Tomáš Galásek (; born 15 January 1973) is a Czech football manager and former player. A midfielder, he is the only player to have witnessed both silver goals ever scored in European football, scoring the first for Ajax.
Club career
Galásek started his career with Banik Ostrava, where he was part of the starting line-up for more than four seasons, before moving to Dutch side Willem II Tilburg in 1996 for a fee of 50 million Czech koruna. With Willem II, he reached an historic fifth place in Eredivisie, which meant UEFA Cup qualification for the first time in 30 years. Since then, he played four UEFA Cup matches. In 1998–99, Willem II exceeded the previous year's performance, finishing second in the league. For the first time in history, Willem II qualified for the UEFA Champions League. In that competition, Galásek played five matches for Willem II.
Galásek moved to Ajax in the summer of 2000. With Ajax, he won the national championship twice and the national cup once and played 26 times in the Champions League.
From 2006, he played for 1. FC Nürnberg in the Bundesliga, after signing a two-year deal with German club. On 15 August 2008, he returned to Banik Ostrava. On 19 December, he signed a contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach. In July 2009, he retired from professional football but made a comeback in the Bayernliga on 31 August 2009 when he signed for FSV Erlangen-Bruck.
International career
Galásek made his debut for the Czech Republic in 1995 and was part of the team that reached the semifinals of Euro 2004. He took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup as captain of the Czech team.
In June 2008, after a loss to Turkey at UEFA Euro 2008, he left the national team and ended his international career. He made 69 appearances scoring once.
Managerial career
In the season of 2011–12, Galásek trained the U15 team in FSV Erlangen-Bruck, where his son played. The following year, he was the assistant manager of the Czech national team. In the 2013–14 season, he was assistant manager of 1. FC Schweinfurt 05. In the summer of 2015, he became the head coach of SpVgg SV Weiden, remaining in his position until 2016.
He worked at Baník Ostrava as assistant coach in the 2021–22 season under head coach Ondřej Smetana. After Smetana's departure, he concluded the season as interim head coach. On 16 February 2026, after only four months, Galásek was replaced by Ondřej Smetana.
Personal life
Galásek was born on 15 January 1973 in Frýdek-Místek to Czech parents. In 1994, he married his wife Sylvie. Together, they have two children Denisa and Tom. In 2012, he was living with his family in the suburbs of Nuremberg, Germany.
Career statistics
Club
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|Baník Ostrava||1991–92||rowspan="2"|First League||10||0
|-
|1992–93||30||1
|-
|1993–94||rowspan="3"|First League||30||0
|-
|1994–95||25||3
|-
|1995–96||26||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!121||9
|-
|rowspan="5"|Willem II||1996–97||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie||16||0
|-
|1997–98||31||3
|-
|1998–99||32||5
|-
|1999–00||31||3
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!110||11
|-
|rowspan="7"|Ajax||2000–01||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie||33||8
|-
|2001–02||23||1
|-
|2002–03||30||5
|-
|2003–04||29||4
|-
|2004–05||13||2
|-
|2005–06||26||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!154||24
|-
|rowspan="3"|1. FC Nürnberg||2006–07||rowspan="2"|Bundesliga||32||2
|-
|2007–08||31||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!63||4
|-
|Baník Ostrava||2008–09||First League||14||0
|-
|Borussia Mönchengladbach||2008–09||Bundesliga||15||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|FSV Erlangen-Bruck||2009–10||rowspan="2"|Bayernliga||16||1
|-
|2010–11||7||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!23||2
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!500||50
|}
International
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year