Milan Škoda (born 16 January 1986) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He has played for the

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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

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final against

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. On 5 January 2019, he signed a new contract with

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, until 30 June 2020.

Çaykur Rizespor

On 11 January 2020, Škoda signed a contract with

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Mladá Boleslav

On 6 July 2021, Škoda signed a contract with

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International career

Škoda made his senior international debut for the

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on 12 June 2015 in a 2–1 away loss to

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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

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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 *

: 2016–17, 2018–19 *

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: 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 {{CzechRepublic-footy-forward-stub