Tomáš Černý

Tomáš Černý (born 10 April 1985) is a Czech retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Černý has played football in the Czech Republic, Scotland, Bulgaria and Greece for Sigma Olomouc, Hamilton Academical, CSKA Sofia, Ergotelis, Hibernian, Partick Thistle and Aberdeen respectively. He has also played youth international football for the Czech Republic.

Tomáš Černý
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Černy
Date of birth (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985
Place of birth Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2009 Sigma Olomouc 1 (0)
2007–2009 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 51 (0)
2009–2012 Hamilton Academical 82 (0)
2012–2014 CSKA Sofia 49 (0)
2014–2015 Ergotelis 11 (0)
2015 Hibernian 0 (0)
2015–2018 Partick Thistle 89 (0)
2018–2021 Aberdeen 2 (0)
Total 285 (0)
International career
2001–2002 Czech Republic U17 6 (0)
2002–2003 Czech Republic U18 5 (0)
2003–2004 Czech Republic U19 12 (1)
2004–2006 Czech Republic U21 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Sigma Olomouc

Born in Ústí nad Labem, Černý started his career at Sigma Olomouc in 2002, was outstanding player in the youth set-up, but he made only one senior appearance for the club, playing in a 0–0 draw against Příbram on 12 March 2005.[1]

Hamilton Academical

He signed on loan for Scottish First Division side Hamilton Academical in August 2007.[2] Černý helped Hamilton achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008. Černý won the SPL Player of the Month Award in January 2009.[3] In March 2009, Černý announced his desire to stay with the Accies after his loan spell ended.[4] On 24 April 2009, Černý signed a two-year permanent contract with Hamilton and completed a transfer from Sigma Olomouc for a fee of 200.000 Euro after attracting interest from Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers.[5] Tomas played 155 official games for the club. Tomas was recognised as Hamilton Academical's Player of the Year for 2008–2009. On 17 February 2012, Černý's contract was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

CSKA Sofia

On 26 June 2012, Černý joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[7] He made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw against Mura 05 in the second qualifying round of Europa League on 19 July.[8] His A Group debut came on 11 August, in the 1–0 away loss against Litex Lovech.[9][10] Černý was the undisputed number one goalkeeper for a period of more than a year and during that time racked up an impressive tally of 32 clean sheets in 57 official games. However, in late 2013, Černý lost his place in the starting line-up due to refusing to extend his contract with the club over lack of payment.[11][12]

Ergotelis

On 6 July 2014, Černý signed a two-year contract with Greek Super League club Ergotelis.[13]

Hibernian

On 26 January 2015, Černý moved to Hibernian, signing a contract until the end of the 2014–15.[14] He left the club at the end of his contract.[15]

Partick Thistle
Cerny at a Partick Thistle media event in Glasgow

Černý signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle in June 2015.[15] He played regularly for Thistle in the early part of the 2015–16 season, and manager Alan Archibald said he was the team's best player during this period.[16] Černý suffered an ankle injury in October.[16] On 22 January 2016, Černý signed a contract extension keeping him at Firhill Stadium until the summer of 2018.[17]

On 8 May 2016, the day after Thistle secured their top flight status with a 2–0 away win to Kilmarnock, Černy was voted Partick Thistle's player of the year at a ceremony in the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow.[18]

In July 2017, he extended his contract with Thistle to the summer of 2019.[19] After Thistle were relegated from the Premiership in May 2018, Černy exercised a clause in his contract that allowed him to become a free agent.[20]

Aberdeen

Černy signed a one-year contract with Aberdeen in July 2018.[21] He extended his stay for another year in May 2019.[22] He again signed a new one-year deal in July 2020.[23] On 14 January 2021, Černy departed Aberdeen, also confirming his retirement from professional football. He confirmed that he would be training as a physical education teacher, looking to work in the northeast of Scotland, having settled in the area with his family.[24]

International career

Černý was a member of the Czech under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams, being capped 23 times U17-U19 and 5 times U21 at national level.[25] During his international career, Černý played alongside the likes of Michal Kadlec and Tomáš Sivok.[2] Černý was part of the U-19 Czech Republic team that won Bronze at the European Championships in 2003. During this tournament, Černý kept a clean sheet against England in a 3:0 win.

