Michal Meduna (born 31 August 1981) is a
Czech
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** Czech language
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* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
retired
footballer
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.
Career
Meduna has played for several clubs in the Czech Republic and spent time with
Vestel Manisaspor
Manisaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Manisa. Originally formed in 1931 as Sakaryaspor, the club changed its name to Manisaspor on 15 June 1965.[Turkey
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. While playing there, he suffered a serious
heart attack
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on 19 August 2006, which caused him to retire from professional football at the age of just 25.
After the accident, he played for
Sokol Živanice in Czech lower divisions.
References
External links
TFF Profile*
*
1981 births
Living people
Czech men's footballers
Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football forwards
Czech expatriate men's footballers
AFK Atlantic Lázně Bohdaneč players
AC Sparta Prague players
SK Slavia Prague players
Manisaspor footballers
Czech First League players
Süper Lig players
Footballers from Pardubice
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey
Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
1. FC Slovácko players
21st-century Czech sportsmen
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