Playing position Years Team Name Tomas Cerny Height 1.85 m Spouse Laura Mullen (m. 2013) | Number 1 Role Footballer Weight 80 kg Parents Olga Cerny, Petr Cerny | |
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Date of birth (1985-04-10) 10 April 1985 (age 30) Current team Partick Thistle F.C. (#1 / Goalkeeper) | ||
Tomas Cerny
Tomáš Černý (born 10 April 1985) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Scottish Premiership side Partick Thistle. Černý has played football in the Czech Republic, Scotland, Bulgaria and Greece for Sigma Olomouc, Hamilton Academical, CSKA Sofia, Ergotelis, Hibernian and Partick Thistle respectively. He has also played youth international football for the Czech Republic.
Contents
- Tomas Cerny
- Tomas Cerny for Thistle
- Sigma Olomouc
- Hamilton Academical
- CSKA Sofia
- Ergotelis
- Hibernian
- Partick Thistle
- International career
- Personal life
- Career statistics
- Individual
- References
Tomas Cerny for Thistle
Sigma Olomouc
Born in Ústí nad Labem, Černý started his career at Sigma Olomouc in 2002, but he made only one senior appearance for the club, playing in a 0–0 draw against Příbram on 12 March 2005.
Hamilton Academical
He signed on loan for Scottish First Division side Hamilton Academical in August 2007. Černý helped Hamilton achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008. Černý won the SPL Player of the Month Award in January 2009. In March 2009, Černý announced his desire to stay with the Accies after his loan spell ended. Later on that same month, Černý was sent off against St Mirren for committing a professional foul. On 24 April 2009, Černý signed a two-year permanent contract with Hamilton. During that team he played 155 official games for the club. Tomas was recognised as Hamilton Academical's Player of the Year for 2008–2009. On 17 February 2012, Černý's contract was terminated by mutual consent.
CSKA Sofia
On 26 June 2012, Černý joined Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia. He made his competitive debut in a 0–0 draw against Mura 05 in the second qualifying round of Europa League on 19 July. His A Group debut came on 11 August, in the 1–0 away loss against Litex Lovech. Černý was the undisputed number one goalkeeper for a period of more than a year and during that time racked up an impressive tally of 32 clean sheets in 57 official games. However, in late 2013, Černý lost his place in the starting line-up due to refusing to extend his contract with the club over lack of payment.
Ergotelis
On 6 July 2014, Černý signed a two-year contract with Greek Super League club Ergotelis.
Hibernian
On 26 January 2015, Černý moved to Hibernian, signing a contract until the end of the 2014–15. He left the club at the end of his contract, without having made a first team appearance.
Partick Thistle
Černý signed a one-year contract with Scottish Premiership club Partick Thistle in June 2015. He played regularly for Thistle in the early part of the 2015/16 season, and manager Alan Archibald said he was the team's best player during this period. Černý suffered an ankle injury in October. On the 22nd January 2016, Černý signed a contract extension keeping him at Firhill Stadium until the summer of 2018.
On 8 May 2016, the day after Thistle secured their top flight status with a 2–0 away win to Kilmarnock, Černy was voted Partick Thistle's player of the year at a ceremony in the Crowne Plaza in Glasgow.
International career
Černý was a member of the Czech under-17, under-18, under-19 and under-21 teams, being capped 23 times U17-U19 and 5 times U21 at national level. During his international career, Černý played alongside the likes of Michal Kadlec and Tomáš Sivok. Černý was part of the U-19 Czech Republic team that won Bronze at the European Championships in 2003. During this tournament, Černý kept a clean sheet against England in a 3:0 win.
Personal life
Černý married his Scottish wife Laura in June 2013, after meeting her during his time playing for Hamilton Accies.
When Černý moved to Scotland in 2007, he spoke little English and after a year of learning the language, enrolled in a Psychology degree with the Open University. Černý also became involved in the Scottish reading stars initiative in 2014.