Antonín Barák

Antonín Barák (born 3 December 1994) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for  club Fiorentina and the Czech Republic national team. After starting his professional career at Příbram in the Czech First League, he moved on to play for Slavia Prague, before moving to Italy to play in Serie A for Udinese, as well as on loan at other clubs in the same league. 

 Club career 
 Slavia Prague 
Barák made his career league debut for 1. FK Příbram on 1 June 2013 in a Czech First League 1–1 away draw at Slovan Liberec. He signed for Czech First League club SK Slavia Prague on 30 December 2015 on a contract until June 2019.

 Udinese 
On 31 January 2017, Slavia announced that he had signed with Udinese Calcio for a fee of €3 million, but that the transfer would go through after the end of the season.

 Lecce 
On 29 January 2020, he joined Serie A club Lecce on loan. On 2 February he scored a goal in a 4–0 home win against Torino, his first match with the salentini side.

 Verona 
On 17 September 2020, he was loaned to Hellas Verona. Verona held an obligation to purchase his rights if certain performance conditions were met.

 Fiorentina 
On 26 August 2022, Barák joined Fiorentina on loan with an option to buy. On 31 January 2023, Fiorentina exercised their option to make the transfer permanent.

In the 2022-23 season, Barak helped Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League and formed a main attacking force with Luka Jović and Nicolás González, scoring 5 goals in 11 matches. In the second leg of the semi-final against Basel, Barak started from the bench and was substituted on 105th minute of extra time, after which he scored an injury time winner for Fiorentina in 129th minute, causing his club to reach the final in Prague, Czech Republic. Again in the 2023-24 season, Barak helped Fiorentina reach the quarter finals, yet to be played. Barak scored 2 goals in 2 games across 2 legs against Maccabi Haifa

 International career 
In November 2016, Barák received his first call-up to the Czech senior squad for friendly matches against Norway and Denmark. He debuted in the latter match on 15 November and scored a goal.

On 26 March 2017, Barák scored two goals in his competitive debut, a 6–0 victory over San Marino in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying stage on 26 March 2017. He was later selected for the rescheduled UEFA Euro 2020.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPříbram2012–13Fortuna Liga1000––102013–140000––002015–1612321––144Total 13321––154Vlašim (loan)2014–15Czech National League27500––275Slavia Prague2015–16Fortuna Liga9400––942016–172543150–335Total 3483150–429Udinese2017–18Serie A34700––3472018–198010––902019–208031––111Total 50741––548Lecce (loan)2019–20Serie A16200––162Hellas Verona (loan)2020–21Serie A34720––367Hellas Verona2021–22Serie A291110––30112022–231010––20Total 641840––6818Fiorentina (loan)2022–23Serie A30251125–478Fiorentina2023–24Serie A21220103103452024–25100000—10Total 52471228108213Career total 256472042661030459

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsCzech Republic2016112017642018502019002020302021143202260202320202473Total4411

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

+ List of international goals scored by Antonín BarákNo.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition115 November 2016Městský stadion, Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic11–01–1Friendly226 March 2017San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino31–06–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification33–045 October 2017Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan42–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification511 November 2017Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium, Doha, Qatar51–01–0Friendly624 March 2021Arena Lublin, Lublin, Poland162–16–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification72 September 2021Městský stadion, Ostrava, Czech Republic241–01–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification811 November 2021Andrův stadion, Olomouc, Czech Republic281–07–0Friendly922 March 2024Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway382–12–1Friendly107 June 2024Untersberg-Arena, Grödig, Austria401–07–1Friendly1110 June 2024Malšovická aréna, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic412–12–1Friendly

Honours
Slavia Prague
Czech First League: 2016–17

Fiorentina
Coppa Italia runner-up: 2022–23
UEFA Europa Conference League runner-up: 2022–23

Czech Republic
China Cup bronze: 2018

 References 

 Other websites 

 Profile  at the ACF Fiorentina website 




Category:1994 births
Category:Czech footballers
Category:Living people