Jakub Rada (born 5 May 1987) is a

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former

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who last played for

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as a

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. Rada made several appearances in the

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for

SK Kladno Sportovní klub Kladno, commonly known as SK Kladno, is a football club from Kladno, Czech Republic. It plays in the Bohemian Football League (third tier of the Czech football system). The club was founded on 15 February 1903. The team plays at ...

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and

Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav (; ) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 47,000 inhabitants. It lies on the left bank of the Jizera (river), Jizera River. Mladá Boleslav is the second most populated city in the region. I ...

. He suffered a serious injury in a league match for Boleslav against Hradec Králové in August 2016, tearing ligaments in his knee. In 2019 he won the

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with

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. He was an unused substitute in the final. In June 2019 he rejoined

After playing for

, he announced his retirement from professional football in July 2024.

International career

Rada received his first call up to the senior

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squad in March 2016 for a friendly against

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. He was one of four players to make his international debut against Scotland, playing as a substitute in the 1–0 loss. After his knee injury in August 2016, he never returned to the national team.

Honours

Spartak Trnava *

: 2018–19

References

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* Living people 1987 births Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Footballers from Prague AC Sparta Prague players SK Kladno players ŠK Slovan Bratislava players Bohemians 1905 players FK Mladá Boleslav players FC Spartak Trnava players FC Hradec Králové players Czech First League players Czech National Football League players Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub