Martin Fillo
{{short description|Czech professional footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martin Fillo
| image = Martin Fillo.jpg
| caption = Fillo warming up with Viking in 2008
| full_name = Martin Fillo{{Hugman|26133|accessdate=9 April 2017}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|7}}
| birth_place = Planá, Czechoslovakia
| position = Right winger
| currentclub = SpVgg SV Weiden
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1992–1994
| youthclubs1 = TJ Košutka Plzeň
| youthyears2 = 1994–1996
| youthclubs2 = SK Plzeň 1894
| youthyears3 = 1996–2004
| youthclubs3 = Viktoria Plzeň
| years1 = 2004–2007
| clubs1 = Viktoria Plzeň
| caps1 = 105
| goals1 = 23
| years2 = 2008–2010
| clubs2 = Viking
| caps2 = 65
| goals2 = 14
| years3 = 2011–2015
| clubs3 = Viktoria Plzeň
| caps3 = 33
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2012
| clubs4 = → Mladá Boleslav (loan)
| caps4 = 13
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2012
| clubs5 = → Mladá Boleslav (loan)
| caps5 = 8
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2013–2014
| clubs6 = → Brentford (loan)
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2014–2015
| clubs7 = → Příbram (loan)
| caps7 = 24
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2015–2017
| clubs8 = Teplice
| caps8 = 71
| goals8 = 22
| years9 = 2018–2021
| clubs9 = Baník Ostrava
| caps9 = 107
| goals9 = 5
| years10 = 2021–2023
| clubs10 = Trinity Zlín
| caps10 = 46
| goals10 = 4
| years11 = 2023–2024
| clubs11 = Jiskra Domažlice
| caps11 = 23
| goals11 = 7
| years12 = 2024–
| clubs12 = Weiden
| caps12 = 20
| goals12 = 3
| nationalyears1 = 2003
| nationalteam1 = Czech Republic U18
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2004–2005
| nationalteam2 = Czech Republic U19
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 4
| nationalyears3 = 2006–2008
| nationalteam3 = Czech Republic U21
| nationalcaps3 = 21
| nationalgoals3 = 2
| nationalyears4 = 2009
| nationalteam4 = Czech Republic
| nationalcaps4 = 3
| nationalgoals4 = 0
| club-update = 13:40, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
}}
Martin Fillo (born 7 February 1986) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Bayernliga Nord club SpVgg SV Weiden as a right winger.
Fillo is a former Czech Republic international and has played domestic football in the Czech Republic, Norway and England. He played Czech top-flight football for Viktoria Plzeň, Mladá Boleslav, 1. FK Příbram, FK Teplice, FC Baník Ostrava and FC Trinity Zlín.
Playing career
=Viktoria Plzeň =
After beginning his youth career with TJ Košutka Plzeň and SK Plzeň 1894, Fillo joined the youth system at Viktoria Plzeň in 1996.{{Cite web |title=Martin Fillo |url=https://kdesehraje.cz/hrac/martin-fillo/562 |access-date=27 August 2023 |website=Kdesehraje.cz – aktuální fotbalové zápasy, výsledky a statistiky.}} He began his senior career with 2. Liga club and helped it to promotion to the First League during the 2004–05 season.{{Cite web |title=Martin Fillo Teplice |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/databanka.aspx?t=hrac&id=3003845 |access-date=17 August 2017 |website=Fotbal Idnes.cz}} In his first full season in the top flight, he made 29 appearances and scored five goals, as Plzeň narrowly avoided relegation.{{Cite web |title=Zápasy {{!}} A mužstvo {{!}} Statistiky sezony Gambrinus liga 2005/06 |url=http://www.fcviktoria.cz/eng/statistiky.asp?sezona=2006&kategorie= |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=FC Viktoria Plzeň |language=cs}} He played 15 matches and scored five goals during the 2007–08 season, before making his last appearance for the club in December 2007.
= Viking =
In 2008, Fillo signed a five-year contract with Norwegian Tippeligaen club Viking,{{Cite web |title=Martin Fillo |url=http://www.11v11.com/players/martin-fillo-120247/ |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=11v11.com}} for a club record fee which amounted to more than 15.7 million kr.{{Cite web |date=30 December 2010 |title=Tre år med Martin Fillo har kostet Viking 16 millioner |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/fotball/i/MR697E/tre-aar-med-martin-fillo-har-kostet-viking-16-millioner |access-date=9 April 2023 |website=www.aftenposten.no |language=nb}} 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. He scored his first goal for Viking in a 1–0 victory over Tromsø IL on match day four. He appeared consistently during the 2008 season, making 28 appearances and scoring 8 goals.{{Cite news |title=Fillo, Martin |language=nb-NO |work=Viking |url=https://www.vikingfotball.no/former-players/fillo-martin |access-date=9 April 2017}} He made 25 appearances and scored three goals during the 2009 season and played in Viking's UEFA Cup qualifiers, which ended with a second round defeat to Honka. During the 2010 season, Fillo made only 15 appearances, but scored five goals, including a hat-trick against Odds on 4 July 2010.
=Return to Viktoria Plzeň =
Fillo re-signed for Viktoria Plzeň on a {{frac|4|1|2}}-year contract during the 2010–11 season and made 12 appearances, scoring one goal. 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. Fillo made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the first half of the 2011–12 season and spent the second half of the season on loan at fellow First League club Mladá Boleslav.{{Cite web |title=Ostatní české soutěže : Jarní část se přiblížila. Jak se v rámci ligy přestupovalo? |url=https://www.efotbal.cz/clanek-99032-Jarni-cast-se-priblizila-Jak-se-v-ramci-ligy-prestupovalo.html |access-date=30 October 2022 |website=eFotbal.cz |language=cs}} He made 17 appearances and helped the club a fourth-place finish (one place behind his parent club Viktoria Plzeň) and Europa League qualification.{{Cite web |title=Table |url=http://en.fortunaliga.cz/tabulka/2012/aktualni |access-date=30 October 2022 |website=Fortuna:Liga}}
Fillo made 27 appearances for Viktoria Plzeň during the club's First League-winning 2012–13 season. He played part of the first half of the season on loan at Mladá Boleslav, making 10 appearances before returning to Plzeň prior to the winter break.
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.{{Cite web |last=Wickham |first=Chris |title=Fillo signs loan deal |url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/en/news/article/fillo-signs-loan-deal_59689 |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=www.brentfordfc.com |language=en}} He scored one goal in 9 appearances,{{Soccerbase season|61251|2013|access-date=9 April 2017}} before being dropped from the team in October 2013. New manager Mark Warburton indicated in late December 2013 that he would hold talks with Fillo over his future.{{Cite web |last=Murtagh |first=Jacob |date=23 December 2013 |title=Fillo set for talks over Brentford future |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/fillo-set-talks-over-brentford-6440131 |access-date=12 April 2014 |publisher=Get West London}} Fillo was made available for loan on 19 February 2014,{{Cite web |last=Murtagh |first=Jacob |date=19 February 2014 |title=Bees winger made available for loan |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/bees-winger-made-available-loan-6722962 |access-date=12 April 2014 |publisher=Get West London}} but did not win any further calls into the first team squad before the end of the season.
Fillo joined First League club 1. FK Příbram on loan for the duration of the 2014–15 season.{{Cite web |title=1.FK Příbram – Martin Fillo |url=http://www.fkpribram.cz/a-tym/hraci/Fillo-Martin.740 |access-date=9 April 2017}} He made 27 appearances and scored two goals before his Viktoria Plzeň contract expired at the end of the season. Fillo made 56 appearances and scored three goals in his second spell with Plzeň.
= Teplice =
In July 2015, Fillo signed a three-year contract with First League club FK Teplice on a free transfer.{{Cite web |date=10 July 2015 |title=Záložník s reprezentačními zkušenostmi Fillo mění Plzeň za Teplice |url=https://fotbal.idnes.cz/fillo-podepsal-triletou-smlouvu-v-teplicich-f34-/fotbal.aspx?c=A150710_111352_fotbal_par |access-date=17 August 2017 |website=iDNES.cz}} Over the course of {{frac|2|1|2}} seasons, he made 73 appearances and scored 22 goals and departed Na Stínadlech in December 2017.{{Cite web |title=Baník posílí Martin Fillo |url=http://fcb.cz/clanek.asp?id=Banik-posili-Martin-Fillo-7248 |access-date=29 December 2017 |website=FC Baník Ostrava |language=cs}}
= Baník Ostrava =
File:Martin Fillo2, FCB-SLAVIA 30092018.jpg in 2018]]
On 29 December 2017, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Baník Ostrava on a permanent contract for an undisclosed fee. He made 115 appearances and scored five goals during {{frac|3|1|2}} seasons with the club.
