Antonín Barák

Antonín Barák (born 3 December 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Czech Republic national team. After starting his professional career at Příbram in the Czech First League, he moved on to play for Slavia Prague, before moving to Italy to play in Serie A for Udinese, as well as on loan at other clubs in the same league.

For the Czech Olympic rower, see Antonín Barák (rowing).
Antonín Barák
Barák with the Czech Republic in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-12-03) 3 December 1994
Place of birth Příbram, Czech Republic
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Fiorentina
Number 72
Youth career
0000–2013 Příbram
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Příbram 13 (3)
2014–2015 → Vlašim (loan) 27 (5)
2016–2017 Slavia Prague 34 (8)
2017–2021 Udinese 50 (7)
2020 → Lecce (loan) 16 (2)
2020–2021 → Hellas Verona (loan) 34 (7)
2021–2023 Hellas Verona 32 (11)
2022–2023 → Fiorentina (loan) 16 (1)
2023– Fiorentina 7 (1)
International career‡
2012 Czech Republic U19 2 (0)
2014–2015 Czech Republic U20 3 (0)
2015–2017 Czech Republic U21 9 (1)
2016– Czech Republic 37 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:57, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023

Club career

Barák made his career league debut for 1. FK Příbram on 1 June 2013 in a Czech First League 1–1 away draw at Slovan Liberec. He signed for Czech First League club SK Slavia Prague on 30 December 2015 on a contract until June 2019.[1]

On 31 January 2017, Slavia announced that he had signed with Udinese Calcio for a fee of €3 million, but that the transfer would go through after the end of the season.[2]

On 29 January 2020, he joined Serie A club Lecce on loan.[3] On 2 February he scored a goal in a 4–0 home win against Torino, his first match with the salentini side.

On 17 September 2020, he was loaned to Hellas Verona. Verona held an obligation to purchase his rights if certain performance conditions were met.[4]

On 26 August 2022, Barák joined Fiorentina on loan with an option to buy.[5] On 31 January 2023, Fiorentina exercised their option to make the transfer permanent.[6]

International career

Barák was called up to the Czech national team for the first time in November 2016 to face Norway and Denmark.[7] He made his debut against Denmark on 15 November, scoring a goal. He scored two goals in his competitive debut, a 6–0 victory over San Marino in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage on 26 March 2017.[8] He also played in delayed Euro 2020 tournament.

Personal life

On 10 October 2020, Barák tested positive for COVID-19.[9]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 19 March 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Příbram 2012–13 Fortuna Liga 1000––10
2013–14 0000––00
2015–16 12321––144
Total 13321––154
Vlašim (loan) 2014–15 National League 27500––275
Slavia Prague 2015–16 Fortuna Liga 9400––94
2016–17 2543150–335
Total 3483150–429
Udinese 2017–18 Serie A 34700––347
2018–19 8010––90
2019–20 8031––111
Total 50741––548
Lecce (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 16200––162
Hellas Verona (loan) 2020–21 Serie A 34720––367
Hellas Verona 2021–22 Serie A 291110––3011
2022–23 Serie A 1010––20
Total 641840––6818
Fiorentina 2022–23 Serie A 2322174–327
Career total 227451541240025453

International
As of match played 27 March 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Czech Republic 201611
201764
201850
201900
202030
2021143
202260
202320
Total378
As of match played 11 November 2021
Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Barák goal.
List of international goals scored by Antonín Barák[10]
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
115 November 2016Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic1 Denmark1–01–1Friendly
226 March 2017San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino3 San Marino1–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
33–0
45 October 2017Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan4 Azerbaijan2–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
511 November 2017Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar5 Qatar1–01–0Friendly
624 March 2021Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland16 Estonia2–16–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
72 September 2021Městský stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic24 Belarus1–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification
811 November 2021Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic28 Kuwait1–07–0Friendly

Honours

Slavia Prague

Czech Republic

References
  1. "Slavia signed an U-21 international: Antonín Barák arrives". Slavia Prague Official (in Czech). Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. "Barák odejde! Slavia se dohodla s Udine na přestupu od léta". iSport.cz. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  3. "BARAK IN GIALLOROSSO" (Press release) (in Italian). Lecce. 29 January 2020.
  4. "Ufficiale: nello scacchiere gialloblu c'è anche Antonín Barák" (Press release) (in Italian). Verona. 17 September 2020.
  5. "BARAK E' UN CALCIATORE DELLA FIORENTINA".
  6. "BARAK DEAL MADE PERMANENT". ACF Fiorentina. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  7. "Jarolím doplnil nominaci: poprvé dostali pozvánku Krmenčík a Barák". iDNES,cz (in Czech). Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  8. "Tři starty, tři trefy. V San Marinu jsou góly povinnost, řekl Barák". iDNES.cz. 26 March 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  9. "Comunicazione ufficiale del club" (Press release) (in Italian). Verona. 10 October 2020.
  10. "Antonín Barák". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  11. "China PR vs. Czech Republic". soccerway.com. Soccerway. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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