Josef Hušbauer

Josef Hušbauer

Hušbauer with the Czech national team in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Hradištko, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Příbram
Number	6
Youth career
1996–2007	Sparta Prague
2007–2008	Jihlava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Jihlava	8	(0)
2008–2010	Viktoria Žižkov	23	(0)
2009–2010	→ Příbram (loan)	22	(4)
2010–2011	Baník Ostrava	26	(3)
2011–2015	Sparta Prague	97	(33)
2015	→ Cagliari (loan)	2	(0)
2016–2020	Slavia Prague	122	(22)
2020	→ Dynamo Dresden (loan)	10	(1)
2020–2022	Anorthosis	60	(1)
2022	Karmiotissa	8	(0)
2022–2023	Ypsonas	14	(3)
2023–	Příbram	15	(0)
International career^‡
2005–2006	Czech Republic U16	10	(2)
2006–2007	Czech Republic U17	8	(1)
2007–2008	Czech Republic U18	6	(1)
2008–2009	Czech Republic U19	7	(0)
2011–2012	Czech Republic U21	5	(1)
2012–	Czech Republic	21	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:25, 16 January 2021 (UTC)

Josef Hušbauer (born 16 March 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Czech National Football League club Příbram. A product of the Sparta Prague football academy, Hušbauer represented his country at various age groups before making his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2012.

Club career

Sparta Prague

Hušbauer started his football career at Sparta Prague. He made his first league appearances in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga for Vysočina Jihlava.^[1] In 2008, he was sold to FK Viktoria Žižkov, where he spent one season. For the 2009–10 season he was loaned to 1. FK Příbram. In 2010, Hušbauer moved to Baník Ostrava, where he played for one season before being sold to Sparta Prague.^[2]

Hušbauer joined Italian side Cagliari on loan in January 2015.^[3] However, he only played two matches under manager Gianfranco Zola, and played no further first-team matches after Zola was replaced by Zdeněk Zeman, subsequently cutting his loan period short and returning to Sparta.^[4] In the autumn part of the 2015–16 Czech First League, Hušbauer dropped out of the Sparta Prague first team starting eleven and played only two full matches out of 15.^[5]

Slavia Prague

Hušbauer signed for Sparta Prague's fierce rivals Slavia Prague in December 2015 for a reported fee of 15 million CZK.^[6] On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.^[7]

In January 2020, Hušbauer joined 2. Bundesliga side Dynamo Dresden on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. Dresden also secured an option to sign him permanently.^[8]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 24 July 2020, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until May 2022.^[9]

Karmiotissa

In June 2022, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Karmiotissa.^[10]

Příbram

On 14 July 2023, Hušbauer signed a contract with Příbram.^[11]

International career

Hušbauer played for Czech youth national teams from the under-16 level.^[12] He made his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2012, his first match being an international friendly against Ukraine, which finished goalless.^[12] Hušbauer scored his first international goal in an international friendly match against Finland, which finished 2–2.^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 January 2023^[14][15]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Viktoria Žižkov	2008–09	Czech First League	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2009–10	Czech National Football League	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
Příbram (loan)	2009–10	Czech First League	22	4	0	0	—		—		22	4
Baník Ostrava	2010–11	Czech First League	24	2	0	0	4	1	—		28	3
	2011–12		2	1	0	0	—		—		2	1
	Total		26	3	0	0	4	1	—		30	4
Sparta Prague	2011–12	Czech First League	21	7	5	3	—		—		26	10
	2012–13		26	4	0	0	11	2	—		37	6
	2013–14		29	18	5	2	2	0	—		36	20
	2014–15		9	3	3	2	7	1	—		19	6
	2015–16		12	1	2	0	5	1	—		19	2
	Total		97	33	15	7	25	5	—		137	44
Cagliari (loan)	2014–15	Serie A	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Slavia Prague	2015–16	Czech First League	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
	2016–17		29	3	3	0	5	1	—		37	4
	2017–18		29	3	3	1	6	2	—		38	6
	2018–19		33	9	4	2	9	1	—		46	12
	2019–20		18	5	1	0	5	0	1	1	25	6
	Total		122	22	11	3	25	4	1	1	159	30
Dynamo Dresden	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
Anorthosis	2020–21	Cypriot First Division	31	1	5	2	0	0	—		36	3
	2021–22		29	0	6	0	10	0	1	0	46	0
	Total		60	1	11	2	10	0	1	0	82	3
Karmiotissa	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			356	64	38	12	54	9	2	1	450	86

International

As of 14 January 2020^[16]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2012	2	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	3	1
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	4	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	3	0
Total		20	1

As of 14 January 2020^[16]

Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hušbauer goal.

List of international goals scored by Josef Hušbauer

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 May 2014	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–2	2–2	Friendly

Honours

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League: 2013–14
• Czech Cup: 2013–14
• Czech Supercup: 2014

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2016–17
• Czech Cup: 2017–18

Anorthosis

• Cypriot Cup: 2020-21

Individual

• Czech First League top goalscorer: 2013–14

References

1. Profile at Vysočina Jihlava website
2. Profile Archived 20 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine at Sparta Prague website
3. "Hušbauer definitivně opouští Spartu, v Cagliari bude zprvu hostovat". idnes.cz (in Czech). 10 January 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
4. "Hušbauer o Cagliari: Zeman mě zklamal. Čekal jsem, že mi dá šanci". isport.blesk.cz (in Czech). 2 July 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
5. "Profile on iDNES".
6. "Přestup mezi rivaly: sparťanský odchovanec Hušbauer se stal slávistou" [Transfer between rivals: Sparta's Hušbauer becomes a Slavia player]. iDNES (in Czech). 16 December 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
7. "Jablonec 1-1 Slavia Prague - November 27, 2017 / HET Liga 2017/2018".
8. "SGD verpflichtet Josef Husbauer auf Leihbasis". WochenKurier (in German). 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
9. "Ποδοσφαιριστής της Ανόρθωσης ο Γιόζεφ Χούσμπαουερ (δηλώσεις)". 24 July 2020.
10. Filípek, Štěpán (21 June 2022). "Trenér Uhrin míří na Kypr. Vsadí na bývalou hvězdu Slavie i další Čechy". Blesk (in Czech).
11. Brož, Zdeněk (14 July 2023). "Do Příbrami se vrací po 13 letech Josef Hušbauer". fkpribram.cz (in Czech). FK Příbram.
12. Josef Hušbauer at FAČR (in Czech)
13. "Hušbauer se poprvé trefil za reprezentaci: Škoda, že jsme nevyhráli" [Hušbauer scores first goal for the national team: Shame that we didn't win]. iDNES (in Czech). 21 May 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
14. Josef Hušbauer at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
15. "Josef Hušbauer » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
16. Josef Hušbauer at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Josef Hušbauer – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Josef Hušbauer at FAČR (in Czech)