi Petah Tikva in Israel.

Tomáš Sivok
Sivok in the 2009–10 season
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Sivok
Date of birth (1983-09-15) 15 September 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth Pelhřimov, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Positions
Youth career
České Budějovice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 České Budějovice 31 (1)
2002–2007 Sparta Prague 95 (4)
2003České Budějovice (loan) 13 (1)
2007–2008 Udinese 23 (1)
2008Sparta Prague (loan) 25 (1)
2008–2015 Beşiktaş 156 (15)
2015–2017 Bursaspor 42 (2)
2017–2019 Maccabi Petah Tikva 57 (4)
2019–2020 České Budějovice 19 (1)
Total 499 (34)
International career
1998–1999 Czech Republic U15 9 (2)
1999–2000 Czech Republic U16 21 (2)
2000–2001 Czech Republic U17 7 (0)
2000 Czech Republic U18 1 (0)
2001–2002 Czech Republic U19 8 (1)
2003 Czech Republic U20 10 (2)
2002–2005 Czech Republic U21 13 (2)
2005–2017 Czech Republic 64 (5)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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In September 2005, Sivok became a captain of Sparta Prague.

In the middle of 2006, Sivok became a main face of a Czech government anti-racist campaign which is called Together Against The Racism.[citation needed]

He signed for Udinese during the January 2007 transfer window. In May 2008, he was sold by Udinese to the Turkish side Beşiktaş for €4.7 million. He signed a four-plus-one-year contract worth €800,000 per season and up to €100,000 in bonuses; his salary would have risen to €1.2 million if he had extended his contract to 2013.[1]

Sivok joined Czech First League club Dynamo České Budějovice in 2019.[2]

International career

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Sivok was captain of the Czech Republic U21 national team in 2006. He made his debut for the Czech national team on 3 September 2005.

Personal life

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Sivok married Michaela Šachlová on 9 March 2009 in Istanbul.[3] Their first child is a son named André Thomas second child is girl Megan.[4]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 30 May 2015
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Beşiktaş 2008–09 292600030382
2009–10 312201050392
2010–11 110520050212
2011–12 2741000122406
2012–13 285100000295
2013–14 132000020152
2014–15 170000040210
Total 156151521028220319
Career total 156151521028220319

International

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Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sivok goal.
List of international goals scored by Tomáš Sivok
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
126 May 2010Rentschler Field, Connecticut, United States United States1–14–2Friendly
29 February 2011Stadion Aldo Drosina, Pula, Croatia Croatia1–22–4Friendly
311 November 2011Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic Montenegro2–02–0UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
410 October 2014Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey Turkey1–12–1UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
513 November 2015Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic Serbia1–04–1Friendly

Honours

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References

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  1. "Konsolide Dipnotlar" (PDF). Besiktas JK (in Turkish). Turkish Public Disclosure System. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  2. "Aplaus vestoje pro Sivoka. Kapitán Dynama měl při velkém loučení na krajíčku". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. "Sivok'tan en güzel imza". Lig TV (in Turkish). Retrieved 9 March 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. "Sivok Baba Oldu". bjk.com.tr (in Turkish). 1 July 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
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