Filip Rada (born 5 September 1984) is a

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former

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player who last played for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

as a

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. He is the son of former

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coach

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Career

Early career

Rada started his footballing career at

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, going out on loan in his younger years. He joined

Bohemians 1905 Bohemians Praha 1905, commonly known as Bohemka or Bohemians Prague, is a professional association football, football club based in Vršovice, Prague, Czech Republic. The club competes in the Czech First League, Fortuna Liga, the top division ...

in the

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on a year-long loan in 2005, keeping a

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in his first ever match in the Czech third tier. However Rada played just four league matches before moving on loan to

Břevnov Břevnov () is a cadastral district in the west of Prague, located in Prague 6. The district is home to the Břevnov Monastery (Czech: ''Břevnovský klášter''). On the territory of Břevnov stems Brusnice brook. Břevnov was first mentioned in ...

of the same league in October 2005, where he remained for the rest of the 2005–06 season. Rada spent the following season on loan at

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in the

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Dukla Prague

Rada went on to

in 2007, keeping three clean sheets in the first part of the

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. Rada played for Dukla in the second division for four years before the club celebrated promotion to the top-flight

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in 2011. Rada was responsible for two of the visiting team's goals in August 2011 as league champions

FC Viktoria Plzeň Football Club Viktoria Plzeň () is a Czech professional Association football, football club based in Plzeň. It plays in the Czech First League, the top division of football in the country. As runner-up in the 1970–71 Czechoslovak Cup, the c ...

won 4–2 against Dukla in Prague, dropping the ball in the goal area immediately before one goal and kicking a goal kick along the ground directly to an opponent, allowing an easy goal on another occasion. In November 2012, Rada extended his contract with Dukla until the summer of 2015. He signed another extension to his contract, in the winter break of the 2018–2019 season, until 2022.

Honours

Club

;

FK Dukla Prague FK Dukla Prague () is a Czech association football club located in the Dejvice area of Prague. It currently plays in the Czech First League. The club played in local competitions between 2001 and 2007, when it gained entry to the country's seco ...

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, 2023–24

Career statistics

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