Czech Union Wants Lifetime Ban on Former Coach Who Secretly Filmed Female Players
The Czech players union demands a lifetime ban on coach Petr Vlachovsky after he secretly filmed female athletes for four years and received only a suspended sentence and five-year ban.
- The Czech Association of Soccer Players called for a lifetime soccer ban on sexual offenders, urging the Czech soccer association to act with support from FIFPRO.
- The punishment was handed down in 2025 and only surfaced last month when several players spoke to Seznam; Petr Vlachovsky avoided jail with a one-year suspended sentence.
- Petr Vlachovsky secretly filmed female players in 1. FC Slovacko changing rooms and showers over four years, and a criminal judge issued him a five-year domestic coaching ban.
- FIFPRO is exploring legal avenues on behalf of players to achieve a global ban, while Petr Vlachovsky could return to coaching in Czechia by the end of 2030 without restrictions abroad.
- Procedural gaps have drawn criticism as the verdict was issued without a public trial, leaving victims unable to attend or appeal, while FIFPRO urged stronger protections, saying 'Non-contact sexual abuse is still abuse, and players must be protected.
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Czech union wants lifetime ban on former coach who secretly filmed female players
The Czech Republic players union has called for a lifetime soccer ban on sexual offenders after a coach who secretly filmed female players avoided jail time with a one-year suspended sentence.
Czech football coach receives suspended sentence after 'filming women's changing room'
The global players' union Fifpro has called on Fifa to impose a worldwide coaching prohibition on Petr Vlachovsky, a Czech coach found guilty of covertly recording female footballers in changing facilities and showers
Sentenced for having filmed fourteen of his players without their knowledge, the youngest of whom was 17, a former football coach escaped prison and was banned from exercising for five years. A penalty far too light for the FIFPro, the union of professional footballers...
Coach Petr Vlachovský, who secretly filmed Slovácko players in the locker room and showers, has been given a five-year coaching ban by the court. The players' association considers the punishment disproportionate and is demanding a lifetime ban.
The Czech Football Players Association (ČAFH) is demanding from the international federation FIFA a lifetime ban from football for coach Petr Vlachovský, who secretly filmed himself in the locker rooms and showers of a Slovak player for four years. Association chairwoman Markéta Vochoska Haindlová expects the punishment to be imposed, ČTK reported.
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