Michal Papadopulos

Michal Papadopulos
Personal information
Full name	Michal Papadopulos
Date of birth	14 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Piast Gliwice
Number	27
Youth career
1992–1998	NH Ostrava
1998–2002	Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Baník Ostrava
2003–2004	→ Arsenal (loan)
2006–2008	Bayer Leverkusen
2008	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)
2008–2009	Mladá Boleslav
2009–2011	Heerenveen
2011	Zhemchuzhina
2011–2012	FC Rostov
2012–2017	Zagłębie Lubin
2017–	Piast Gliwice
International career
2000–2001	Czech Republic U15
2001–2002	Czech Republic U17
2002–2004	Czech Republic U19
2004–2007	Czech Republic U21
2008–2011	Czech Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 October 2017

Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech footballer of Greek and Czech descent^[1] who currently plays for Polish club Piast Gliwice.

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 just 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 Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at German 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: Na Spartu jsem se necítil" (in Czech). iSport.cz. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
^ "Útočník Papadopulos se vrátil do české ligy, podepsal Mladé Boleslavi". Mladá fronta DNES. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
^ "Boleslav star joins Heerenveen". Sky Sports. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2013.