Martin Fillo

Martin Fillo (born 7 February 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Trinity Zlín as a right winger. He is a former Czech Republic international and has played domestic football in the Czech Republic, Norway and England.

Martin Fillo
Fillo warming up with Viking in 2008
Personal information
Full name Martin Fillo[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-07) 7 February 1986
Place of birth Planá, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Trinity Zlín
Number 7
Youth career
1996–2004 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 Viktoria Plzeň 105 (23)
2008–2010 Viking 65 (14)
2011–2015 Viktoria Plzeň 33 (1)
2012 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 13 (2)
2012 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Brentford (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2015 → Příbram (loan) 24 (2)
2015–2017 Teplice 71 (22)
2018–2021 Baník Ostrava 107 (5)
2021– Trinity Zlín 46 (4)
International career
2003 Czech Republic U18 2 (0)
2004–2005 Czech Republic U19 14 (4)
2006–2008 Czech Republic U21 21 (2)
2009 Czech Republic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:16, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Playing career

Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo began his career with 2. Liga club Viktoria Plzeň and helped the club to promotion to the First League during the 2004–05 season.[3] In his first full season in the top flight, he made 29 appearances and scored five goals, as Plzeň narrowly avoided relegation.[4] He played 15 matches and scored five goals during the 2007–08 season, before making his last appearance for the club in December 2007.[3]

Viking

In 2008, Fillo signed a five-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking,[5] for a club record fee which amounted to more than 15.7 million kr.[6] He made his debut for Viking on match day one of the 2008 season, assisting the winning goal and being voted man of the match in a 1–0 victory over Strømsgodset IF.[7] He scored his first goal for Viking in a 1–0 victory over Tromsø IL on match day four.[7] He appeared consistently during the 2008 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 goals.[7] He made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the 2009 season and played in Viking's UEFA Cup qualifiers,[7] which ended with a second round defeat to Honka.[8] In the 2010 season, Fillo made only 15 appearances, but scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Odds on 4 July 2010.[7]

Return to Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo re-signed for Viktoria Plzeň on a 4+1⁄2-year contract during the 2010–11 season and made 12 appearances, scoring one goal.[8] He won the first silverware of his career, having helped Plzeň to the First League title and he also won the 2011 Czech Supercup with the club.[8] Fillo made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the 2011–12 season and spent the second half of the season on loan at fellow First League club Mladá Boleslav.[8][9] He made 17 appearances and helped the club a fourth-place finish (one place behind his parent club Viktoria Plzeň) and Europa League qualification.[8][10]

Fillo made 27 appearances for Viktoria Plzeň during the club's First League-winning 2012–13 season.[8] He played part of the first half of the season on loan at Mladá Boleslav, making 10 appearances before returning to Plzeň prior to the winter break.[8]

In July 2013, Fillo agreed a season-long loan with English League One club Brentford, linking up with Uwe Rösler, his former manager at Viking.[11] He scored one goal in 9 appearances,[12] before being dropped from the team in October 2013.[13] New manager Mark Warburton indicated in late December 2013 that he would hold talks with Fillo over his future.[13] Fillo was made available for loan on 19 February 2014,[14] but did not win any further calls into the first team squad before the end of the season.[8]

Fillo joined First League club 1. FK Příbram on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season.[15] He made 27 appearances and scored two goals before his Viktoria Plzeň contract expired at the end of the season.[8][16] Fillo made 56 appearances and scored three goals in his second spell with Plzeň.[8]

FK Teplice

In July 2015, Fillo signed a three-year contract with First League club FK Teplice on a free transfer.[16] Over the course of 2+1⁄2 seasons, he made 73 appearances and scored 22 goals and departed Na Stínadlech in December 2017.[8][17]

FC Baník Ostrava
Fillo playing for FC Baník Ostrava in 2018

On 29 December 2017, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Baník Ostrava on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee.[17] He made 115 appearances and scored five goals during 3+1⁄2 seasons with the club.[8]

FC Trinity Zlín

On 4 June 2021, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Trinity Zlín (then named FC Fastav Zlín) on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[18][19] He ended a relegation-threatened 2021–22 season with 28 appearances and one goal.[8][20]

