Štěpán Kučera (born 11 June 1984 in

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) is a

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who plays as a

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for SK Zbraslav.

Career

Kučera began his professional career with

AC Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional association football, football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in cen ...

and was loaned to

FK Jablonec 97 FK Jablonec () is a Czech Republic, Czech professional association football, football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first se ...

before moving to

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

in July 2007. In the 2008–2009 season he was out on loan to Sparta Prague due to several disappointing performances with Club Brugge the year before. For the 2009–2010 season he returned to Club Brugge. In January 2014, Kučera resigned for

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side

FC Tobol FC Tobol () is a Kazakhstan, Kazakh professional association football, football club based at the Kostanay Central Stadium, Central Stadium in Kostanay. They have been members of the Kazakhstan Premier League since its foundation in 1992. In 20 ...

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* * 1984 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Prague Czech First League players Belgian Pro League players Kazakhstan Premier League players FK Chmel Blšany players FK Jablonec players AC Sparta Prague players Club Brugge KV players K.S.V. Roeselare players FC Tobol players FC Irtysh Pavlodar players SK Kladno players FC Slavoj Vyšehrad players Czech expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Czech expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan Men's association football defenders 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub