Michal Beran (born 22 August 2000) is a Czech

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who plays as a

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for Jablonec.

Personal life

His brother is Štěpán Beran, who currently plays for Slavia Prague and was recently called up to the Czech Republic U19 squad.

Youth career

At youth level he played for 1. FC Slovácko or Bohemians Praha 1905.

Senior career

After traveling to

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in 2018 with Johnny Reynolds to trial with

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, Beran signed for Slovan Liberec for the 2018–19 season, with Reynolds signing for

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FC Slovan Liberec

On 19 July 2018 he moved to

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. Since then he played for both the first and reserve team (reserve team played in

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). For reserve team he played 11 matches and scored 1 goal. For the first team he played 12 matches in

, scoring 1 goal.

SK Slavia Prague

On 3 August 2020 he moved to the

champion

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. He played his first match for this team on 16 January 2021 against

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FC Slovan Liberec (loan)

On 24 August 2020 he was loaned back to Slovan Liberec. In six months long loan he played in 10 league matches without scoring a goal. He also played in 3 qualifying matches and in 5 group stage matches in 2020-2021 UEFA Europa League against

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, KAA Gent,

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and

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also without scoring a goal.

Bohemians 1905 (loan)

Beran spent the 2022–23 season on loan with

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where he made 45 appearances across all competitions, contributing 4 assists.

FK Jablonec

On 21 June 2024, Beran signed a three-year contract with Jablonec.

International career

He had played international football at under-15, 16 and 21 level for Czech Republic U15, Czech Republic U16 and Czech Republic U21. He played in 4 matches without scoring a goal.

Media

Beran appears in '' Football Manager 2020'', a football

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developed by

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and published by

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. He appears in each updated version up to and including '' Football Manager 2024'' (officially abbreviated as ''FM24'').

Honours

Slavia Prague *

: 2020–21 *

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: 2020–21

References

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* * * 2000 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Men's association football midfielders Czech First League players SK Slavia Prague players FC Slovan Liberec players Bohemians 1905 players FK Pardubice players FK Jablonec players Bohemian Football League players 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub