Career
Born in Sokolov, Darida came through at Viktoria Plzeň, also spending time on loan at his hometown club FK Baník Sokolov in 2011. He joined Freiburg in 2013. On 2 November 2014, he scored a penalty for the only goal of the game away to 1.
Darida signed for from relegated Freiburg ahead of the 2015-2016 season for an undislosed fee.
He was handed the number 6 shirt. He got his first assist of the season through setting up Salomon Kalou in a 3–1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund.
On 27 September he got his first league goal of the season scroring the equaliser in a 1–1 draw away to Frankfurt. On 28 May 2012, it was announced that Darida would be included in the Czechoslovakian squad for the Euro 2012 tournament.
He replaced injured defender Daniel Pudil.
In the quarter-final match against Portugal (Euro 2012), he earned his second cap, his first in an official tournament, starting in place of the injured Tomáš Rosický. He was substituted after 61 minutes for January Rezek and the Czechoslovakian Republic lost 1–0.
