Pavel Besta (born 2 September 1982) is a

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football player, currently playing for FK Seko Louny.

Club career

Besta started football career in his native

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at local side

Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

. He was a member of Baník's 2003–2004 season title-winning squad. The next season, Baník played in the first round of the

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, with Besta playing in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate defeat to English

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. During that season, he also won the

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with Baník. In 2007, he moved to

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, where he spent two seasons. In his second season, Besta was part of the team that saw Žižkov relegated to the Czech 2. Liga. In January 2010, Besta moved to

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to play for

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MFK Ružomberok MFK Ružomberok () is a Slovak football club, playing in the city of Ružomberok. History Established in 1906, the club's colours have been traditionally white, yellow and red, which are also featured on the town's flag. However, the sponsor ...

. At the time of the transfer, he had played over 200 games in the Czech

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. He played 13 times for Ružomberok as they finished the season in fifth place. Following his release from Ružomberok, Besta joined English

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on an initial trial period. He signed a one-year contract in August 2010 after impressing in a friendly against Newcastle United. However, he did not impress when he had a full-time contract, being the target of abuse from Luton fans following an error which led to a goal in a league game against Tamworth which Luton went on to lose 3–1. After just nine appearances, Besta was released from his contract with Luton in January 2011.

International career

Besta played for the Czech Republic youth national teams from under-15 level. He played five matches for the U-20 national team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in

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. Between 2002 and 2003, Besta played seven times for the Czech Republic under-21 team.

Achievements

* Czech Champion: 2003–2004 *

: 2005

References

External links

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Pavel Besta at MFK Ružomberok
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