Tomáš Galásek
Personal information
Date of birth	January 15, 1973 (1973-01-15) (age 35)
Place of birth	Frýdek-Místek, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Holding midfielder
Club information
Current club	1. FC Nuremberg
Number	6
Youth clubs
1979–1991	Baník Ostrava
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991–1996 1996–2000 2000–2006 2006–	Baník Ostrava Willem II Tilburg Ajax Amsterdam 1. FC Nuremberg	121 0(9) 110 (12) 154 (24) 049 0(4)
National team2
1995–	Czech Republic	057 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 12, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of April 27, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tomáš Galásek (born January 15, 1973 in Frýdek-Místek) is a Czech football player. He is a Holding midfielder who is also strong as a centre back.

Galásek started his career with Banik Ostrava in 1991, before moving to Willem II Tilburg in 1997, and Ajax in 2000. With Ajax he won the national championship twice and the national cup once and played 26 times in the Champions League.

In 1995 he debuted in the Czech Republic national football team and was with the team in the semi-final of the Euro 2004. Until May 2007 he has recorded over 50 caps for his country. He took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup as captain of the Czech team.

Since 2006 he plays for Nuremberg in the German Bundesliga, after signing a two year deal with German club.

References

• ČMFS entry (Czech)
• Career stats at fussballdaten.de (German)