Michal Šmarda (born 31 January 1971) is a

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former

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and current coach. A

, Šmarda played in the

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on over 300 occasions, winning the competition with

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in 1999.

Playing career

He played in the

, making over 300 appearances for clubs including

SK Hradec Králové SK may refer to: People * SK (actor) or Sivakarthikeyan, Indian actor * Salman Khan or SK, Indian actor * Shahram Kashani (SK), an Iranian-American singer * Shakib Khan, Bangladeshi film actor, known by the initialism SK * Søren Kierkegaard, D ...

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and

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He won the

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with

. Šmarda played the final match of his professional career in May 2008 and subsequently moved into coaching.

Coaching career

Šmarda became a coach at Hradec in the

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in 2008 immediately after ending his playing career. Due to injury problems in the first-team squad, Šmarda played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match for Hradec Králové in February 2012 against FC Astra Ploieşti. In May 2012, Šmarda followed Hradec Králové manager

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, becoming assistant manager there. In September 2013, Šmarda joined

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alongside Kotal. The duo left the club in June 2016. In July 2017, Šmarda returned to Hradec as an assistant coach. Šmarda then moved to

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on 2 January 2018 under manager

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. In November 2018, Svědík was fired and Šmarda took charge of the team on interim basis until 6 December 2018. Later in the same month, Šmarda joined

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once again under Svědík. In February 2020, he was reunited with

. The duo left the club one year later, in February 2021. In April 2023 Šmarda was announced as the new manager of

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Honours

Club

;Sparta Prague: *

: 1998–99

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smarda, Michal 1971 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech First League players FC Hradec Králové players SK Sigma Olomouc players AC Sparta Prague players FK Chmel Blšany players FK Viktoria Žižkov players Bohemians 1905 players Men's association football midfielders Czech football managers FC Vysočina Jihlava managers 1. SK Prostějov managers Czech National Football League managers