= Trinity Zlín =
On 4 June 2021, Fillo joined Czech First League club FC Trinity Zlín (then named FC Fastav Zlín) on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{Cite web |title=Zkušený Fillo jde z Baníku do Zlína, podepsal smlouvu na dva roky |url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2020-21/397335/zkuseny-fillo-jde-z-baniku-do-zlina-podepsal-smlouvu-na-dva-roky.html |access-date=4 June 2021 |website=isport.blesk.cz |date=4 June 2021 |language=cs}}{{Cite web |title=Fotbalový Zlín už není Fastav. Ševci si plácli s novým titulárním partnerem |url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ceska-1-liga-fotbalovy-zlin-uz-neni-fastav-sevci-si-placli-s-novym-titularnim-partnerem-3453327 |access-date=9 July 2022 |website=Sport.cz |date=24 June 2022 |language=cs}} He made 51 appearances and four scored goals during the 2021–22 and 2022–23 seasons,{{Cite web |title=Martin Fillo stats and transfer history |url=https://www.aiscore.com/player-martin-fillo/5xvkjoi4m1f6793 |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=AiScore}} in both of which the club narrowly avoided relegation.{{Cite web |title=Summary – Czech Liga – Czech Republic – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/czech-republic/czech-liga/20212022/relegation-round/r64272/ |access-date=16 May 2022 |website=Soccerway}}{{Cite web |title=Summary – Play-offs 1/2 – Czech Republic – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/czech-republic/play-offs-12/20222023/s21691/final-stages/ |access-date=9 June 2023 |website=Soccerway}} Fillo was released when his contract expired.{{Cite web |title=Ševci se dnes sešli na Letné, aby zahájili letní přípravu. Trenér Vrba vyzkouší mladíky |url=https://www.fctrinityzlin.cz/aktuality/novinky/sevci-se-dnes-sesli-na-letne-aby-zahajili-letni-pripravu-trener-vrba-vyzkousi-mladiky.html |access-date=2 July 2023 |website=FC Trinity Zlín}}
= Jiskra Domažlice =
During the 2023 off-season, Fillo transferred to Bohemian League A club Jiskra Domažlice.{{Cite web |last=Pojar |first=Jiří |date=11 July 2023 |title=Zahájení přípravy Jiskry Domažlice A |url=https://www.fotbaldomazlice.cz/aktuality/detail/143-zahajeni-pripravy-jiskry-domazlice-a |access-date=12 July 2023 |website=fotbaldomazlice.cz |publisher=TJ Jiskra Domažlice |language=cs}} He made 25 appearances and scored seven goals during a 2023–24 season in which the club narrowly missed the division's promotion playoff place.{{Cite web |last=Nachtigall |first=Dagmar |date=26 June 2024 |title=Ehemaliger tschechischer Nationalspieler verstärkt den Bayernligisten SpVgg SV Weiden |url=https://www.oberpfalzecho.de/beitrag/ehemaliger-tschechischer-nationalspieler-verstaerkt-den-bayernligisten-spvgg-sv-weiden |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=OberpfalzEcho |language=de}}{{Cite web |title=Tables – 3. liga – Czechia – Results, fixtures, tables and news |url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/czech-republic/3-ligy/20232024/fl-a/r77664/tables/ |access-date=1 July 2024 |website=Soccerway}} He departed the club in June 2024.
= SpVgg SV Weiden =
On 26 June 2024, Fillo transferred to German Bayernliga Nord club SpVgg SV Weiden.
International career
Fillo represented the Czech Republic at youth level and was U21 captain.{{Cite web |title=Martin Fillo {{!}} Reprezentace |url=https://repre.fotbal.cz/hrac/hraci/1919 |access-date=4 October 2018 |website=Fotbal.cz|date=3 November 2017 }} He won three caps for the senior team in 2009.
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 29 November 2024}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||||||
| rowspan="2" |Season
! rowspan="2" |Club ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National cup{{efn|Includes Czech Cup, Norwegian Cup, FA Cup}} ! colspan="2" |League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} ! colspan="2" |Europe ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
!Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
!Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| rowspan="6" |Viktoria Plzeň
|2003–04{{Cite web |title=Zápasy {{!}} A Mužstvo {{!}} Statistiky Sezony Gambrinus Liga 2003/04 |url=http://www.fcviktoria.cz/eng/statistiky.asp?sortH=minuty&smerH=DESC&sezona=2004&cast=1&deleni=0 |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=FC Viktoria Plzeň |language=cs}} | Czech First League
|8 | 2 | 0 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |8 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | Czech 2. Liga
|25 | 5 | 0 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |25 | 5 | ||
| 2005–06
|Czech First League |29 | 5 | 0 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |29 | 6 | |||
| 2006–07{{Cite web |title=Zápasy {{!}} A Mužstvo {{!}} Statistiky Sezony Gambrinus Liga 2006/07 |url=http://www.fcviktoria.cz/eng/statistiky.asp?sezona=2007&kategorie= |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=FC Viktoria Plzeň |language=cs}}
|Czech First League |28 | 6 | 0 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |28 | 7 | |||
| 2007–08
|Czech First League |15 | 5 | 0 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |15 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!105 !23 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !105 !23 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" |Viking
|2008 |25 | 6 | 3 | 2
| colspan="2" |— |0 | colspan="2" |— |32 | 8 | |||
| 2009
|Tippeligaen |25 | 3 | 1 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |26 | 3 | |||
| 2010
|Tippeligaen |15 | 5 | 3 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |18 | 5 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!65 !14 !7 !2 ! colspan="2" |— !4 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !76 !16 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" |Viktoria Plzeň
|Czech First League |10 | 0 | 2 | 1
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |12 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12
|Czech First League |9 | 0 | 0
|0 | colspan="2" |— |7Appearances in UEFA Champions League |1 |1Appearance in Czech Supercup |0 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13
|Czech First League |14 | 1 | 2 | 0
| colspan="2" |— |11Appearances in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League |3 | colspan="2" |— |27 | 4 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!138 !24 !4 !1 ! colspan="2" |— !18 !4 !1 !0 !161 !29 | |||||||
| Mladá Boleslav (loan)
|Czech First League |13 | 2 | 4 | 0
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |17 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="2" |Mladá Boleslav (loan)
|Czech First League |8 | 0 | 2 | 1
| colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |10 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2" |Total
!21 !2 !6 !1 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !27 !3 | |||||||
| |Brentford (loan) | 2013–14 | League One
|7 | 0 | 0 | 0
|1 |1 | colspan="2" |— |1Appearance in Football League Trophy |0 | 9 | 1 |
| 1. FK Příbram (loan)
|Czech First League |24 |2 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |27 |2 | |||||||
| rowspan="4" |FK Teplice
|Czech First League |28 |9 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |29 |9 | |||||||
| 2016–17
|Czech First League |28 |8 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |28 |8 | |||||||
| 2017–18
|Czech First League |15 |5 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |5 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!71 !22 !2 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !73 !22 | |||||||
| rowspan="5" |FC Baník Ostrava
|Czech First League |13 |0 |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |14 |0 | |||||||
| 2018–19{{Soccerway|id=14795|accessdate=9 April 2017}}
|Czech First League |33 |3 |5 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1Appearance in Czech First League Europa League play-offs |0 |39 |3 | |||||||
| 2019–20
|Czech First League |29 |2 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |31 |2 | |||||||
| 2020–21
|Czech First League |32 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |32 |0 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!107 !5 !8 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !1 !0 !115 !5 | |||||||
| rowspan="3" |FC Trinity Zlín
|Czech First League |26 |1 |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |29 |1 | |||||||
| 2022–23
|Czech First League |20 |3 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 |22 |3 | |||||||
| colspan="2" |Total
!46 !4 !5 !0 ! colspan="2" |— ! colspan="2" |— !0 !0 !51 !4 | |||||||
| Jiskra Domažlice
|23 |7 |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |25 |7 | |||||||
| SpVgg SV Weiden
|Bayernliga Nord |20 |3 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |20 |3 | |||||||
| colspan="3" |Career total
!521 | 82 | 37 | 4
!1 !1 !22 !4 !3 !0 | 184 | 92 |
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Honours
; Viktoria Plzeň
- Czech First League: 2010–11, 2012–13
- Czech 2. Liga third-place promotion: 2004–05
- Czech Supercup: 2011–12
References
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