Josef Hušbauer

Josef Hušbauer (born 16 March 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Cypriot Second Division club Spartakos Kitiou. A product of the Sparta Prague football academy, Hušbauer represented the Czech Republic 21 times, scoring once, between 2012 and 2019.

Josef Hušbauer

Hušbauer with the Czech national team in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 35)
Place of birth	Hradištko, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Spartakos Kitiou
Number	22
Youth career
1996–2007	Sparta Prague
2007–2008	Jihlava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008	Jihlava	8	(0)
2008–2010	Viktoria Žižkov	23	(0)
2009–2010	→ Příbram (loan)	22	(4)
2010–2011	Baník Ostrava	26	(3)
2011–2015	Sparta Prague	97	(33)
2015	→ Cagliari (loan)	2	(0)
2016–2020	Slavia Prague	122	(22)
2020	→ Dynamo Dresden (loan)	10	(1)
2020–2022	Anorthosis	60	(1)
2022	Karmiotissa	8	(0)
2022–2023	Ypsonas	14	(3)
2023–2024	Příbram	15	(0)
2024–	Spartakos Kitiou	14	(2)
International career
2005–2006	Czech Republic U16	10	(2)
2006–2007	Czech Republic U17	8	(1)
2007–2008	Czech Republic U18	6	(1)
2008–2009	Czech Republic U19	7	(0)
2011–2012	Czech Republic U21	5	(1)
2012–2019	Czech Republic	21	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 January 2024

Club career

Sparta Prague

Hušbauer started his football career at Sparta Prague. He made his first league appearances in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga for Vysočina Jihlava.^[1] In 2008, Hušbauer was sold to FK Viktoria Žižkov, where he spent one season. For the 2009–10 season, he was sent on loan to 1. FK Příbram. In 2010, Hušbauer moved to Baník Ostrava, where he played for one season before being sold to Sparta Prague.^[2]

Hušbauer joined Italian club Cagliari on loan in January 2015.^[3] However, he only played two matches under manager Gianfranco Zola and no further first-team matches after said coach was replaced by Zdeněk Zeman, subsequently cutting his loan period short and returning to Sparta.^[4] In autumn 2015–16 Czech First League, Hušbauer dropped out of Sparta Prague first team starting eleven and played only two out of fifteen full matches.^[5]

Slavia Prague

Hušbauer signed for Sparta Prague's fierce rival Slavia Prague in December 2015 for a reported fee of 15 million CZK.^[6]

In January 2020, Hušbauer joined 2. Bundesliga club Dynamo Dresden on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season, with an option to sign him permanently.^[7]

Later career

On 24 July 2020, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Anorthosis Famagusta on a two-year contract until May 2022.^[8] He joined another club compatriot Karmiotissa in June 2022.^[9] On 14 July 2023, Hušbauer returned to the Czech Republic and signed a contract with Příbram.^[10] On 20 July 2024, he had a third stint in Cyprus, playing for Cypriot Second Division club Spartakos Kitiou.^[11][12]

International career

Hušbauer played for Czech youth national teams from the under-16 level.^[13] He was first called up to the Czech Republic national football team in August 2012.^[14] He made his first appearance in a goalless friendly draw against Ukraine the same month.^[13] Hušbauer scored his first international goal in an international friendly match against Finland, which finished 2–2.^[15] Between June 2014's friendly match against Austria and March 2017, he did not play for the national team.^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 January 2023^[17][18]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Viktoria Žižkov	2008–09	Czech First League	16	0	0	0	—		—		16	0
	2009–10	Czech National Football League	7	0	0	0	—		—		7	0
	Total		23	0	0	0	—		—		23	0
Příbram (loan)	2009–10	Czech First League	22	4	0	0	—		—		22	4
Baník Ostrava	2010–11	Czech First League	24	2	0	0	4	1	—		28	3
	2011–12		2	1	0	0	—		—		2	1
	Total		26	3	0	0	4	1	—		30	4
Sparta Prague	2011–12	Czech First League	21	7	5	3	—		—		26	10
	2012–13		26	4	0	0	11	2	—		37	6
	2013–14		29	18	5	2	2	0	—		36	20
	2014–15		9	3	3	2	7	1	—		19	6
	2015–16		12	1	2	0	5	1	—		19	2
	Total		97	33	15	7	25	5	—		137	44
Cagliari (loan)	2014–15	Serie A	2	0	1	0	—		—		3	0
Slavia Prague	2015–16	Czech First League	13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
	2016–17		29	3	3	0	5	1	—		37	4
	2017–18		29	3	3	1	6	2	—		38	6
	2018–19		33	9	4	2	9	1	—		46	12
	2019–20		18	5	1	0	5	0	1	1	25	6
	Total		122	22	11	3	25	4	1	1	159	30
Dynamo Dresden	2019–20	2. Bundesliga	10	1	0	0	—		—		10	1
Anorthosis	2020–21	Cypriot First Division	31	1	5	2	0	0	—		36	3
	2021–22		29	0	6	0	10	0	1	0	46	0
	Total		60	1	11	2	10	0	1	0	82	3
Karmiotissa	2022–23	Cypriot First Division	8	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
Career total			356	64	38	12	54	9	2	1	450	86

International

As of 14 January 2020^[19]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2012	2	0
	2013	4	0
	2014	3	1
	2015	0	0
	2016	0	0
	2017	4	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	3	0
Total		20	1

As of 14 January 2020^[19]

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

List of international goals scored by Josef Hušbauer

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	21 May 2014	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland	Finland	2–2	2–2	Friendly

Honours

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League: 2013–14
• Czech Cup: 2013–14
• Czech Supercup: 2014

Slavia Prague

• Czech First League: 2016–17
• Czech Cup: 2017–18

Anorthosis

• Cypriot Cup: 2020-21

Individual

• Czech First League top goalscorer: 2013–14