Václav Kadlec (born 20 May 1992) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a forward for

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Club career

Kadlec made his debut in the

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on 25 October 2008 for

AC 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 ...

against 1. FK Příbram. He scored his first league goal at the age of 16. Kadlec had a trial at Liverpool's academy in 2007. In November 2012 Kadlec fractured his skull in a collision with Martin Nešpor during Sparta Prague's match against

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. On 18 August 2013, Kadlec joined

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for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract due to expire in the summer of 2017. After a short loan at Letná he transferred to Danish side

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during the 15/16 season. However, he decided to return to Sparta in the summer transfer window of 2016. He signed a four-year contract with the club. On 29 September 2016, with Sparta Prague, he scored twice in the 3–1 win against

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. In February 2020, Kadlec announced his retirement from playing due to persistent knee problems. On 2 September 2022, Kadlec joined

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International career

On 12 October 2010, Kadlec made his first appearance for the Czech Republic national team against

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and scored on his debut, becoming the youngest goalscorer in the Czech Republic national team history. He was voted the Czech Talent of the Year at the 2010

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awards. Later in the year he made his debut for the under-21 team, also marking it with a goal. He represented the team at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Sparta Prague *

: 2009–10, 2013–14 *

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: 2010 Czech Republic U21 *

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bronze: 2011

References

External links

Official website of Václav Kadlec
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kadlec, Vaclav 1992 births Living people Footballers from Prague Association football forwards Czech footballers Czech Republic youth international footballers Czech Republic under-21 international footballers Czech Republic international footballers Czech First League players Bundesliga players Danish Superliga players AC Sparta Prague players Eintracht Frankfurt players FC Midtjylland players FK Mladá Boleslav players Czech expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Czech expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany FK Jablonec players FK Viktoria Žižkov players Bohemian Football League players