Filip Jícha

Filip Jícha

Filip Jícha on August 1st, 2012 in Rostock
Player information
Nickname	"Pavel", "Filda"
birthday	April 19, 1982
place of birth	Pilsen , Czechoslovakia
citizenship	Czech
height	2.01 m
Playing position	Back left
Throwing hand	right
Club information
society	Career ended
Clubs in the youth
from ... to	society
1988-1995	Starý Plzenec (up to C-youth)
1995-2000	Slavia Plzeň (up to B youth)
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
2000-2000	Kovopetrol Plzeň (for 1 game)
2000–01 / 2003	Dukla Prague (2002 Lokomotiva Louny - 1st League Hosting)
01 / 2003-02 / 2003	Al Ahli Jeddah
02 / 2003-06 / 2003	Al Ahli Sports Club
06/2003–05/2004	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
05 / 2004-06 / 2004	Al Ahli Sports Club
06 / 2004-2005	TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2005-2007	TBV Lemgo
2007-2015	THW Kiel
2015-2017	FC Barcelona
National team
Debut on	September 2000
against	Slovakia in Považská Bystrica
	Games (goals)
Czech Republic	158 (877)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
2018-2019	THW Kiel (assistant trainer)
2019–	THW Kiel (trainer)
As of June 30, 2019

At the Handball European Championship 2010 Filip Jícha (here in one of his 14 goals against Hungary) was the top scorer.

Filip Jícha (born April 19, 1982 in Pilsen ) is a Czech handball coach and a former national handball player .

Career

Filip Jícha started his career at Dukla Prague and later moved to Switzerland for TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen , where he suffered a broken thumb in April 2005 and had to take a long break. From the 2005/06 season he played at TBV Lemgo in the left backcourt . On June 20, 2007 the THW Kiel announced that Jícha will play for the THW from the 2007/08 season . It received a three-year contract until June 30, 2011 and cost Kiel around 400,000 euros. Initially, his previous club, TBV Lemgo, did not want to give him up until the 2008/09 season, but both sides agreed and Jícha played for the THW from July 1, 2007. In 2010 he was the first Czech player to win the EHF Champions League with THW . On July 16, 2012, he extended his contract, which originally ran until June 30, 2014, to June 30, 2016. In August 2015, the contract was terminated prematurely and Jícha moved to the Spanish club FC Barcelona . In the summer of 2017 he left Barcelona and ended his career.

From September 2000 Filip Jícha was a Czech international . He made his international debut against Slovakia in Považská Bystrica , where he scored two goals.

His nickname in Germany is Pavel and in the Czech national team Filda . With a body length of 2.01 m, Jícha weighs 103 kg. For the national team of the Czech Republic, he wore jersey number 9.

Jícha took over the position of assistant coach at THW Kiel for the 2018/19 season. and in the 2019/20 season he was appointed as the successor to Alfreð Gíslason as head coach of the THW Kiel. In his premier season, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , he was elected "Coach of the 2019/20 season" with the Meister club and by his colleagues and the managing directors of the Bundesliga.

Private

Filip Jícha is married. He and his wife Hana have two children together - a daughter and a son.

successes

player

• FC Barcelona
  • Spanish champion 2016 and 2017
  • Spanish cup winner 2016 and 2017
• THW Kiel
  • Champions League winner 2010 and 2012
  • Champions League finalist in 2008, 2009 and 2014
  • German champion 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015
  • German cup winner 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013
  • Super Globe winner 2011
  • Champions Trophy winner 2007
  • Supercup winner 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2014
• TBV Lemgo
  • EHF Cup winner 2006
• St. Otmar St. Gallen (SUI)
  • Semi-finals in the Challenge Cup 2005
• Al Ahli (QAT)
  • Qatar Emir's Cup winner 2002
• Dukla Prague (CZE)
  • Czech runner-up in 2003
  • Vice student world champion in 1998 and 2000
  • Czech B youth champion
• Czech national team
  • Eighth place EM 2000
  • Tenth place World Cup 2005
  • Twelfth place in the 2007 World Cup
  • Top scorer, All-Star Team and Most Valuable Player of the European Championship 2010
  • Second on the 2007 World Cup scorer list

Trainer

• THW Kiel
  • German champion 2020

Awards

• World handball player 2010
• Germany's handball player of the year 2009 and 2010
• Czech handball player of the year 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
• Best RL Czech Republic 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
• Best beginner Czech Republic 2000
• Top scorer in the 2008/09 and 2009/10 Champions League seasons
• HBL player of the 2009/10 season
• HBL coach of the 2019/20 season
• Kiel Sportsman of the Year 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014

Bundesliga record

season	society	Division	Games	Gates	7 meters	Field gates
2005/06	TBV Lemgo	Bundesliga	34	202	17th	185
2006/07	TBV Lemgo	Bundesliga	32	203	40	163
2007/08	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	21st	92	29	63
2008/09	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	182	21st	161
2009/10	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	31	195	42	153
2010/11	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	197	31	166
2011/12	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	206	28	178
2012/13	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	180	18th	162
2013/14	THW Kiel	Bundesliga	34	200	31	169
2005-2014	total	Bundesliga	288	1657	257	1400

Web links

Commons : Filip Jícha  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Filip Jícha’s website
• Filip Jícha on the THW Kiel website
• Filip Jícha in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
• Filip Jícha in handball-hall-of-fame.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International match statistics by Filip Jícha , accessed on August 3, 2017
2. ↑ The time of great begging is over . Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, July 30, 2007.
3. ↑ THW wins the Champions League
4. ↑ Filip Jicha extends his contract early . Website THW Kiel, July 16, 2012.
5. ↑ Contract terminated: Filip Jicha leaves the THW Kiel . THW Kiel website, August 18, 2015, accessed on September 5, 2019.
6. ↑ "Elis Week": German champion in the sand found Jicha retires . handball-world.news, August 7, 2017, accessed on August 7, 2017.
7. ↑ handball-world.news: Return of the former captain: Filip Jicha becomes co-trainer of THW Kiel on March 16, 2018, accessed on March 16, 2018
8. ↑ thw-handball.de: Christian Sprenger becomes Filip Jicha's assistant trainer on February 19, 2019, accessed on June 30, 2019
9. ↑ handball-world.news: Filip Jicha is "Trainer of the Season" of the Handball Bundesliga on May 29, 2020, accessed on May 29, 2020
10. ↑ Filip Jicha - Czech Handball Player of the Year
11. ↑ www.reprezentace.chf.cz Nejlepšími házenkáři roku Luzumová a Jícha (Czech) from June 16, 2014, accessed on June 20, 2014