Václav Drobný (9 September 1980 – 28 December 2012) was a
Czech footballer who notably played for
Sparta Prague having spent time in their youth team as well as spells at
Czech,
Slovak,
French and
German sides. Drobný played twice for the
Czech Republic
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and was most known in
England
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for his short stint on loan at
Aston Villa.
Career
Club career
Drobný played for
FK Jablonec nad Nisou 97 (on loan from Sparta) during the first half of the 2005–06 season,
RC Strasbourg,
Chmel Blšany and
Sparta Prague. He also spent the
2004–05 season on loan at English team
Aston Villa, in the
Premier League
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. The move was not a success for the defender however, who left having failed to make a single first team appearance for the claret and blue.
Drobný left
Strasbourg
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in 2005 to join
Sparta Prague, before having spells at
Jablonec 97,
Augsburg
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and
FC Spartak Trnava. He was released by the latter in 2009. However, the following year Drobný signed for
Bohemians Praha. The defender made his debut for the club in a 3–2 victory away at
Slovan Liberec on 20 March 2010. He played eighty minutes for his new club before being replaced by
Martin Horacek.
International career
Drobný was part of the Czech side which won the
UEFA U-21 Championships in 2002, and debuted for the senior team against
Japan
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– though he failed to secure a spot in
Euro 2004. The defender won two international caps.
Death
Drobný died while bobsleighing at the ski resort
Špindlerův Mlýn. He skidded off-
piste and crashed into a tree.
References
External links
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1980 births
2012 deaths
Accidental deaths in the Czech Republic
Czech expatriate men's footballers
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
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Czech First League players
Ligue 1 players
2. Bundesliga players
RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Aston Villa F.C. players
FK Chmel Blšany players
FK Jablonec players
AC Sparta Prague players
FC Augsburg players
Men's association football defenders
Sportspeople from MÄ›lnÃk
Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region
21st-century Czech sportsmen