West Ham United midfielder Tomáš Souček has been named Czech Republic Player of the Year.

Soucek wins the third Czech Golden Ball of his career.

The award follows Soucek winning the Europa Conference League final with West Ham in Prague.

"It was so special for me to win a trophy back in my country," he said. "I have been playing at that Stadium for a long time previously in my career, so to go back there and win a trophy with West Ham was something I never thought would happen.

"Even just to be able to celebrate in my City was amazing. All of the team went out after the game to celebrate. I was in charge of the venue because I know Prague and it was brilliant to be able to celebrate all together.

"We really hope that winning this trophy will inspire us in Europe next season. Now that we're going to have another opportunity to be playing in the Europa League next season, I hope that it will be another positive one next season."