Jaromír Šimr (born 31 January 1979), known in

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as Jarda Šimr, is a retired Czech footballer. Born in

Plzeň Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...

, Šimr began his career in the youth system of local side

Viktoria Plzeň Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but may also refer to: Places * FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov * Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin * Viktoriastadt, now known as Victoria ...

, before moving to

Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...

's youth academy in 1995. After a move to

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional football club based in Waalwijk, that is currently competing in the Eredivisie. Its name is derived from 'Rooms Katholieke Combinatie' ('Roman Catholic Combination' in Dutch) and was established as a merger ...

(without making a senior appearance), he would eventually make his senior league debut on 14 August 1999, for

Excelsior Excelsior, a Latin comparative word often translated as "ever upward" or "even higher", may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature and poetry * "Excelsior" (Longfellow), an 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * ''Excelsior'' (Macedo ...

, against

Go Ahead Eagles Go Ahead Eagles () are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in the 2020-21 season. The club's h ...

. Over the following two seasons, he became a key player and this led to a move to

NEC Nijmegen NEC Nijmegen (''Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie''), commonly known as NEC (), is a professional Dutch association football club based in Nijmegen. The club currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, following promotion fr ...

. In 2003 he scored the goal to take NEC into the

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(qualifying for Europe through their league position for the first time). After leaving NEC, he played for Polish side

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, then returned for a single season with Excelsior, before winding down his career at three Plzeň clubs: Viktoria, Senco Doubravka, Spartak Chrast, Slavoj Kolovec and finally Plzeň Bukovec, where he ended his playing career in 2014.

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1979 births Living people Czech footballers RKC Waalwijk players Excelsior Rotterdam players NEC Nijmegen players Amica Wronki players FC Viktoria Plzeň players Czech First League players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Ekstraklasa players Czech expatriate footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate footballers in Poland Sportspeople from Plzeň Association football midfielders {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub