Vladimír Darida

Vladimír Darida (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvlaɟɪmiːr ˈdarɪda]; born 8 August 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Super League Greece club Aris Thessaloniki. He formerly represented the Czech Republic national team.

Vladimír Darida
Darida lining up with Czech Republic in 2018
Personal information
Full name Vladimír Darida
Date of birth (1990-08-08) 8 August 1990
Place of birth Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aris
Number 16
Youth career
1995–2010 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Viktoria Plzeň 61 (12)
2011 → Sokolov (loan) 13 (5)
2013–2015 Freiburg 54 (9)
2015–2022 Hertha 171 (13)
2023– Aris 27 (5)
International career
2011–2012 Czech Republic U21 5 (2)
2012–2021 Czech Republic 76 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:00, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Plzeň, Darida came through at Viktoria Plzeň, also spending time on loan at FK Baník Sokolov in 2011. He joined Freiburg in 2013.

On 2 November 2014, he scored a penalty for the only goal of the game away to 1. FC Köln to give the club their first win in their 10th game of the season, moving them out of the direct relegation places.[2]

Hertha BSC

Darida signed for Hertha from relegated Freiburg ahead of the 2015–16 season for an undisclosed fee.[3] He was handed the number 6 shirt. He made an immediate impact for Hertha scoring on his debut in the DFB-Pokal first-round game against Arminia Bielefeld in a 2–0 win. He got his first assist of the season through setting up Salomon Kalou in a 3–1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund.[4] On 27 September he got his first league goal of the season scoring the equaliser in a 1–1 draw away to Frankfurt.[5]

Aris Thessaloniki

In December 2022 Darida signed for Aris Thessaloniki.[6]

International career

On 28 May 2012, it was announced that Darida would be included in the Czech squad for the Euro 2012 tournament. He replaced injured defender Daniel Pudil.[7] In the quarter-final match against Portugal (Euro 2012), he earned his second cap, his first in an official tournament, starting in place of the injured Tomáš Rosický. He was substituted after 61 minutes for Jan Rezek and the Czech Republic lost 1–0.[8]

Following UEFA Euro 2020, Darida announced that he would retire from international football as he wanted to focus on spending "much more time with the family and my little son." He amounted 76 caps and scored 8 goals for the Czech Republic and represented them at 3 European Championships. Having retired as captain, Tomáš Souček was named as his successor.

Career statistics

Club
As of 9 October 2023[9][10][11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viktoria Plzeň 2009–10 Czech First League 3000——30
2010–11 10———10
2011–12 224006110295
2012–13 29621163—4710
2013–14 62006110133
Total 611221285209318
Baník Sokolov (loan) 2010–11 Czech National League 13500——135
Freiburg 2013–14 Bundesliga 2331031—274
2014–15 31631——347
Total 5494131—6111
Hertha 2015–16 Bundesliga 31542——357
2016–17 2522040—312
2017–18 2101020—240
2018–19 10010——110
2019–20 28321——304
2020–21 27110——281
2021–22 26230——292
2022–23 3010——40
Total 1711315360—19216
Aris 2022–23 Superleague Greece 215———215
2023–24 600040—100
Total 275004000315
Career total 326442554160039255

International
Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Darida goal.
List of international goals scored by Vladimír Darida[12]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 6 September 2015 Skonto Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 2–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2 26 March 2017 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 2–0 6–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 6–0
4 1 September 2017 Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic  Germany 1–1 1–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 10 September 2019 Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica, Montenegro  Montenegro 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
6 14 October 2019 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic  Northern Ireland 1–3 2–3 Friendly
7 7 October 2020 AEK Arena, Larnaca, Cyprus  Cyprus 2–1 2–1 Friendly
8 15 November 2020 Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic  Israel 1–0 1–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

Honours

Viktoria Plzeň[10]

Czech Republic

Individual

References
  1. "Vladimír Darida". Hertha BSC. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  2. Delicate, Adam (2 November 2014). "1.FC Köln 0–1 SC Freiburg: Darida secures SCF's first win". Vavel. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  3. "ESPN: Serving sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere".
  4. "Vladimír Darida Stats, News, Bio | ESPN".
  5. "Eintracht Frankfurt 1 Hertha Berlin 1: Darida salvages point for Dardai's men". 27 September 2015.
  6. "Povrzeno. Darida do Arisu". sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 14 December 2022.
  7. "Darida brought into Czech squad". ESPN FC. 28 May 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  8. Rostance, Tom (21 June 2012). "Czech Rep. 0–1 Portugal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  9. "Darida, Vladimir" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  10. "V. Darida". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  11. "Vladimír Darida » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  12. "Darida, Vladimír". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  13. "China PR vs. Czech Republic". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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