Radim Kučera (born 1 March 1974) is a Czech

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coach and former player who played most of his career for

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Czec ...

Playing career

Kučera began his playing career in the Czech league, playing for FK Dukla Hranice, VP Frýdek-Místek and Kaučuk Opava. He moved to

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, where he would become captain. He appeared in 280 Czech league matches before moving to

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Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

in August 2005. When Kučera joined Arminia, fellow Czechs Petr Gabriel and David Kobylík were in the squad, which helped him adjust to Bundesliga football. His five year spell with Arminia was marked with several relegation battles, culminating in relegation after the 2008–09 season. Despite being one of the most successful Czech football players during his time with Sigma Olomouc and also in Germany with Arminia, Kučera has never played for the Czech Republic national team.

Honours

Sigma Olomouc *

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: 2011–12

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kucera, Radim 1974 births Living people People from Valašské Meziříčí Sportspeople from the Zlín Region Czech footballers Association football defenders Czech First League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players SK Sigma Olomouc players SFC Opava players Arminia Bielefeld players Czech football managers FC Baník Ostrava managers FK Teplice managers FC Vysočina Jihlava managers 1. SC Znojmo managers Czech expatriate footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany