Michal Pospíšil (born 3 May 1979) is a
Czech
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footballer
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who currently plays for
UMF Grindavík.
Career
Pospíšil began his career as a youth player with
Slavoj Zbraslav and
Dukla Prague
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before joining
Sparta Prague
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in 1992. He eventually made the senior squad and played in the
UEFA Champions League
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before spending two years on loan at
FK Chmel Blšany
FK Chmel Blšany was a Czech football club based in the village of Blšany. The club played in the Czech First League between 1998 and 2006 and was the first professional club of goalkeeper Petr Čech. The club disbanded in 2016 after resigning f ...
(1998–2000). He then moved on to
FK Viktoria Žižkov
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in July 2000 and in addition to playing in the
UEFA Cup
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, he helped Viktoria to win the
Czech Cup
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in July 2001, with a 2–1 victory over
Sparta Prague
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. The following season he was part of the Viktoria side that achieved a third-place finish in the league.
After the championships Pospíšil returned to Sparta Prague, where he once again played in the
UEFA Champions League
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and immediately helped his club win the
Gambrinus liga
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. In July 2003 he was recruited by
FC Slovan Liberec
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where he scored 16 goals in 52 games and helped his club finish in the top half of the league in the two seasons he was there.
In August 2005 Pospíšil became
George Burley
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's fourth signing for
Heart of Midlothian, joining the
Edinburgh
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side for a fee of £300,000. He made his Hearts debut as a substitute in a 3–0 victory at
Dundee United
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on 14 August 2006 and scored his first goal for the club the next week, a spectacular effort against
Aberdeen
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. He was predominantly deployed as a substitute over the course of the
2005-06 season yet managed to score 7 league goals. He also scored the crucial fourth penalty in the
Scottish Cup
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victory over
Gretna.
After an injury-disrupted start to the
2006-07 season, Pospíšil scored on his return to the first team on 2 January 2007 to give Hearts victory over
Dunfermline Athletic
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. He was the subject of a £100,000 bid from
Bristol City
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in January 2007, however, while agreement was reached between the clubs, Pospíšil could not agree personal terms with the ''Robins'' and decided to remain in Edinburgh.
On 19 January 2008 he was transferred to
K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
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(373) in Belgium. He returned to
FK Viktoria Žižkov
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one year later, making his debut on 22 February 2009. After a short spell playing for
Střížkov
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, he signed for Icelandic club
UMF Grindavík.
International career
In May 2002 he was selected in
Czech Republic under-21 team for the
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
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. This side won the tournament, defeating
France under-21s 3–1 on penalties in the final, with Pospíšil scoring the first penalty in the
penalty shootout
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in which former Hearts teammate
Rudolf Skácel also netted. He remains the only one the 14 Czech players who played that day to not receive a full international cap. In total he made 21 appearances at under 21 level.
References
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1979 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Scottish Premier League players
Czech First League players
AC Sparta Prague players
FK Chmel Blšany players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
FC Slovan Liberec players
FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) players
Heart of Midlothian F.C. players
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
Czech expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Men's association football forwards
Grindavík (men's football) players
Footballers from Prague