Daniel Fila
{{short description|Czech footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Fila
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|2002|8|21}}
| birth_place = Brno, Czech Republic
| height = 1.90 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Venezia
| clubnumber = 18
| youthyears1 = 2009−2010
| youthclubs1 = TJ Sokol Otnice
| youthyears2 = 2010−2016
| youthclubs2 = SK Újezd u Brna
| youthyears3 = 2016−2017
| youthclubs3 = Zbrojovka Brno
| youthyears4 = 2017
| youthclubs4 = Líšeň
| youthyears5 = 2017−2021
| youthclubs5 = Zbrojovka Brno
| years1 = 2020–2021
| clubs1 = Zbrojovka Brno
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2021–2022
| clubs2 = Mladá Boleslav
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 4
| years3 = 2022–2025
| clubs3 = Slavia Prague
| caps3 = 18
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2022–2024
| clubs4 = → Slavia Prague B
| caps4 = 3
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2022–2024
| clubs5 = → Teplice (loan)
| caps5 = 42
| goals5 = 14
| years6 = 2025–
| clubs6 = Venezia
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 1
| nationalyears1 = 2019
| nationalteam1 = Czech Republic U18
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2021–
| nationalteam2 = Czech Republic U21
| nationalcaps2 = 17
| nationalgoals2 = 7
| club-update = 15:26, 12 April 2025 (UTC)
| nationalteam-update = 18 July 2024
}}
Daniel Fila (born 21 August 2002) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian Serie A club Venezia.
Club career
=Zbrojovka Brno=
Born in Brno, Fila started his football career at Sokol Otnice, from where he moved to Újezd u Brna before transferring to Zbrojovka Brno in 2016. He had a brief spell with rival Líšeň, but returned to Zbrojovka after five months.
Fila made his professional debut for Zbrojovka Brno in the away match against Jablonec on 5 November 2020, which ended in a win 1–0. He replaced the only scorer of the match Jakub Přichystal in the last minute of injury time.{{cite web|url=https://fczbrno.cz/zapas.asp?id=3951|title=Úspěšný restart! Zbrojovka veze z Jablonce zaslouženou výhru|accessdate=5 November 2020|language=cs|work=Zbrojovka Brno}} He scored his first goal for Zbrojovka Brno on 14 March 2021, also in a match against Jablonec, in a 2–1 loss.{{cite web|url=https://www.chanceliga.cz/zapas/6846-brn-jab|title=FC Zbrojovka Brno – FK Jablonec 1:2 (0:1)|accessdate=14 March 2021|language=cs|work=chanceliga.cz}}
=Mladá Boleslav=
On 9 July 2021, Fila signed a four-year contract with Mladá Boleslav.{{cite web|date=9 July 2021 |lang=cs |title=Fila (18) se upsal Boleslavi: Od Sparty a Slavie jsem necítil takový zájem |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2021-22/398980/fila-18-se-upsal-boleslavi-od-sparty-a-slavie-jsem-necitil-takovy-zajem.html |website=Blesk|publisher=Czech News Center|agency=Czech News Agency}} He made his first appearance for his new club on 25 July 2021, on the first day of the 2021–22 season against FC Viktoria Plzeň, coming on as a substitute for Jiří Skalák in a 3–2 loss. On 31 July 2021, he scored his first goal for Mladá Boleslav in a 3-0 victory over Jablonec.
=Slavia Prague=
Fila impressed with Mladá Boleslav, and on 10 February 2022, Fila was transferred to Slavia Prague, signing on a four-and-a-half-year deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.slavia.cz/clanek.asp?id=Novou-posilou-Slavie-je-Daniel-Fila-19024|title=Novou posilou Slavie je Daniel Fila|publisher=SK Slavia Prague|date=10 February 2022|accessdate=10 February 2022|language=cs}}
==loan to Teplice==
During September 2022, Fila joined Teplice on a loan deal until end of the season.{{cite web|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-slavia-poslala-filu-na-hostovani-do-teplic-3593853|title=Slavia poslala Filu na hostování do Teplic|agency=Czech News Agency|date=2 September 2022|accessdate=2 September 2022|language=cs|website=sport.cz|publisher=Borgis}}
=Venezia=
On 3 February 2025, Fila signed a contract with Italian Serie A club Venezia until June 2029.{{cite web|url=https://www.denik.cz/fotbal/daniel-fila-slavia-benatky-prestup-italie-serie-a.html|title=Útočník Fila si zahraje italskou ligu. Ze Slavie přestoupil do Benátek|agency=Czech News Agency|date=3 February 2025|accessdate=4 February 2025|language=cs|website=Deník|publisher=Vltava Labe Media}}
Career statistics
{{updated|11 June 2022}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Zbrojovka Brno
|21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | |||
| Mladá Boleslav
|Czech First League |20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 23 | 5 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Slavia Prague
|rowspan="3"|Czech First League |12 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 12 | 1 | ||||
| 2022–23
|2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2024–25
|2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="2"|Teplice (loan)
|2022–23 |rowspan="2"|Czech First League |15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 4 | |||
| 2023–24
|27 | 10 | 2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 11 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!99 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 24 |
References
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External links
- {{FAČR player|new_id=16334033}}
- {{Soccerway|daniel-fila/680655}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|daniel-fila}}
{{Venezia FC squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fila, Daniel}}
Category:Footballers from Brno
Category:Czech men's footballers
Category:FC Zbrojovka Brno players
Category:FK Mladá Boleslav players
Category:SK Slavia Prague players
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Category:Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Czech First League players
Category:21st-century Czech sportsmen
Category:Czech National Football League players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Category:Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy
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