Pavel Mezlík (born 25 June 1983) is a

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player. Mezlík started his football career in

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. In 1998, he moved to

FC Zbrojovka Brno FC Zbrojovka Brno is a professional football club based in the city of Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic and named after Zbrojovka Brno, a firearms manufacturer. Founded in 1913 as SK Židenice, the club later became known as Zbrojovk ...

. On 22 May 1999, at the age of 15, he appeared in a league match against

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, becoming the youngest player in the history of

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. He played in Brno until 2008, with the exceptions of loans at

FC Hradec Králové FC Hradec Králové is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Hradec Králové. The club, which was founded in 1905, won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1959–60 season. Since 2021, the club has played in the Czech Fir ...

and

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in 2006 and 2007. In 2008 he moved to

SK Dynamo České Budějovice SK Dynamo České Budějovice is a professional football club from České Budějovice České Budějovice (; ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 97,000 inhabitants. The city is located in the valley o ...

where he plays to date. Mezlík played for Czech youth national teams since the under-15 level.

References

External links

Player profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno official website
* Czech men's footballers 1983 births Living people Czech First League players FC Zbrojovka Brno players FC Hradec Králové players FC Vysočina Jihlava players SK Dynamo České Budějovice players Footballers from Třebíč Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub