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Miroslav Kadlec

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Miroslav Kadlec
Miroslav Kadlec in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-06-22) 22 June 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Sweeper, centre-back
Youth career
1971–1983 Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984 TJ Vítkovice 26 (1)
1984–1986 RH Cheb 56 (2)
1986–1990 TJ Vítkovice 115 (19)
1990–1998 1. FC Kaiserslautern 234 (17)
1998–2001 FC Petra Drnovice 73 (2)
2001–2002 FC Zbrojovka Brno 24 (2)
Total 528 (43)
International career
1987–1993[1] Czechoslovakia 38 (1)
1994–1997[1] Czech Republic 26 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1996 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miroslav Kadlec (born 22 June 1964) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender.[2] Either side of an eight-year spell playing in Germany for Kaiserslautern, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs. In an international career spanning from 1987 to 1997, Kadlec made 64 international appearances split between Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic.

Club career

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Kadlec played in the Czechoslovak First League, making his debut in the 1983–84 season for Ostrava-based TJ Vítkovice. He had a spell at RH Cheb before returning to Vítkovice, from where he moved to Germany in 1990.[3] Kadlec had an eight-year stint with German club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where they were crowned Bundesliga champions in 1991 and 1998,[4] the second straight out of the second division.[5]

Kadlec returned to the Czech Republic 1998, spending three seasons with Petra Drnovice,[3] before moving to FC Zbrojovka Brno in 2001.[6] He made his club debut in a 0–5 away win on 23 June against local amateur side SK Řečkovice in front of a crowd of 900.[7] Kadlec finished his professional career in May 2002, his last match being a 2–1 home defeat against Opava.[8]

International career

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Kadlec played for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, playing a total of 64 matches and scoring two goals. In April 1987, he debuted for the former national team during a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying match against Wales, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[9] Kadlec took part in the 1990 FIFA World Cup where he played the full minutes in the country's five matches. Six years later, he led the Czech national football team on its way to the UEFA Euro 1996, where the country won a silver medal. Kadlec missed only one game because of a two yellow card-suspension.[citation needed]

Outside of football

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Kadlec spends his free time playing golf.[10] He is married with one son named Michal, who is also a former professional footballer.[11]

Honours

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Miroslav Kadlec | International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Kadlec, Miroslav". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  4. ^ "Kadlec komentátor". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 16 June 2000. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Měl jsem štěstí, že jsem hrál fotbal v období výjimečných hráčů a trenérů, řekl nový člen Síně slávy Kadlec". ČT Sport (in Czech). Czech Television. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Kadlec se nakonec rozhodl pro Brno". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Kadlecova premiéra přilákala fanoušky". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Obránce zakončil kariéru jako záložník". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 10 May 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  9. ^ Hrabě, Stanislav (19 March 2024). "Český kapitán, který "obsluhoval anglickou královnu", je v Síni slávy". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Seznam.cz. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  10. ^ Kopl, Libor (21 November 2023). "Kadlec by se nebál dát šanci Svědíkovi: U reprezentace je trenér spíš manažer". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  11. ^ Mynářová, Alexandra (17 September 2021). "Je čest potřást si rukou s královnou, říká Michal Kadlec k úspěchu svého otce Miroslava z Eura 1996". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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