Football coach who secretly filmed female players undressing handed lifetime ban

Petr Vlachovsky was head coach at 1. FC Slovacko (Picture: FIFPRO

A women’s football coach who filmed his players undressing without their knowledge has been handed a lifetime ban.

Petr Vlachovsky was head coach at 1. FC Slovacko when he was given a suspended one-year prison sentence and five-year coaching ban in the Czech Republic last year after being convicted of filming 15 players between 2019 and 2023.

The Athletic report Vlachovsky, 42, used a camera hidden in his backpack to film his players, the youngest of which was aged 17, showering an...