Michal Šmarda (born 31 January 1971) is a

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former

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and current coach.

Club career

He played in the

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, making over 300 appearances for clubs including

SK Hradec Králové SK may refer to: Businesses and organizations * SK Foods, an American agribusiness company * SK Hand Tools, an American tool manufacturer * Sangguniang Kabataan, Philippines youth councils * SK Group, South Korean conglomerate * Scandinavian Air ...

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and

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.Profile at gambrinusliga.cz
He won the

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with

AC 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 ...

. Šmarda played the final match of his professional career in May 2008 and subsequently moved into coaching.

Coaching career

Šmarda became a coach at Hradec in the Czech 2. Liga in 2008 immediately after ending his playing career. Due to injury problems in the first-team squad, Šmarda played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match for Hradec Králové in February 2012 against

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. In May 2012, Šmarda followed Hradec Králové manager Václav Kotal to

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, becoming assistant manager there. In September 2013, Šmarda joined

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alongside Kotal. The duo left the club in June 2016. In July 2017, Šmarda returned to Hradec as an assistant coach. Šmarda then moved to

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on 2 January 2018 under manager

Martin Svědík Martin Svědík (born 27 June 1974) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of 1. FC Slovácko. Playing career As a player, Svědík played as a forward. He started playing at the top level in the 1993–9 ...

. In November 2018, Svědík was fired and Šmarda took charge of the team on interim basis until 6 December 2018. Later in the same month, Šmarda joined

Slovácko Moravian Slovakia ( cs, Slovácko, older ''Moravské Slovensko'') or Slovácko is a cultural region in the southeastern part of the Czech Republic, Moravia on the border with Slovakia and Austria, known for its characteristic folklore, music, wi ...

once again under Svědík. In February 2020, he was reunited with Václav Kotal at

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 ...

. The duo left the club one year later, in February 2021.Hotovo! Kotal končí, Spartu přebírá Vrba. Je zvyklý vyhrávat, řekl Rosický
isport.blesk.cz, 3 February 2021

Honours

Club

;Sparta Prague: *

: 1998–99

References

External links

* * 1971 births Living people Czech footballers Czech First League players FC Hradec Králové players SK Sigma Olomouc players AC Sparta Prague players FK Chmel Blšany players FK Viktoria Žižkov players Bohemians 1905 players Association football midfielders Czech football managers FC Vysočina Jihlava managers {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub