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 (age 32)
Place of birth	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)^[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club 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	9	(2)
International career
2011–2012	Czech Republic U21	5	(2)
2012–2021	Czech Republic	76	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:30, 26 February 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]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 December 2022^[9][10][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Viktoria Plzeň	2009–10	Czech First League	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2010–11		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2011–12		22	4	0	0	6	1	1	0	29	5
	2012–13		29	6	2	1	16	3	—		47	10
	2013–14		6	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	13	3
	Total		61	12	2	1	28	5	2	0	93	18
Baník Sokolov (loan)	2010–11	Czech National League	13	5	0	0	—		—		13	5
Freiburg	2013–14	Bundesliga	23	3	1	0	3	1	—		27	4
	2014–15		31	6	3	1	—		—		34	7
	Total		54	9	4	1	3	1	—		61	11
Hertha	2015–16	Bundesliga	31	5	4	2	—		—		35	7
	2016–17		25	2	2	0	4	0	—		31	2
	2017–18		21	0	1	0	2	0	—		24	0
	2018–19		10	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
	2019–20		28	3	2	1	—		—		30	4
	2020–21		27	1	1	0	—		—		28	1
	2021–22		26	2	3	0	—		—		29	2
	2022–23		3	0	1	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		171	13	15	3	6	0	—		192	16
Career total			299	39	25	5	37	6	0	0	361	50

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 First League: 2010–11, 2012–13
• Czech Cup: 2009–10
• Czech Supercup: 2011

Czech Republic

• China Cup bronze: 2018^[13]

Individual

• Czech Footballer of the Year: 2017

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.

External links

• at FAČR (in Czech) (archived)  
• Vladimír Darida – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Vladimír Darida at Soccerway