Václav Koloušek (born 13 April 1976) is a Czech

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; german: Jungbunzlau) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 42,000 inhabitants. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region and a major centre of the Czech automotive ind ...

, Koloušek began his Football career in the youth team of his hometown club

FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav . The club currently plays in the Czech First League. Mladá Boleslav were runners up in the 2005–06 Czech First League and went on to play in the 2006–07 UEFA ...

. From there he went to Dukla Prague. At the age of 21 he left for

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and joined

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. After 2 years with Salernitana he moved on to

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. In 1999, he came back home to Sparta Prague. In 2001, he moved again to

Slovan Liberec FC Slovan Liberec (), commonly referred to as Slovan Liberec or simply Slovan, is a Czech football club based in the city of Liberec. The club is one of the most successful in the Czech Republic, having won three league titles and the domesti ...

, During his time at

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

, Koloušek contracted

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, badly affecting his fitness. After overcoming the illness, he transferred to Slavia Prague in 2003, however due to his weakened condition he could not establish himself at Slavia. At the start of the 2005–06 Season, the midfielder moved on to

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and after a very successful Autumn in

Příbram Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', in 1939–1945 ''Pibrans'') is a town in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 32,000 inhabitants. It is well known for its mining history, and more ...

he was signed by Austrian club

FC Wacker Tirol FC Wacker Innsbruck is an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck. The club was formed in June 2002 as ''FC Wacker Tirol'', and plays their home games at Tivoli-Neu. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the te ...

. For the 2008–09 season he moved to Austrian 2nd Division side

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International career

Koloušek made his debut for the

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in a February 2002 friendly match against

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, in which he scored a debut goal after only five minutes. He earned 5 caps, scoring one goal. His final international game was also in 2002, a September friendly match against

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

International goals

:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first.''

References

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- FC Magna * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolousek, Vaclav 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Mladá Boleslav Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech First League players FK Mladá Boleslav players Dukla Prague footballers AC Sparta Prague players FC Slovan Liberec players SK Slavia Prague players FK Příbram players FC Zbrojovka Brno players US Salernitana 1919 players Fermana FC players FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Serie A players Serie B players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria FC Vysočina Jihlava players