{"id":198957,"date":"2026-05-19T17:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:45:42","slug":"womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/","title":{"rendered":"Women’s coach given lifetime ban for secret filming"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

A former head coach who secretly filmed women footballers in changing rooms and showers has been banned for life by European football’s governing body Uefa. <\/b><\/p>\n

Petr Vlachovsky was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic last year after being convicted of filming 14 players over four years.<\/p>\n

Following an investigation, Uefa’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) found Vlachovsky to have breached regulations covering insulting or indecent behaviour and bringing football into disrepute. <\/p>\n

It has issued a ban “from exercising any football-related activity for life”.<\/p>\n

Vlachovsky, who coached girls and women at top-tier side 1. FC Slovacko for almost 15 years, was arrested in September 2023 after police discovered the covertly filmed footage online.<\/p>\n

The 42-year-old was also found in possession of child sexual abuse material.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

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. <\/p>\n

It has also ordered the Football Association of the Czech Republic to revoke Vlachovsky’s coaching licence. <\/p>\n

Leading players’ union Fifpro reported that players of 1. FC Slovacko only learned they had been secretly filmed after the arrest. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, a group of the victims came forward to demand further action, with players telling Czech media publication Seznam Zpravy, external<\/span> Vlachovsky’s crimes had left them afraid to sleep at night and anxious about being in public in case they were being filmed.<\/p>\n

Fifpro said it welcomed Uefa’s action and added: “This outcome sends a strong and necessary message that abusive and inappropriate behaviour has no place in football.”<\/p>\n

Vlachovsky had previously led the Czech Republic Under-19s women’s team and was once voted the best women’s coach in the country.<\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former head coach who secretly filmed women footballers in changing rooms and showers has been banned for life by European football’s governing body Uefa. Petr Vlachovsky was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic last year after being convicted of filming 14 players over four years. Following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nWomen's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming - Tahrir News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Women's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A former head coach who secretly filmed women footballers in changing rooms and showers has been banned for life by European football’s governing body Uefa. Petr Vlachovsky was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic last year after being convicted of filming 14 players over four years. Following […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tahrir News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Tahrir News\",\"description\":\"News all over the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/\",\"name\":\"Women's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming - Tahrir News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Women’s coach given lifetime ban for secret filming\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\",\"name\":\"megahed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"megahed\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Women's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming - Tahrir News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Women's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming","og_description":"A former head coach who secretly filmed women footballers in changing rooms and showers has been banned for life by European football’s governing body Uefa. Petr Vlachovsky was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic last year after being convicted of filming 14 players over four years. Following […]","og_url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/","og_site_name":"Tahrir News","article_published_time":"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/","name":"Tahrir News","description":"News all over the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/","name":"Women's coach given lifetime ban for secret filming - Tahrir News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-19T17:45:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2026\/05\/19\/womens-coach-given-lifetime-ban-for-secret-filming\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Women’s coach given lifetime ban for secret filming"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4","name":"megahed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"megahed"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}