Petr Švancara (born 5 November 1977) is a former
Czech
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football
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player.
Švancara started his football career in his native
Brno
Brno ( , ; ) is a Statutory city (Czech Republic), city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava (river), Svitava and Svratka (river), Svratka rivers, Brno has about 403,000 inhabitants, making ...
, eventually playing for the local side
1. FC Brno, and, later, for several other
Czech First League
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clubs. In 2008, his goal for
FK Viktoria Žižkov
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in a match against
Bohemians Prague was voted Czech First League goal of the year.
In June 2012, Švancara, the captain of Brno, signed a two-year extension to his contract to keep him at the club until 2014.
Controversy
On 22 March 2025, Švancara shouted in the home match of the 8th tier league Říčany - Cézava B to Ukrainian players from Cézava B "Táhněte zpátky na Ukrajinu čuráci" ("Go back to Ukraine, you dickheads"). Švancara later apologized on his social media. According to Cézava team manager, Švancara in the second half encouraged his teammates to play hard on Ukrainian players. Švancara was banned by the Disciplinary commission
FAČR for two mateches and fined 150,000 Czech crowns.
References
External links
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Profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno website
1977 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Czech First League players
FC Zbrojovka Brno players
1. FC Slovácko players
SK Slavia Prague players
FK Viktoria Žižkov players
SFC Opava players
FK Inter Bratislava players
FK Příbram players
Slovak First Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Footballers from Brno
Men's association football forwards
Czech National Football League players
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