Milan Škoda (born 16 January 1986) is a
Czech
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professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for
Czech First League
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club
Mladá Boleslav
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Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...
. He has played for the
Czech Republic national football team
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at international level.
Club career
Slavia Prague
Škoda came to Slavia as a striker but he had to play as a central defender in season 2013–14. The following season he moved forward again scoring 19 goals and he became Slavia fan's favorite.
On 9 May 2018, Škoda played as Slavia Prague won the
2017–18 Czech Cup
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final against
FK Jablonec
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History
Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 197 ...
. On 5 January 2019, he signed a new contract with
Slavia Prague
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, until 30 June 2020.
Çaykur Rizespor
On 11 January 2020, Škoda signed a contract with
Çaykur Rizespor
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.
Mladá Boleslav
On 6 July 2021, Škoda signed a contract with
FK Mladá Boleslav
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Mladá Boleslav were runners up in the 2005–06 Czech First League and went on to play in the 2006–07 UEFA ...
.
International career
Škoda made his senior international debut for the
Czech Republic
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on 12 June 2015 in a 2–1 away loss to
Iceland
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in
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
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, coming on as a substitute for
Lukáš Vácha in the 79th minute.
He scored his first two international goals against Kazakhstan in Euro 2016 qualifying. Škoda later represented the Czech Republic at the tournament proper, and scored the first goal in a 2-2 draw against
Croatia
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in the group stage.
Career statistics
Club
International
:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Škoda goal''.
Honours
Slavia Prague
*
Czech First League
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:
2016–17,
2018–19
*
Czech Cup
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The Czech Cup was first held in 19 ...
:
2017–18,
2018–19
Individual
* Czech First League top scorer:
2016–17
References
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Living people
1986 births
Footballers from Prague
Czech footballers
Association football forwards
Czech First League players
Bohemians 1905 players
SK Slavia Prague players
Czech Republic international footballers
UEFA Euro 2016 players
Çaykur Rizespor footballers
Czech expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
FK Mladá Boleslav players
Czech National Football League players
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