The Spartan Karabec was chosen as the best senior football player
Updates: 09/01/2022 20:03
Released: 09.01.2022, 19:31
Prague – Spartan Adam Karabec was elected the best older Czech football teenager in 2021. The 18-year-old offensive midfielder in the poll of the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR) won in front of the Slavist Daniel Samek, and Kryštof Daněk from Olomouc finished third. Sparta’s success was underlined by Daniel Rus with a triumph in the junior category. The results were solemnly announced at the 20th anniversary of the Grassroots non-professional football gala evening in Žofín, Prague.
Years ago, Karabec won among the younger teenagers and last year he finished second to the club’s second two, Adam Hložek, in the older junior category. Eighteen-year-old talent settled firmly in the squadron of the A-team Sparta last year and in 2021 scored 33 league starts, in which he scored five goals. In the autumn, he played a group of the European League with Letenské, and at the same time he belongs to the staff of the Czech national team of twenty-one.
Slavek Samek finished in second place. At the end of the spring part of last season, the 17-year-old midfielder collected the first two league starts, but did not shine fully until this year. In the highest competition in the autumn, he jumped into the 13th match with a balance of three goals and also played in the group of the European Conference League. Daněk, the third-nineteen-year-old midfielder, has been steadily joining Sigma Olomouc for some time now.
The winner of the junior category, the 15-year-old Spartan Rus, is one of the mainstays of the national team under the age of 16. Another member of the Olomouc national team, Roman Mokrovics, finished second, while the captain of the Czech seventeen, Pavel Gaszczyk from Pilsen, took third place. Lucie Jelínková from Slovácko became a talent in the women’s category.
Among the women’s coaches, the national team coach Karel Rada won again and won the fifth place. Michal Seidler from Pilsen won the award for the best futsalist for the eighth time. This time, the national team coach Tomáš Neumann did not win among the coaches, who did not reach the third triumph in a row and the fourteenth overall. Marek Kopecký reigned supreme for the futsal coaches thanks to the fact that he and Pilsen advanced to the elite phase of the Champions League.
The Grassroots gala evening traditionally recognizes the best players and coaches in the youth, women’s and non-professional football categories. Last year, the prizes for the coronavirus were untraditionally awarded on the ČT sport program, this year the gala evening was held in compliance with government restrictions. The award for the best professional player is announced by the FACR in the Footballer of the Year poll.
20th year of FACR Grassroots survey:
Player of the year:
Soccer – Seniors: 1. Adam Karabec (Sparta Prague), 2. Daniel Samek (Slavia Prague), 3. Kryštof Daněk (Olomouc).
Soccer – Junior: 1. Daniel Rus (Sparta Prague), 2. Roman Mokrovics (Olomouc), 3. Pavel Gaszczyk (Pilsen).
Futsal: 1. Michal Seidler, 2. Tomáš Vnuk (both Plzeň), 3. Tomáš Koudelka (Chrudim).
Beach Soccer – Men: Lukáš Trampota.
Beach Soccer – Women: Markéta Matějková (both Slavia Prague).
Talent of the year:
Women’s football: 1. Lucie Jelínková, 2. Sabina Střížová (both Slovácko), 3. Klára Ducháčková (Sparta Prague).
Futsal: 1. Tomáš Buchta (Plzeň), 2. Zdeněk Sita (Slavia Praha), 3. Jan Žežulka (Mělník).
Coach of the year:
Soccer – Juniors: Milan Kormaník (Central Bohemian KFS).
Football – pupils: Jan Zemlik (Ostrava).
Football – preparations: Alois Kolenatý (Svádov-Olšinky).
Women’s football: 1. Karel Rada (national team A), 2. Martin Masaryk (Sparta Prague), 3. Petr Bláha (Slovácko) / Michal Kolomazník (Slavia Prague).
Women’s soccer – youth: Petr Safar (Liberec).
Futsal: 1. Marek Kopecký (Pilsen), 2. Tomáš Neumann (national team A), 3. David Frič (Slavia Prague).
Accompanying surveys:
Fair play price: Manual for coaches, parents and children.
Grassroots events: We have fun with sports (OFS Náchod).