Martin Fillo

Martin Fillo (born 7 February 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for FC Baník Ostrava as a right winger. He is a former Czech Republic international and has played in the Czech Republic, Norway and England.

Martin Fillo
Fillo warming up with Viking in 2008
Personal information
Full name Martin Fillo[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-07) 7 February 1986
Place of birth Planá, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Right winger
Club information
Current team
 FC Baník Ostrava
Number 7
Youth career
1996–2004 FC Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2007 FC Viktoria Plzeň 105 (23)
2008–2010 Viking 65 (14)
2011–2015 FC Viktoria Plzeň 33 (1)
2012 → FK Mladá Boleslav (loan) 13 (2)
2012 → FK Mladá Boleslav (loan) 8 (0)
2013–2014 → Brentford (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2015 → 1. FK Příbram (loan) 24 (2)
2015–2017 FK Teplice 71 (22)
2018– FC Baník Ostrava 74 (5)
National team‡
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:26, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:02, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Playing career

Viktoria Plzeň

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

Viking

Fillo signed a five-year deal with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking in 2008,[5] breaking the transfer record at the club.[6] 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.[7] He scored his first goal for Viking in a 1–0 victory over Tromsø IL on match day four.[7] He appeared consistently during the 2008 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 goals.[7] He made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the 2009 season and played in Viking's UEFA Cup qualifiers,[7] which ended with a second round defeat to Honka.[8] In the 2010 season, Fillo made only 15 appearances, but scored five goals, including a hattrick against Odds on 4 July 2010.[7]

Return to Viktoria Plzeň

Fillo re-signed for Viktoria Plzeň on a four-and-a-half-year contract during the 2010–11 season and made 12 appearances, scoring one goal.[8] 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.[8] Fillo began his 2011–12 season by making appearances in the Champions League qualifying stages, through which Plzeň progressed to the group stage.[8] He appeared as a substitute in three of Plzeň's six group stage games, coming on against AC Milan, Barcelona and BATE Borisov.[8] When the league season started, Fillo found himself out of favour. He made a total of 9 appearances during the 2011–12 season, scoring one goal, helping Plzeň to a third-place finish and Europa League qualification.[8] Fillo was back in the team at the start of the 2012–13 season for Plzeň's Europa League qualifiers. He made 27 appearances during the 2012–13 season, but failed to score, though he picked up another First League winners' medal.[8] Fillo spent the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons away on loan and departed the club in June 2015.[5] Fillo made 56 appearances and scored three goals in his second spell with Plzeň.[8]

Mladá Boleslav (loans)

Fillo joined fellow Gambrinus Liga club Mladá Boleslav on loan after the winter break in February 2012 and made 17 appearances, helping the club a fourth-place finish (one place behind his parent club Viktoria Plzeň) and to Europa League qualification.[8] He rejoined Mladá Boleslav on loan in September 2012, making 10 appearances before returning to Plzeň prior to the winter break.[8] Fillo made 27 appearances and scored three goals across his two spells with Mladá Boleslav.[8]

Brentford (loan)

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.[9] He made his debut as a substitute in the first game of the season, coming on for Conor McAleny after 71 minutes of a 1–1 league draw at Port Vale.[10] In the following game, he scored on his full debut, bagging the second goal in a 3–2 League Cup first round win over Dagenham & Redbridge.[10] Fillo was dropped from the team in October 2013 and new manager Mark Warburton indicated in late December that he would hold talks with Fillo over his future.[11] Fillo was made available for loan on 19 February 2014,[12] but staked a claim for a first team appearance with a hattrick in a 6–3 Development Squad defeat to Charlton Athletic on 3 March.[13] In a forgettable 2013–14 season, Fillo scored one goal in just 9 appearances for the Bees.[10] He finished the Development Squad's 2013–14 season as the team's leading scorer, with four goals in six appearances.[14]

1. FK Příbram (loan)

Fillo joined First League club 1. FK Příbram on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season.[15] He made 27 appearances and scored two goals before returning to the Doosan Arena.[8]

