Miroslav Kadlec (born 22 June 1964) is a Czech former professional football defender. During his career, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs, and also had an eight-year stint with

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, where he was crowned league champion in

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and

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, the second straight out of the

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. Kadlec played for

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and later the

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; for both he played a total of 64 matches and scored two goals. He took part in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, played the full ninety minutes in the nation's five matches. Six years later he led the

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on its way to the

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silver, where he missed only one game because of a two yellow card-suspension. His son

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is also a professional footballer.

Honours

Club

1. FC Kaiserslautern *

champion:

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, 1997–98 *

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winner: 1995–96

International

Czech Republic *

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runner-up: 1996

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* * 1964 births Living people People from Uherské Hradiště Czechoslovak footballers Czech footballers Czech First League players MFK Vítkovice players FK Hvězda Cheb players FC Zbrojovka Brno players 1. FC Kaiserslautern players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany 1990 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1996 players Association football defenders Czech Republic international footballers Czechoslovakia international footballers Dual internationalists (football) Czechoslovak expatriate footballers Czech expatriate footballers Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany FK Drnovice players Sportspeople from the Zlín Region Expatriate footballers in West Germany {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub