Jan Pázler (born 10 January 1991) is a former

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player who played for various clubs in the

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and

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. He was twice top scorer of the National League. Pázler represented his country at under-21 level.

Career

Pázler 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 the winter break of the 2010–11 season from city rivals

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. He signed for Jablonec in the summer of 2012 but remained at Dukla on a season-long loan. In January 2013, during the league's winter break, his departure to Jablonec was confirmed. Towards the end of the season Pázler was involved in the final of the 2012–13

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, although he remained an unused substitute in the match, which resulted in Jablonec winning the trophy. It was announced in July 2013 that Pázler would play for Dukla on loan during the autumn part of the 2013–14 season. He returned to Jablonec in January 2014 during the league's winter break. In the summer of 2014, Pázler left Jablonec, signing with recently relegated

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to play in the

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. Pázler spent three more seasons in the

with

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, during which time he was the league's top scorer twice. However the club were not able to win promotion to the First League. He subsequently returned to the Czech First League with

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, but scored just two goals for his new club before returning to the second league to join

FC Zbrojovka Brno FC Zbrojovka Brno is a professional football club based in the city of Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic and named after Zbrojovka Brno, a firearms manufacturer. Founded in 1913 as SK Židenice, the club later became known as Zbrojovk ...

on one year buy option loan in August 2019. After spending time with

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, Pázler rejoined Dukla in the summer of 2021.

Later career

In 2022, Pázler had a short spell at

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. In January 2023, Pázler was appointed organizational manager at his former club,

.Změna ve vedení Dukly Praha
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References

External links

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