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Michal Papadopulos
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-04-14) 14 April 1985 (age 39)
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)
2003–2004Arsenal (loan) 0 (0)
2006–2008 Bayer Leverkusen 19 (0)
2008Energie 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)
International career
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)

Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Czech club MFK Karviná.[1]

Career

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]

Personal life

Papadopulos is of Greek and Czech descent[4]

Honours

Piast Gliwice

References

  1. ^ Šimek, Květoslav (18 August 2020). "Karviná vítá zkušeného střelce. Po jedenácti letech se vrací Papadopulos" (in Czech). iSport.cz. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Útočník Papadopulos se vrátil do české ligy, podepsal Mladé Boleslavi". Mladá fronta DNES. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Boleslav star joins Heerenveen". Sky Sports. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Papadopulos: Na Spartu jsem se necítil" (in Czech). iSport.cz. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.