Jakub Podaný (born 15 June 1987) is a former

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player. He was a player for

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

between 2009 and 2015, although he played on loan at clubs in Greece, Slovakia, and India, as well as his native Czech Republic during that period. Towards the end of his career, Podaný was a permanent player for Slovan Bratislava,

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 ...

, and Jablonec.

Career

Sparta and loans

Podaný played for

between 2009 and 2015, going out on loan numerous times during that period. Podaný played 11 matches and scored two goals for

Indian Super League The Indian Super League (ISL) is a professional association football league in India and the highest level of the Indian football league system. Administered by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and its commercial partner Football Sport ...

team

Atlético de Kolkata ATK Football Club (also known as Atlético de Kolkata in association with Atlético Madrid) was an Indian professional football club based in Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competed in the ISL, the top flight of Indian football. They were ...

in 2014. In the 2014 Indian Super League final, Podaný assisted the only goal of the game, scored by Mohammed Rafique, as his team won the inaugural competition.

Later career

Podaný headed to Slovakia in 2015, signing a two-year contract with

Slovak First Football League The Slovak First Football League (), officially known as Niké liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Slovakia and the highest level of the Slovak football league system. It was formed in 1993 following th ...

side Slovan Bratislava. He moved back to the Czech Republic a year later, joining

in July 2016 as one of three defenders to join the club as free agents during the off-season. He scored his first league goal for Dukla in the first match after the Czech First League's winter break in February 2017, away against

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. His goal, which came from a direct free kick, opened the scoring in the march which finished 2–0 to the visitors. After Dukla Prague's relegation during the

2018–19 Czech First League The 2018–19 Czech First League, known as the Fortuna liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Viktoria Plzeň, who won their fifth Czech title the previous ...

, Podaný joined First League side

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 ...

on a season-long loan for the 2019–20 season. He then left Dukla permanently, signing for Jablonec in the summer of 2020. In 2021, Podaný continued his football on an amateur level, featuring for Regional Championship (fifth-tier) side SK Hřebeč and sustaining a knee injury in a game against TJ Klíčany.

Honours

Atlético de Kolkata *

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Slovan Bratislava *

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runner-up: 2015–16

References

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