René Twardzik (born 25 June 1970) is a Czech former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Club career

Born in

Třinec Třinec (; ; ) is a city in Frýdek-Místek District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 34,000 inhabitants, making it the least populated Statutory city (Czech Republic), statutory city in the country. The city ...

, Twardzik played for TZ Třinec,

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, VTJ Tábor, VTJ Karlovy Vary, Boby Brno,

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Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

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and

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. Twardzik played four matches for Czechoslovakia U21.

Later career

He became the goalkeeping coach of

in July 2010. From September 2018 to November 2018, Twardzik sat on the bench for

for five games due to injuries. At the end of January 2020, the club ceased operations due to financial difficulties, and as a result, withdrew from the Regionalliga Nordost. The day after, he was released by the club.

Personal life

His sons Dan, Filip and Patrik are also all professional footballers. he has lived in Germany for 15 years.

References

1970 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Men's association football goalkeepers FK Třinec players SK Slavia Prague players FC Zbrojovka Brno players MFK Vítkovice players SFC Opava players FC Sachsen Leipzig players FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt players Czech First League players 2. Bundesliga players Czechoslovakia men's under-21 international footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Footballers from Třinec {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub