Jan Šeda (born 17 December 1985) is a Czech

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coach of goalkeepers and former professional footballer who played as a

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. During his active career, he played 188 matches for the

Czech First League The Czech First League () also known as the Chance Liga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in the Czech Republic and the highest level of the Czech Republic football league system. Seasons typically run from A ...

club

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 ...

Playing career

Šeda signed for

FK Mladá Boleslav FK Mladá Boleslav is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Mladá Boleslav. Since 2004, the club has been participating in the Czech First League. In the Czech First League, Mladá Boleslav were runners up in 2005–06 and o ...

in 2005, winning the

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with his side in 2011 and 2016. He made his

debut on 4 May 2008, in a 2–1 away win against

Teplice Teplice (, until 1948 Teplice-Šanov; , ''Teplitz-Schönau'') is a city in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 51,000 inhabitants. It is the most populous Czech spa town, followed by Karlovy Vary. The historic city cen ...

. Although he was on loan several times, he played for the club his entire career until his retirement in 2025. He played his last match for Mladá Boleslav on 16 April 2023. He became a notable personality of the club with 188 appearances for the club (5th most in the club's first league history as of 2025) and 51 clean sheets (2nd most).

Loans

Šeda joined Dutch side

RKC Waalwijk RKC Waalwijk () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Waalwijk. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, following relegation from the Eredivisie i ...

on a season-long loan in July 2013. Šeda made 23 appearances for Waalwijk. Šeda joined

FC Goa Futebol Clube de Goa is an India, Indian professional association football, football club based in Fatorda, Goa, that competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top tier of Football in India, Indian football. The club was established on 2 ...

on loan for the

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. He made 14 appearances for the club and was awarded the Golden Glove for his league-high seven clean sheets in the tournament. In October 2017, Šeda joined Czech side

FK Teplice FK Teplice is a Czech professional football club based in the city of Teplice. The club competes in Czech First League, the top tier of Czech football. The club was founded after World War II in 1945. The club advanced to the Czechoslovak First ...

after an injury to Teplice goalkeeper Tomáš Grigar. He left the club without making a league appearance.

Coaching career

In 2025, Šeda ended his playing career and became a goalkeeping coach in

FK Dukla Prague FK Dukla Prague () is a Czech association football club located in the Dejvice area of Prague. It currently plays in the Czech First League. The club played in local competitions between 2001 and 2007, when it gained entry to the country's seco ...

Honours

Mladá Boleslav *

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, 2015–16; runner-up:

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

Individual * Indian Super League Golden Glove:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

References

External links

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Voetbal International profile
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Seda, Jan 1985 births Living people Czech men's footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech First League players Eredivisie players FK Mladá Boleslav players RKC Waalwijk players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Men's association football goalkeepers FC Goa players Indian Super League players Expatriate men's footballers in India Czech expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Czech expatriate sportspeople in India Sportspeople from Vysoké Mýto Footballers from the Pardubice Region 21st-century Czech sportsmen