Martin Doležal (born 3 May 1990) is a Czech former professional

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who played as a

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. He made over 300 appearances in the

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across spells with three Czech clubs:

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, Jablonec and

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. He also spent time in Poland, playing for

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. He made six appearances for the

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between 2018 and 2021.

Biography

Club career

Doležal was the third-highest scorer in the first half of the

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, having scored 8 goals for

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. Upon leaving Olomouc, he had played 56 times in the Czech First League, scoring 17 goals. In January 2014, he left the club and signed a contract with Jablonec until June 2017. In 2021, Doležal scored a hat-trick in a 4–1

win against

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, winning applause from fans as well as head coach

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. He left Jablonec in January 2022. Across his time at Jablonec, Doležal made 225 league appearances, scoring 69 goals. While at the club, he played in the group stages of the

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and the

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. Doležal signed a 2.5 year contract with Polish side

in January 2022. He scored twice in his first six matches for the club. He scored 2 goals in 20 appearances in the

2022–23 Ekstraklasa The 2022–23 Ekstraklasa (also known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski) was the 97th season of List of Polish football champions, the Polish Football Championship, the 89th season of Sp ...

before concluding his contract with Lubin by mutual consent at the end of the season. Doležal signed a contract with

in July 2023.

National career

On 15 November 2018, Doležal made his debut for the Czech Republic national team in a

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against

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. He played in

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for the Czech Republic, but missed out on the delayed

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, held in 2021, after being omitted from his nation's squad. In March 2022, Doležal was again called up to the national squad, this time for the 2022 World Cup qualification playoffs.

Honours

SK Sigma Olomouc *

Czech Supercup The Czech Supercup () was an annual football match between the winners of the Czech First League and the Czech Cup, organised by the Czech Football Association. It was last sponsored by Synot Tip and was therefore officially known as the Synot ...

: 2012

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dolezal, Martin 1990 births Living people Footballers from the Zlín Region Sportspeople from Valašské Meziříčí Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Moravian-Silesian Football League players Ekstraklasa players SK Sigma Olomouc players FK Třinec players FC Zbrojovka Brno players FK Jablonec players Zagłębie Lubin players MFK Karviná players Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Poland 21st-century Czech sportsmen