Filip Jícha
Czech handball player

Filip Jícha
Jicha with THW Kiel in 2023
Personal information
Born (1982-04-19) 19 April 1982 (age 43)
Starý Plzenec, Czechoslovakia
Nationality Czech
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club THW Kiel (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
1988–1995
 Starý Plzenec
Senior clubs
Years Team
1995–2000
 Slavia Plzeň
2000–2003
 HC Dukla Prague
2002
 → Lokomotiva Louny
2003
 Al Ahli Jeddah
2003
 Al Ahli Sport Club
2003–2004
 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2004
 Al Ahli Sport Club
2004–2005
 TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
2005–2007
 TBV Lemgo
2007–2015
 THW Kiel
2015–2017
 FC Barcelona
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2016
 Czech Republic 148[1] (816)
Teams managed
2018–2019
 THW Kiel (assistant)
2019–
 THW Kiel

Filip Jícha (born 19 April 1982) is a Czech former handballer. He most recently played for Spanish handball team FC Barcelona. He also played for the Czech national team.[2] Currently he is the head coach of his former club, German handball team THW Kiel. His biggest success as a coach has been winning the EHF Champions League with THW Kiel in the 2019–20 season.[3]

He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[4]

Playing career

Jícha started his career in HC Dukla Prague and moved through Saudi Arabian and Qatari clubs to TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen in Switzerland. He had a broken thump in 2005 which ept him out for a long time.

For the 2005-26 season he joined German TBV Lemgo. For the 2007–08 season he joined THW Kiel for a 400.000 € transfer fee.[5] In 2010 he became the first Czech player to win the EHF Champions League.[6] On 16 July 2012 he extended his contract until 2016.[7]

In August 2015 he joined FC Barcelona Handbol.[8] Here he won the Spanish Champonship in 2016 and 2017. He retired in 2017.[9]

Coaching career

For the 2018/19 season he became the assistent coach at hs former club THW Kiel.[10] In 2019 he too over as the head coach following the departure of Alfreð Gíslason.[11] In his first season he won the German Championship and was named coach of the year in the Bundesliga.[12] Same season he won the EHF Champions League in the 2019-2020 season.[3]

Titles

Player

Assistent coach

Head Coach

Awards

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Házená je můj život, odpovídal čtenářům iDNES.cz reprezentant Filip Jícha". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 16 June 2009. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Kiel at the top of Europe again". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ Die Zeit des großen Bettelns ist vorbei. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, 30 July 2007.
  6. ^ THW gewinnt die Champions-League
  7. ^ Filip Jicha verlängert frühzeitig seinen Vertrag. Website THW Kiel, 16 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Vertrag aufgelöst: Filip Jicha verlässt den THW Kiel" (in German). THW Kiel. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  9. ^ ""Elis Woche": Deutsche Meister im Sand gefunden, Jicha beendet Karriere" (in German). handball-world.news. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Rückkehr des ehemaligen Kapitäns: Filip Jicha wird Co-Trainer des THW Kiel" (in German). handball-world.news. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Christian Sprenger wird Assistenz-Trainer von Filip Jicha" (in German). thw-handball.de. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Filip Jicha ist "Trainer der Saison" der Handball Bundesliga" (in German). handball-world.news. 29 May 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  13. ^ Neagu and Jicha World Handball Players of the Year 2010 - IHF
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