Martin Fillo

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Martin Fillo
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Fillo warming up with Viking in 2008
Personal information
Full name Martin Fillo [1]
Date of birth (1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Planá, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 SpVgg SV Weiden
Youth career
1992–1994 TJ Košutka Plzeň
1994–1996 SK Plzeň 1894
1996–2004 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Viktoria Plzeň 105 (23)
2008–2010 Viking 65 (14)
2011–2015 Viktoria Plzeň 33 (1)
2012 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 13 (2)
2012 → Mladá Boleslav (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Brentford (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2015 → Příbram (loan) 24 (2)
2015–2017 Teplice 71 (22)
2018–2021 Baník Ostrava 107 (5)
2021–2023 Trinity Zlín 46 (4)
2023–2024 Jiskra Domažlice 23 (7)
2024– Weiden 1 (0)
International career
2003 Czech Republic U18 2 (0)
2004–2005 Czech Republic U19 14 (4)
2006–2008 Czech Republic U21 21 (2)
2009 Czech Republic 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:12, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Martin Fillo (born 7 February 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Bayernliga Nord club SpVgg SV Weiden as a right winger.

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Fillo is a former Czech Republic international and has played domestic football in the Czech Republic, Norway and England. He played Czech top-flight football for Viktoria Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav, 1. FK Příbram, FK Teplice, FC Baník Ostrava and FC Trinity Zlín.

Playing career

Viktoria Plzeň

After beginning his youth career with TJ Košutka Plzeň and SK Plzeň 1894, Fillo joined the youth system at Viktoria Plzeň in 1996. [3] He began his senior career with 2. Liga club and helped it to promotion to the First League during the 2004–05 season. [4] In his first full season in the top flight, he made 29 appearances and scored five goals, as Plzeň narrowly avoided relegation. [5] He played 15 matches and scored five goals during the 2007–08 season, before making his last appearance for the club in December 2007. [4]

Viking

In 2008, Fillo signed a five-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking, [6] for a club record fee which amounted to more than 15.7 million kr. [7] He made his debut for Viking on match day one of the 2008 season, assisting the winning goal and being voted man of the match in a 1–0 victory over Strømsgodset IF. [8] He scored his first goal for Viking in a 1–0 victory over Tromsø IL on match day four. [8] He appeared consistently during the 2008 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 goals. [8] He made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the 2009 season and played in Viking's UEFA Cup qualifiers, [8] which ended with a second round defeat to Honka. [9] During the 2010 season, Fillo made only 15 appearances, but scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Odds on 4 July 2010. [8]

Return to Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo re-signed for Viktoria Plzeň on a 4+1⁄2-year contract during the 2010–11 season and made 12 appearances, scoring one goal. [9] He won the first silverware of his career, having helped Plzeň to the First League title and he also won the 2011 Czech Supercup with the club. [9] Fillo made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the 2011–12 season and spent the second half of the season on loan at fellow First League club Mladá Boleslav. [9] [10] He made 17 appearances and helped the club a fourth-place finish (one place behind his parent club Viktoria Plzeň) and Europa League qualification. [9] [11]

Fillo made 27 appearances for Viktoria Plzeň during the club's First League-winning 2012–13 season. [9] He played part of the first half of the season on loan at Mladá Boleslav, making 10 appearances before returning to Plzeň prior to the winter break. [9]

In July 2013, Fillo agreed a season-long loan with English League One club Brentford, linking up with Uwe Rösler, his former manager at Viking. [12] He scored one goal in 9 appearances, [13] before being dropped from the team in October 2013. [14] New manager Mark Warburton indicated in late December 2013 that he would hold talks with Fillo over his future. [14] Fillo was made available for loan on 19 February 2014, [15] but did not win any further calls into the first team squad before the end of the season. [9]

Fillo joined First League club 1. FK Příbram on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season. [16] He made 27 appearances and scored two goals before his Viktoria Plzeň contract expired at the end of the season. [9] [17] Fillo made 56 appearances and scored three goals in his second spell with Plzeň. [9]

Teplice

In July 2015, Fillo signed a three-year contract with First League club FK Teplice on a free transfer. [17] Over the course of 2+1⁄2 seasons, he made 73 appearances and scored 22 goals and departed Na Stínadlech in December 2017. [9] [18]

Baník Ostrava

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Fillo playing for FC Baník Ostrava in 2018

On 29 December 2017, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Baník Ostrava on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee. [18] He made 115 appearances and scored five goals during 3+1⁄2 seasons with the club. [9]

Trinity Zlín

On 4 June 2021, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Trinity Zlín (then named FC Fastav Zlín) on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [19] [20] He made 51 appearances and four scored goals during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons, [9] [21] in both of which the club narrowly avoided relegation. [22] [23] Fillo was released when his contract expired. [24]

Jiskra Domažlice

During the 2023 off-season, Fillo transferred to Bohemian League A club Jiskra Domažlice. [25] He made 25 appearances and scored seven goals during a 2023–24 season in which the club narrowly missed the division's promotion playoff place. [21] [26] [27] He departed the club in June 2024. [26]

SpVgg SV Weiden

On 26 June 2024, Fillo transferred to German Bayernliga Nord club SpVgg SV Weiden. [26]

International career

Fillo represented the Czech Republic at youth level and was U21 captain. [12] [28] He won three caps for the senior team in 2009. [28]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 June 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
SeasonClubLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Viktoria Plzeň 2003–04 [29] Czech First League 8200———82
2004–05 Czech 2. Liga 25500———255
2005–06 [5] Czech First League29500———296
2006–07 [30] Czech First League28600———287
2007–08 [4] Czech First League15500———155
Total1052300———10523
Viking 2008 [8] Tippeligaen 25632—4 [lower-alpha 3] 0—328
2009 [8] Tippeligaen25310———263
2010 [8] Tippeligaen15530———185
Total651472—40—7616
Viktoria Plzeň 2010–11 [9] Czech First League10021———121
2011–12 [9] Czech First League9000—7 [lower-alpha 4] 11 [lower-alpha 5] 0171
2012–13 [9] Czech First League14120—11 [lower-alpha 3] 3—274
Total1382441—1841016129
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2011–12 [9] Czech First League13240———172
Mladá Boleslav (loan)2012–13 [9] Czech First League8021———101
Total21261———273
Brentford (loan) 2013–14 [13] League One 700011—1 [lower-alpha 6] 091
1. FK Příbram (loan) 2014–15 [9] Czech First League24230———272
FK Teplice 2015–16 [9] Czech First League28910———299
2016–17 [9] Czech First League28800———288
2017–18 [9] Czech First League15510———165
Total712220———7322
FC Baník Ostrava 2017–18 [9] Czech First League13010———140
2018–19 [9] Czech First League33350——1 [lower-alpha 7] 0393
2019–20 [9] Czech First League29220———312
2020–21 [9] Czech First League32000———320
Total107580——101155
FC Trinity Zlín 2021–22 [21] Czech First League26130———291
2022–23 [9] Czech First League20320——00223
Total46450——00514
Jiskra Domažlice 2023–24 [21] Bohemian League A23720———257
SpVgg SV Weiden 2024–25 [31] Bayernliga Nord10————10
Career total50279374112243016589
  1. ↑ Includes Czech Cup, Norwegian Cup, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearance in Czech Supercup
  6. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy
  7. ↑ Appearance in Czech First League Europa League play-offs

Honours

Viktoria Plzeň

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