Luboš Kalouda (born 20 May 1987) is a

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former

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. He retired in 2018 at age 31 because of injury.

Club career

Kalouda started his club career with

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, where he made his

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debut in a match against

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on 3 December 2006. In January 2008 Brno were offered €4million by

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, who saw Kalouda as a possible long term replacement for Nedvěd; however, the teams failed to reach an agreement. Despite interest from clubs including English

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team

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, Kalouda signed a five-year contract at

PFC CSKA Moscow Professional Football Club CSKA (, derived from the historical name 'Центральный спортивный клуб армии', English language, English: ''Central Sports Club of the Army''), commonly referred to as CSKA Moscow or ''CSK ...

with a transfer fee of between 130 and 140 million

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. However, he started playing for their youth team there and was injured. A year later, it was announced that Kalouda would be returning to the Czech Republic on a year-long loan deal to

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 ...

. His time at Sparta was limited by injury and he had an operation on a groin problem in January 2010, although he still managed to take part in 16 league matches over the course of the season. Kalouda concluded his contract with CSKA in 2012, a year earlier than expected, having made just five league appearances for the Russian outfit in four years. Kalouda signed for Dukla Prague as a free agent in July 2012 on a three-year contract. His contract with Dukla was terminated in April 2014, with the player having made a total of 33 league appearances for the club.

International career

Kalouda was a member of the Czech Republic National U-20 Team which won silver medals in

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. Kalouda scored three goals (against Korea DPR,

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and

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) and was one of the best players in the Czech team. Due to his performances in autumn 2007 while playing for

, he was picked in January 2008 for the senior Czech national team for the first time by national team boss Karel Brückner. His style of play was compared to that of the legendary Czech midfielder

Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedvěd (; born 30 August 1972) is a Czech former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Czech players of all time and he won numerous trophies with Italian cl ...

Career honours

;Sparta Prague *

: 2009/2010 ;PFC CSKA Moscow * Russian Cup:

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;International ;Czech Rupublic U-21 *

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runner-up (1)

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