František Rajtoral

František Rajtoral (12 March 1986 – 23 April 2017) was a Czech football player. He last played for Turkish club Gaziantepspor. He was best known for his stint at Viktoria Plzeň. He was a member of the Czech Republic national football team. He won the Czech Cup with FC Viktoria Plzeň in 2010. Further trophies he won with the club include the Gambrinus Liga twice and the Czech Supercup.

On 29 February 2012, Rajtoral earned his first cap for the senior team of his country in the 1–1 draw with Ireland in a friendly match.

Rajtoral was described as "one of the best attacking right-wingers in the Czech Republic" by a journalist for the BBC.

Rajtoral committed suicide by hanging himself his apartment in Gaziantep, Turkey on 23 April 2017. He was 31.Gaziantepspor’s Czech striker Rajtoral commits suicide by hanging

Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsMarila Příbram2004–05Czech First League1510000151Baník Ostrava2005–06Czech First League26000002602006–0726800002682007–0825300002532008–092310000231Total10012000010012Viktoria Plzeň2009–10Czech First League27350003232010–1127350203432011–12292201414532012–13283201634662013–1416310122295Total1271415044618620Hannover 962013–14Bundesliga70000070Viktoria Plzeň2014–15Czech First League16441002042015–1622170903812016–1730000030Total41511190616Gaziantepspor2016–17Süper Lig1207000190Career total3023233153638839

Honours
Viktoria Plzeň
 Czech Cup: 2010
 Gambrinus liga: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2014–15,  2015–16
 Czech Supercup: 2011, 2015

References

Other websites
 Guardian Football 
 František Rajtoral at Mackolik

Category:1986 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Suicides by hanging
Category:Czech footballers