Tomáš Poštulka


Tomáš Poštulka is a former Czech football goalkeeper. He is one of the most successful Czech goalkeepers - and together with Petr Čech and Jaromír Blažek the most seasoned Czech goalkeeper in European Cups. Under Jozef Chovanec he was the #1 goalkeeper in the Czech National Team.

Club career

He began his career in 1982 coming to Sparta Prague and playing in all kind junior Czech national teams. In 1991, he spent one year in Costa Rica playing 2 league games for Carmelita. After his comeback he spent some time in Dukla Prague and FK Drnovice. In 1995, he moved to Hradec Kralove where he achieved his first bigger success winning the Czech Cup. From these times came his nickname the "penalties wizard" because of his stats - having saved every second penalty.

Sparta Prague

In 1997 Sparta Prague bought back their goalkeeper to win 5 championships in a row and to be the part of the most successful period in Sparta's post-revolution history. Sparta played the UEFA Champions League many times and the UEFA Cup at the time and "Tomas" got his first invitation to the Czech National Team. He played 7 matches of qualification for the EURO 2000 tournament and won the Japan Kirin Cup with the prize for best goalkeeper.

FK Teplice

In 2001 the ambitious team FK Teplice offered Sparta a big transfer price and Postulka moved to North Bohemia. There he celebrated the win of the Czech Cup and underdog victories in the UEFA Cup. In 2005, he set up two season records by going up to 600 minutes without conceding a goal and the second record was the accomplishment of having 15 clean sheets.

AC Sparta Prague

On 16 February 2007, he was transferred back to his mother club, AC Sparta Prague.