David Dostal (born August 27, 1973) is a Czech-born French former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

right winger In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. Born in

Opava Opava (; , ) is a city in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Opava (river), Opava River. Opava is one of the historical centres of Silesia and was a historical capital of Czech Sile ...

, Czechoslovakia, Dostal began his career with his hometown

HC Slezan Opava HC Slezan Opava is an ice hockey team in the Second National Hockey League (third-level league) from Opava. The club was founded in 1945. As soon as in 1951, Slezan was promoted to the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League and played there until ...

and played six games in the

Czech Extraliga The Czech Extraliga () is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. It was created in 1993 following the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia midway through the 1992–93 Czechoslovak Extraliga season (which all Slovak and ...

for the team during the 1996–97 season. He then spent a season with

HK Spišská Nová Ves HK Spišská Nová Ves is a professional Slovak ice hockey club based in Spišská Nová Ves. They currently play in the Slovak Extraliga. The club is a four-time and current winner of the second highest competition Slovak 1. Liga, as it won in ...

in Slovakia before joining French side

Anglet Hormadi Élite Anglet Hormadi Pays Basque is an ice hockey team in Anglet, France. They play in the Ligue Magnus, the highest level of ice hockey in France. The club was runner-up (Ligue Magnus) in 2001. Due to Anglet's location in the French Basque Country, th ...

in 1998. He spent seven seasons with Anglet, during which he became a French citizen and began playing for the French national team in 2003. He played for France in the 2004 World Ice Hockey Championship.France 2004 WC roster and statistics
/ref> Dostal moved in Denmark in 2005, signing for EfB Ishockey. He remained for two seasons before returning to France in 2007, playing in the French lower leagues for the rest of his career.

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* 1973 births Living people Anglet Hormadi Élite players Czech ice hockey right wingers Drakkars de Caen players EfB Ishockey players French ice hockey right wingers HC Slezan Opava players HK Spišská Nová Ves players Ice hockey people from Opava Czech expatriate sportspeople in France Czech expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate ice hockey players in Denmark Expatriate ice hockey players in France Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia Naturalized citizens of France {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-winger-stub