Ondřej Kušnír (born 5 April 1984) is a Czech former professional

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who played for various clubs in the Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Romania. He won the Czech title with

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in 2009–10. Kušnír also played internationally, representing the Czech Republic four times.

Club career

He won the Czech title with

in 2009–10. In February 2014, Kušnír signed a one-year contract with

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of the

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. He returned to the Czech Republic, joining

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in February 2015 on a contract until the end of the 2015–16 season. Kušnír was one of three Czechs, together with Jiří Jeslínek and Tomáš Josl, who joined Romanian

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side Rapid Bucharest in the summer of 2015. Kušnír 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 ...

on a free transfer shortly before the beginning of the 2016–17 season. After scoring 5 goals in 49 matches, he left Dukla at the end of the 2017–18 season. Having spent his last two seasons at Fotbal Třinec, Kušnír retired from his playing career at the end of the 2019–20 season.

International career

Kušnír played for the Czech Republic at youth level, playing for both the under-19 and under-21 national teams. After being called up to the national team at the end of 2009, but remaining an unused substitute, on 3 March 2010, Kušnír made his debut for the senior side of his country in the 0–1 loss against

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in a

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. He played in the 2011

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tournament, making the last of his four appearances for the Czech Republic in a 0–0 draw against

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Personal life

His father was also a professional footballer playing for TJ Vítkovice. In the 1985–86 season he won the

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Honours

Viktoria Žižkov *

Czech National Football League The Czech National Football League (, ''FNL''), known as Chance Národní Liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it was known as 2. liga or Druhá liga. The ...

: 2006–07 Sparta Prague *

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: 2009–10 Sigma Olomouc *

: 2014–15 Rapid București *

: 2015–16

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusnir, Ondrej 1984 births Living people Footballers from Ostrava Men's association football fullbacks Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech First League players Liga II players Kazakhstan Premier League players MFK Vítkovice players FC Slovan Liberec players AC Sparta Prague players FK Viktoria Žižkov players FC Rapid București players FC Tobol players FK Dukla Prague players Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan FK Třinec players Czech National Football League players 21st-century Czech sportsmen