sports
March 3, 2026
Calls for lifetime ban on Czech coach who filmed female footballers in changing room
The Czech player union has called for a lifetime football ban for a coach who avoided jail despite being convicted of secretly filming his female players in the changing rooms and showers with a hidden camera.
TL;DR
- Czech coach Petr Vlachovsky convicted of secretly filming 14 female players in changing rooms and showers.
- Received a suspended one-year prison sentence and a five-year domestic coaching ban.
- Found in possession of child sexual abuse material; youngest victim was 17.
- Czech player union CAFH and global union Fifpro are demanding a lifetime football ban.
- Unions argue current penalties are insufficient and do not deter future abuse.
- Pushing for a zero-tolerance policy and global information-sharing on convicted coaches.
- Calls for enhanced safeguarding measures in coaching and stricter punishments for non-contact sexual abuse.
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