Martin Abraham (born 20 September 1978) is a Czech retired professional

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, who played as a

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in the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Germany.

Career

Abraham was born in

Moravská Třebová Moravská Třebová (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. Administrative di ...

. Having played at youth level for Roubina Dolní Kounice and FC Zeman Brno, he started his professional career with 1. FC Slovácko. After moving to Slovan Liberec with whom he won the 2005–06 Czech First League, he transferred to

FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav. Since 2004, the club has been participating in the Czech First League. In the Czech First League, Mladá Boleslav were runners up in 2005–06 and o ...

. Abraham was called up to the Czech Republic national team by Karel Brückner for the

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qualification games on 7 October 2006 against

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and on 11 October 2006 against

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. He was an unused substitute in both games. Abraham joined

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

in July 2007, signing a three-year contract for a fee of 15 million koruna. He scored his first goal for the club after entering the game as a substitute in a 4–1 league victory away at

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on 25 August 2007. Abraham's stay at Sparta was short-lived, playing only six league games before transferring to

Prague derby The Prague derby () or Derby of the Prague S () is a football match between local Prague rivals SK Slavia Prague and AC Sparta Prague. The two clubs are considered to be the most successful in Czech football, having won league and cup titles on ...

rivals

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

in January 2008 for 10 million koruna. He played 12 games for Slavia in the second half of the 2007–08 Czech First League as the club became league champions. Abraham joined Cypriot side

AEK Larnaca AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition (ancient state), Kition of Larnaca") is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional association football, football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EP ...

in August 2008 on a one-year loan from Slavia Prague, in a deal containing a second-year buy option. He went on to sign for

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in the Czech 2. Liga on a six-month loan in January 2010. In 2010, he was signed by

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

. In 2012, Abraham signed with FC Bohemians 1905.

Honours

Mladá Boleslav *

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

: 2005–06 Slavia Prague * Czech First League: 2007–08

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abraham, Martin 1978 births Living people People from Moravská Třebová Czech men's footballers Footballers from the Pardubice Region Men's association football midfielders Czech First League players Cypriot First Division players 3. Liga players 1. FC Slovácko players FC Slovan Liberec players FK Mladá Boleslav players AC Sparta Prague players SK Slavia Prague players AEK Larnaca FC players FC Zlín players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Bohemians 1905 players FK Příbram players FSV Budissa Bautzen players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany