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Filip Jícha is a Czech male handball player and athlete born on April 19, 1982. He speaks Czech and is also known by the nickname Pavel. His name in his native language is Filip Jícha.
Jícha has played for several sports teams, including TBV Lemgo, THW Kiel, FC Barcelona Handbol, and TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen. He has also served as a manager for THW Kiel. His nationality is listed as Czechia.
Among his achievements, Jícha received the IHF World Player of the Year award. He is a citizen of the Czech Republic and competes in the sport of handball.
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Key facts
- 2002
- → Lokomotiva Louny
- 2003
- Al Ahli Jeddah
- 2004
- Al Ahli Sport Club
- 2019
- THW Kiel
- Born
- ( 1982-04-19 ) 19 April 1982 (age 44) , Starý Plzenec , Czechoslovakia
- Nationality
- Czech
- Height
- 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
- Playing position
- Left back
- Current club
- THW Kiel (manager)
- Years
- Team
- 1988 1995
- Starý Plzenec
- 1995 2000
- Slavia Plzeň
- 2000 2003
- HC Dukla Prague
- 2003 2004
- TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
- 2004 2005
- TSV St. Otmar St. Gallen
- 2005 2007
- TBV Lemgo
- 2007 2015
- THW Kiel
- 2015 2017
- FC Barcelona
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Handball
- Team
- THW Kiel
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- Czechia
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Filip
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Plzeň
- Occupation
- athlete
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Sport
- handball
- Member of team
- HC Dukla Praha
- Mass
- 103
- Official website
- www.filip-jicha.com
- Image
- 2026-03-05 Filip Jicha by mroptimax.jpg
- Height
- 201
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- Commons category
- Filip Jícha
- date of birth
- 1982-04-19
- nickname
- Pavel
- name in native language
- Filip Jícha
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Encyclopedic overview
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. 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.
He was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.
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