Petr Mikolanda (born 12 September 1984) is a former

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player and currently a manager from the

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Career

Mikolanda scored his first competitive goal for Žižkov on 14 August 2003 in the 3–0 UEFA Cup victory over

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. He subsequently joined West Ham in July 2005 having scored 13 goals in the Czech second division in the 2004–05 season for

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. He joined

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side Northampton Town on loan in September 2005, where he made three league and cup appearances. His loan spell at Northampton was cut short by injury but after recovering, he joined Swindon Town on loan in November 2005, for whom he made one start and four substitute appearances. He then joined

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on loan for the rest of the season in January 2006, and made nine appearances for Rushden, scoring a goal against Notts County with a half-volley from 30 yards. Mikolanda was released by West Ham manager

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in May 2006, and joined

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on a free transfer. In 2007, he was diagnosed with inflammation of the

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and was forced to stop his career. He then coached the youth team at Viktoria Žižkov whilst waiting for a

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. In July 2010, Mikolanda announced his comeback to professional football after three years of surgery, signing a new contract with

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. ''"The doctors stated that I'll be able to play again. I was waiting for this moment for three years and I never gave up, although many people thought that I had no chance. Now I'm ready and I can't wait to play again,"'' he said. On 12 January 2011, Mikolanda underwent a kidney transplantation to eliminate the risk of injury. Mikolanda followed this with assistant trainer positions at both Viktoria Žižkov and

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before taking up his present manager position in June 2018.

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Petr Mikolanda 2005–06 stats
at SoccerFactsUK * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mikolanda, Petr 1984 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech football managers Men's association football forwards Czech First League players FK Viktoria Žižkov players FK Mladá Boleslav players West Ham United F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Rushden & Diamonds F.C. players Czech expatriate men's footballers Footballers from Prague FC Silon Táborsko managers FK Viktoria Žižkov managers Czech National Football League managers