Personal life

Černý married his Scottish wife Laura in June 2013, after meeting her during his time playing for Hamilton Accies.[26]

When Černý moved to Scotland in 2007, he spoke little English and after a year of learning the language, enrolled in a Psychology degree with the Open University.[27] Černý also became involved in the Scottish reading stars initiative in 2014.[28]

Career statistics
As of 14 January 2021[29][30]
Appearances by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sigma Olomouc 2004–05 Czech First League 1000—0010
Hamilton Academical 2007–08 Scottish First Division 150201000180
2008–09 Scottish Premier League 3603020—410
2009–10 3402010—370
2010–11 3702010—400
2011–12 Scottish First Division 11010104[lower-alpha 1]0170
Total 133010060401530
CSKA Sofia 2012–13 Bulgarian First League 29040—2[lower-alpha 2]0350
2013–14 20010——210
Total 49050—20560
Ergotelis 2014–15 Super League Greece 11000——110
Hibernian 2014–15 Scottish Championship 0000000000
Partick Thistle 2015–16 Scottish Premiership 2802010—310
2016–17 2703010—310
2017–18 34020502[lower-alpha 3]0430
Total 8907070201050
Aberdeen 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 2000000020
2019–20 0000000000
2020–21 0000000000
Total 2000000020
Career total 2850200130803260
  1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
  2. Appearances in the Europa League
  3. Appearances in the Scottish Premiership play-offs

Honours

Individual

Team
  • European Championships U19 Bronze Medal
  • Scottish Championship Winner 2008[33]

References
  2. "Cerny extends stay with Hamilton". BBC Sport. 27 December 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  3. "Clean sweep in awards for Accies". BBC Sport. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
  4. "Cerny aims to remain at Hamilton". BBC Sport. 17 March 2009. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
  5. "Cerny agrees Accies deal". Sky Sports. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  6. "Statement from Chairman". Hamilton Academical F.C.
  7. "ЦСКА привлече чешки вратар от Шотландия" (in Bulgarian). btv.bg.
  8. "NK Mura 0–0 CSKA". UEFA.
  9. "Литекс победи ЦСКА с 1:0 в дербито на старта". pfclitex.com (in Bulgarian). 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012.
  10. "Match report from soccerway.com". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  11. "Черни и Марсиньо приключиха с ЦСКА, двамата не искат да преподписват". topsport.bg. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  12. "ЦСКА подхвана и Черни заради лиценза, ръководството на ЦСКА е завело установителен иск срещу вратаря". topsport.bg. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  13. "Η επίσημη ιστοσελίδα". Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. "GOALKEEPER CERNY JOINS HIBERNIAN". Hibernian F.C. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  15. "Partick Thistle land goalkeeper Tomas Cerny". BBC Sport. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  16. "Tomas Cerny: Partick Thistle goalkeeper out for up to six weeks". BBC Sport. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  17. "Cerny signs contract extension to 2018". Partick Thistle F.C. 22 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.
  18. @thistletweet (8 May 2016). "The @McCreaFS Partick Thistle Player of the Year is Tomas Cerny" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via Twitter.
  19. "Partick Thistle: Goalkeeper Tomas Cerny signs contract extension at Firhill". BBC Sport. 10 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  20. "Tomáš Černý leaves the club". ptfc.co.uk. Partick Thistle FC. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  21. "Aberdeen: Defender Tommie Hoban and goalkeeper Tomas Cerny join Dons". BBC Sport. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  22. "Tomas Czechs in for another Season". afc.co.uk. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  23. "Tomas "The fans have been great with me"". afc.co.uk. 2 July 2020.
  24. "Tomáš Černý departs the dons". afc.co.uk. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  25. "FOTBAL.CZ – Reprezentace U-21 – statistiky". Nv.fotbal.cz. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  26. "Cerny had his moment in sun, now it's time to shine at Partick".
  27. Gordon, Phil. "Tomas Cerny's ambition speaks volumes for goalkeeper in different class". The Times. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  28. "Footballers sign to Reading Stars club". Scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  29. Tomáš Černý at Soccerbase
  30. Tomáš Černý at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  31. "Clean sweep in awards for Accies". BBC Sport. 12 February 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  32. Hamilton Academical official website – UCD 1 Accies 2
  33. "Hamilton Accies 2-0 Clyde". 19 April 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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