Josef Hušbauer (born 16 March 1990) is a Czech professional

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who played as a

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for

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club

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. A product of the

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

football academy, Hušbauer represented his country at various age groups before making his international debut for the

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in 2012.

Club career

Sparta Prague

Hušbauer started his football career at

. He made his first league appearances in the 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga for

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. In 2008, he was sold to

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, where he spent one season. For the 2009–10 season he was loaned to 1. FK Příbram. In 2010, Hušbauer moved to

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, where he played for one season before being sold to Sparta Prague. Hušbauer joined Italian side

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on loan in January 2015. However, he only played two matches under manager

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, and played no further first-team matches after Zola was replaced by

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, subsequently cutting his loan period short and returning to Sparta. In the autumn part of the

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, Hušbauer dropped out of the Sparta Prague first team starting eleven and played only two full matches out of 15.

Slavia Prague

Hušbauer signed for Sparta Prague's fierce

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in December 2015 for a reported fee of 15 million

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. On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the

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final against Jablonec. In January 2020, Hušbauer joined 2. Bundesliga side

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on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season. Dresden also secured an option to sign him permanently.

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 24 July 2020, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club

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on a two-year contract until May 2022.

Karmiotissa

In June 2022, Hušbauer joined Cypriot club Karmiotissa.

Příbram

On 14 July 2023, Hušbauer signed a contract with

International career

Hušbauer played for Czech youth national teams from the under-16 level. He made his international debut for the

in 2012, his first match being an international friendly against

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, which finished goalless. Hušbauer scored his first international goal in an international friendly match against

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, which finished 2–2.

Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list the Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hušbauer goal.''

Honours

Sparta Prague *

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: 2013–14 *

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: 2013–14 *

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: 2014 Slavia Prague * Czech First League: 2016–17 * Czech Cup: 2017–18 Individual *

top goalscorer: 2013–14

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Husbauer, Josef 1990 births Living people Footballers from Prague Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech First League players Serie A players FC Vysočina Jihlava players FK Viktoria Žižkov players FK Příbram players FC Baník Ostrava players AC Sparta Prague players SK Slavia Prague players Cagliari Calcio players Dynamo Dresden players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Anorthosis Famagusta FC players Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Czech expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Karmiotissa Polemidion FC players Krasava ENY Ypsonas FC players Cypriot Second Division players Cypriot First Division players