Ondřej Čelůstka (born 18 June 1989; ) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club

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 ...

. He is a member of the Czech Republic national team and represented the under-21 team at the

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Club career

Slavia Prague

Čelůstka began his career with Fastav Zlín, making his professional debut in the

during the 2007–08 season, and then playing more regularly in the following one. His good performances then ensured him a regular place with Czech leading club

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, with whom he made fourteen appearances and a goal in the first half of the

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Loan to Palermo

On 1 February 2010, Čelůstka signed with

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outfit

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on loan, with an option for the Sicilians to sign the player permanently at the end of the season. He was awarded the number #89 jersey from the ''rosanero''. He played his first game in a ''rosanero'' jersey, as well as his first Serie A game, as a second-half substitute for

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in a 3–1 home win versus

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Trabzonspor

On 8 July 2011, Čelůstka moved to Turkish club

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for a transfer fee of €900,000 and signed a five-year contract. The club gave him the number 28 jersey. During a game against

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at the

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, Čelůstka scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 away win for Trabzonspor in the

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Loan to Sunderland

Čelůstka joined English

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club

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on a season-long loan deal on 12 August 2013. He made his Premier League debut for Sunderland at the

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five days later. Čelůstka hit a half volley from 30 yards which was saved by

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as the team began the season with a 1–0 defeat to

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. Čelůstka was an unused substitute as Sunderland lost 3–1 to

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in the 2014 Football League Cup Final at

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on 2 March.

1. FC Nürnberg

On 24 August 2014, Čelůstka joined 1. FC Nürnberg of the 2. Bundesliga on a free transfer after being released from

Antalyaspor

In July 2015, Čelůstka agreed a move to Turkish club

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Sparta Prague

On 31 July 2020, Čelůstka joined

of the

on a free transfer after being released from

International career

Čelůstka represented the

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at under 19 and under 20 level, before being capped 18 times for the

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s. His performances at the

saw him named in the Team of the Tournament. He made his debut for the Czech Republic full team on 15 November 2013 and scored after just three minutes in a 2–0 win against

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Career statistics

Club

International goals

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

Honours

Sunderland *

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: Runner-up 2013–14 Czech Republic U21 *

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bronze:

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