Women's Soccer Coach Banned for Life by UEFA for Filming Players in the Locker Room
UEFA said Vlachovsky filmed 15 players, including a 17-year-old, and asked FIFA to extend the lifetime ban worldwide.
- On Tuesday, UEFA issued a lifetime ban to former coach Petr Vlachovsky after its Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body found he breached regulations regarding decent conduct, and requested that FIFA extend the ban globally.
- Vlachovsky was convicted last year in the Czech Republic of filming 15 players without their knowledge while they changed, receiving a suspended one-year prison sentence and a five-year coaching ban.
- Authorities arrested the former coach in 2023 after discovering online footage showing him using a hidden backpack camera to film players, including minors, in dressing rooms over a four-year period.
- FIFPRO and FIFPRO Europe welcomed the decision, stating such outcomes send a "necessary message that abusive and inappropriate behaviour has no place in football," while urging the Football Association of the Czech Republic to revoke his license.
- Players must be able to work in environments where they feel safe, respected, and protected from all forms of misconduct, FIFPRO emphasized, as the organization continues advocating for stronger protections and accountability mechanisms across football.
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A Czech football coach will never coach a football team again after he filmed his players in the locker room.
Ostrava, Czech Republic.- A Czech female football coach who secretly filmed female players in the locker room and in the showers was disqualified for life from training at UEFA. Petr Vlachovsky, former coach of 1. FC Slovacko, was convicted last year in the Czech Republic for filming more than a dozen women for a period of four years.He received a one-year suspended prison sentence and a five-year ban on running in the country.The UEFA Organ of …
Petr Vlachovsky is forbidden to perform functions in Europe forever and UEFA wants FIFA to revoke Czech coach's license. Coach filmed naked players without consent for four years.
European football's governing body Uefa has banned former Czech women's soccer coach Petr Vlachovsky from coaching for life for breaching the organization's disciplinary rules. Vlachovsky abused the players' trust by secretly filming them in the locker room, the British public broadcaster BBC reported.
The European Football Association (UEFA) has imposed a lifetime ban on coach Petr Vlachovsky, who was caught filming his players in the dressing room.
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