International career

Fillo represented the Czech Republic at youth level and was U21 captain.[11][21] He won three caps for the senior team in 2009.[21]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Season Club League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Viktoria Plzeň 2003–04[22] Czech First League 8200 — — — 82
2004–05 Czech 2. Liga 25500 — — — 255
2005–06[4] Czech First League 29500 — — — 296
2006–07[23] 28600 — — — 287
2007–08[3] 15500 — — — 155
Total 105 23 0 0 — — — 105 23
Viking 2008[7] Tippeligaen 25632 — 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 328
2009[7] 25310 — — — 263
2010[7] 15530 — — — 185
Total 65 14 7 2 — 4 0 — 76 16
Viktoria Plzeň 2010–11[8] Czech First League 10021 — — — 121
2011–12[8] 900 0 — 7[lower-alpha 2] 1 1[lower-alpha 3] 0171
2012–13[8] 14120 — 11[lower-alpha 1] 3 — 274
Total 138 24 4 1 — 18 4 1 0 161 29
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2011–12[8] Czech First League 13240 — — — 172
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2012–13[8] Czech First League 8021 — — — 101
Total 21 2 6 1 — — — 27 3
Brentford (loan) 2013–14[12] League One 7000 1 1 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 091
1. FK Příbram (loan) 2014–15[8] Czech First League 24 2 3 0 — — — 27 2
FK Teplice 2015–16[8] Czech First League 28 9 1 0 — — — 29 9
2016–17[8] 28 8 0 0 — — — 28 8
2017–18[8] 15 5 1 0 — — — 16 5
Total 71 22 2 0 — — — 73 22
FC Baník Ostrava 2017–18[8] Czech First League 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0
2018–19[8] 33 3 5 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 39 3
2019–20[8] 29 2 2 0 — — — 31 2
2020–21[8] 32 0 0 0 — — — 32 0
Total 107 5 8 0 — — 1 0 115 5
FC Trinity Zlín 2021–22[8] Czech First League 26 1 2 0 — — — 28 1
2022–23[8] 20 3 2 0 — — — 22 3
Total 46 4 4 0 — — — 50 4
Career total 47873344 1 1 22 4 3 053882
  1. Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Czech Supercup
  4. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. Appearance in Czech First League Europa League play-offs

Honours
Viktoria Plzeň

References
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  3. "Martin Fillo Teplice". Fotbal Idnes.cz. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. "Zápasy | A mužstvo | Statistiky sezony Gambrinus liga 2005/06". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  5. "Martin Fillo". 11v11.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  6. "Tre år med Martin Fillo har kostet Viking 16 millioner". www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 30 December 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. "Fillo, Martin". Viking (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. Martin Fillo at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. "Ostatní české soutěže : Jarní část se přiblížila. Jak se v rámci ligy přestupovalo?". eFotbal.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. "Table". Fortuna:Liga. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  11. Wickham, Chris. "Fillo signs loan deal". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  12. "Games played by Martin Fillo in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  13. Murtagh, Jacob (23 December 2013). "Fillo set for talks over Brentford future". Get West London. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  14. Murtagh, Jacob (19 February 2014). "Bees winger made available for loan". Get West London. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  15. "1.FK Příbram – Martin Fillo". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  16. "Záložník s reprezentačními zkušenostmi Fillo mění Plzeň za Teplice". iDNES.cz. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  17. "Baník posílí Martin Fillo". FC Baník Ostrava (in Czech). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  18. "Zkušený Fillo jde z Baníku do Zlína, podepsal smlouvu na dva roky". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  19. "Fotbalový Zlín už není Fastav. Ševci si plácli s novým titulárním partnerem". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  20. "Summary – Czech Liga – Czech Republic – Results, fixtures, tables and news". Soccerway. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  21. "Martin Fillo | Reprezentace". Fotbal.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
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  23. "Zápasy | A Mužstvo | Statistiky Sezony Gambrinus Liga 2006/07". FC Viktoria Plzeň (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.

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