FK Teplice

In July 2015, Fillo joined First League club FK Teplice on a three-year contract.[16] Over the course of two-and-a-half seasons, he made 73 appearances and scored 22 goals and departed Na Stínadlech in December 2017.[8][17]

FC Baník Ostrava
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.[17] In what remained of the 2017–18 season, he made 14 appearances.[8]

International career

Fillo represented the Czech Republic at youth level and was U21 captain.[9][18] He won three caps for the senior team in 2009.[18]

Career statistics
As of match played 8 July 2020
Season Club Division League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsAppsGoals
Viktoria Plzeň 2003–04[19] Czech First League 8200 — — — 82
2004–05 Czech 2. Liga 25500 — — — 255
2005–06[4] Czech First League 29500 — — — 296
2006–07[20] 28600 — — — 287
2007–08[3] 15500 — — — 155
Total 105 23 0 0 — — — 105 23
Viking 2008[7] Tippeligaen 25632 — — — 288
2009[7] 25310 — 4[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 303
2010[7] 15530 — — — 185
Total 65 14 7 2 — 4 0 — 76 16
Viktoria Plzeň 2010–11[8] Czech First League 10021 — — — 121
2011–12[8] 900 0 — 7[lower-alpha 2] 1 1[lower-alpha 3] 0171
2012–13[8] 14120 — 11[lower-alpha 1] 3 — 274
Viktoria Plzeň total 138 24 4 1 — 18 4 1 0 161 29
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2011–12[8] Czech First League 13240 — — — 172
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2012–13[8] Czech First League 8021 — — — 101
Mladá Boleslav total 21 2 6 1 — — — 27 3
Brentford (loan) 2013–14[10] League One 7000 1 1 — 1[lower-alpha 4] 091
1. FK Příbram (loan) 2014–15[8] Czech First League 24 2 3 0 — — — 27 2
FK Teplice 2015–16[8] Czech First League 28 9 1 0 — — — 29 9
2016–17[8] 28 8 0 0 — — — 28 8
2017–18[8] 15 5 1 0 — — — 16 5
Total 71 22 2 0 — — — 73 22
FC Baník Ostrava 2017–18[8] Czech First League 13 0 1 0 — — — 14 0
2018–19[8] 32 3 2 0 — — 1[lower-alpha 5] 0 35 3
2019–20[8] 29 2 2 0 — — — 31 2
Total 74 5 5 0 — — 1 0 79 5
Career total 469274 1 1 22 4 3 045278
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in Czech Supercup
  4. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  5. Appearance in Czech First League Europa League play-offs

Honours
Viktoria Plzeň
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References
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  3. "Martin Fillo Teplice – Fotbal Idnes.cz". iDNES.cz. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. "Zápasy | A mužstvo | Statistiky sezony Gambrinus liga 2005/06 | FC Viktoria Plzeň". www.fcviktoria.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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  6. "Record transfer fee for Viking – Aftenposten – News in English – Aftenposten.no". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  7. "Fillo, Martin". Viking (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  8. Martin Fillo at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  9. Wickham, Chris. "Fillo signs loan deal". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. "Games played by Martin Fillo in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  11. Murtagh, Jacob (23 December 2013). "Fillo set for talks over Brentford future". Get West London. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  12. Murtagh, Jacob (19 February 2014). "Bees winger made available for loan". Get West London. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  13. "Charlton Athletic DS 6 Brentford DS 3". Brentfordfc.co.uk. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  14. Brett, Ciaran. "2013/14 Brentford Development Squad stats". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  15. "1.FK Příbram – Martin Fillo". Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  16. "Záložník s reprezentačními zkušenostmi Fillo mění Plzeň za Teplice". iDNES.cz. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  17. "Baník posílí Martin Fillo". FC Baník Ostrava (in Czech). Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  18. "Martin Fillo | Reprezentace | Fotbal.cz". Fotbal.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  19. "Zápasy | A Mužstvo | Statistiky Sezony Gambrinus Liga 2003/04 | FC Viktoria Plzeň". www.fcviktoria.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
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