Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Czech club MFK Karviná.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1992–1998 | NH Ostrava | ||
1998–2002 | Baník Ostrava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Baník Ostrava | 51 | (9) |
2003–2004 | → Arsenal (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | (0) |
2008 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Mladá Boleslav | 29 | (10) |
2009–2011 | Heerenveen | 27 | (7) |
2011 | Zhemchuzhina | 14 | (5) |
2011–2012 | FC Rostov | 9 | (1) |
2012–2017 | Zagłębie Lubin | 125 | (30) |
2017–2019 | Piast Gliwice | 78 | (16) |
2019–2020 | Korona Kielce | 27 | (3) |
2020–2022 | MFK Karviná | 62 | (14) |
National team | |||
2000–2001 | Czech Republic U15 | 6 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Czech Republic U17 | 18 | (7) |
2002–2004 | Czech Republic U19 | 16 | (5) |
2004–2007 | Czech Republic U21 | 27 | (4) |
2008–2011 | Czech Republic | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:41, 5 October 2022 (UTC) |
Papadopulos started his football career in his native Ostrava at NH Ostrava, and then Baník Ostrava. He moved early to English club Arsenal in July 2003. He played one first-team match for Arsenal, in a League Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute for Jérémie Aliadière. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at side Energie Cottbus before signing with Czech side Mladá Boleslav in June 2008.[2] In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract.[3]
Papadopulos is of Greek and Czech descent[4]
Piast Gliwice