Radek Dosoudil (born 20 June 1983) is a

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, who plays as a

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. He last played for

Dinamo Tbilisi Dinamo Tbilisi is a sports club from Tbilisi, Georgia. It was founded in 1925. Among its highest honors, is the European trophy earned by its football team which won the Cup Winners' Cup in 1981, beating FC Carl Zeiss Jena of East Germany 2–1 ...

.Dva zápasy a sbohem. Dinamo Tbilisi propustilo 12 hráčů i trenéra Bílka
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Club career

He began his football career as a junior in 1998 with

FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav . The club currently plays in the Czech First League. Mladá Boleslav were runners up in the 2005–06 Czech First League and went on to play in the 2006–07 UE ...

, where his talent earned him a move to the famous

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

in 1998. He had a short spell in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

, where he played for

Denizlispor Denizlispor, due to current sponsorship Altaş Denizlispor, is a Turkish sports club based in Denizli. It is known by its distinct green and black colors. The club's branches include football, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, and gymnastics ...

in 2005. In summer 2007 he joined the slovak club

Artmedia Petržalka Artmedia was one of the first scientific projects concerning the relationship between art, technology, philosophy and aesthetics. It was founded in 1985 at the University of Salerno. For over two decades, until 2009, dozens of projects, studies, e ...

, with which he won the double and played in the qualification round for the Champions League, where Artmedia lost to Juventus. In January 2009 he was transferred to local rivals Slovan Bratislava. He previously played for

FK Jablonec FK Jablonec () is a Czech professional football club based in Jablonec nad Nisou. The club has played in the top league of Czech football, Czech First League, since 1994. History Jablonec played its first season of top league football in the 19 ...

and

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

. In 2013, Dosoudil suffered a broken leg following a challenge from

striker Léonard Kweuke in a

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match. Kweuke was banned for a league-record 12 matches for the incident.

International career

Dosoudil represented the Czech Republic at U21 level. He also played for the Czech Republic at the

U-20 World Cup The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 wh ...

in 2003.

References

1983 births Living people Czech footballers Czech Republic youth international footballers Czech Republic under-21 international footballers Association football defenders FK Mladá Boleslav players AC Sparta Prague players FK Jablonec players Czech expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Czech expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Czech expatriate sportspeople in Georgia (country) Denizlispor footballers SK Slavia Prague players Expatriate footballers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Slovak Super Liga players FC Petržalka players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Süper Lig players Erovnuli Liga players Czech First League players Sportspeople from Mladá Boleslav FC Dinamo Tbilisi players {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub