Jakub Mareš (born 26 January 1987) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a forward for Ústí nad Labem in the Bohemian Football League. He played at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, reaching the final with the Czech team.

Career

Mareš first played in the

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for FK Teplice, making his league debut in the 2004–05 season. He spent time on loan at clubs including

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and Slovácko in his early career. He joined Sparta Prague on loan for the first half of the 2011–12 season, scoring twice in 12 matches. Mareš transferred during the winter break of the season, becoming a

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

player in February 2012 for a transfer fee of around 10 million

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. He played in the qualifying rounds of the Europa League for Mladá Boleslav in 2012. Mareš joined

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

in August 2013 on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season. In his season with the club he scored three times in 20 matches. Following his season on loan, Mareš signed permanently for the club in June 2014, agreeing a two-year contract.

Honours

;Czech Rupublic U21 *

FIFA U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when i ...

runner-up:

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mares, Jakub 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Teplice Footballers from the Ústí nad Labem Region Men's association football forwards Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers FK Teplice players 1. FC Slovácko players AC Sparta Prague players FK Mladá Boleslav players FK Dukla Prague players MFK Ružomberok players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Zagłębie Lubin players SK Benešov players FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem players Czech First League players Bohemian Football League players Slovak First Football League players Ekstraklasa players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria 21st-century Czech sportsmen