Petr Vlachovsky: Czech coach handed lifetime ban by Uefa for filming female players
The CEDB has asked the sport’s global governing body Fifa to make the ban, which prohibits Vlachovsky from taking part in any football-related activity, worldwide.
It has also ordered the Football Association of the Czech Republic to revoke Vlachovsky’s coaching licence.
Leading players’ union Fifpro reported that players of 1. FC Slovacko only learned they had been secretly filmed after the arrest.
Fifpro – the global representative organisation for professional footballers – said the players were filmed on Vlachovsky’s camera hidden in a backpack, and the youngest was aged 17.
Earlier this year, a group of the victims came forward to demand further action, with players telling Czech media publication Seznam Zpravy, external Vlachovsky’s crimes had left them afraid to sleep at night and anxious about being in public in case they were being filmed.
Vlachovsky had previously led the Czech Republic Under-19s women’s team and was once voted the best women’s coach in the country.