Michal Pospíšil

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Personal information
Michal Pospíšil
Full name	Michal Pospíšil
Date of birth	March 5, 1979 (1979-03-05) (age 29)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	K. Sint-Truidense V.V.
Number	28
Youth clubs
1992-1995	Slavoj Zbraslav Dukla Prague Sparta Prague
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2000 1998-2000 2000-2002 2002-2004 2003-2005 2005-2008 2008-	Sparta Prague → Chmel Blsany (loan) Viktoria Žižkov Sparta Prague Slovan Liberec Hearts K. Sint-Truidense V.V.	74 (24) 48 (12) 00 0(0)
National team
	Czech Republic under-21s	21 0(5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:30, 23 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Michal Pospíšil (born 5 March 1979, in Prague) is a Czech footballer who currently plays as a striker for K. Sint-Truidense V.V. in the Belgium Jupiler League.

Pospíšil began his career as a youth player with Slavoj Zbraslav and Dukla Prague before joining Sparta Prague in 1992. He eventually made the senior squad and played in the UEFA Champions League before spending two years on loan at FK Chmel Blsany(1998-2000). He then moved on to FK Viktoria Žižkov in July 2000 and in addition to playing in the UEFA Cup, he helped Viktoria to win the Czech Republic Football Cup in July 2001, with a 2-1 victory over Sparta Prague. The following season he was part of the Viktoria side that achieved a third place finish in the league.

In May 2002 he was selected in Czech Republic under-21 team for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This side won the tournament, defeating France under-21s 3-1 on penalties in the final, with Pospíšil scoring the first penalty in the penalty shootout in which former Hearts team mate Rudi Skacel also netted. ^[1] In total he made 21 appearances at under 21 level.

After the championships Pospíšil returned to Sparta Prague, where he once again played in the UEFA Champions League and immediately helped his club win the Gambrinus liga. In July 2003 he was recruited by FC Slovan Liberec where he scored 24 goals in 74 games and helped his club finish in the top half of the league in the two seasons he was there.

In August 2005 Pospíšil became George Burley's fourth signing for Hearts, joining the Edinburgh side for a fee of £300,000. ^[2] He made his Hearts debut as a substitute in a 3-0 victory at Dundee United on 14 August 2006 and scored his first goal for the club the next week, a spectacular effort against Aberdeen ^[3] He was predominantly deployed as a substitute over the course of the 2005-06 season yet managed to score 7 league goals. He also scored the crucial fourth penalty in the Scottish Cup final penalty shootout victory over Gretna ^[4].

After an injury-disrupted start to the 2006-07 season, Pospíšil scored on his return to the first team on the 2 January 2007 to give Hearts victory over Dunfermline Athletic.^[5]. He was the subject of a £100,000 bid from Bristol City in January 2007, however, while agreement was reached between the clubs, Pospíšil couldn't not agree personal terms with the Robins and decided to remain in Edinburgh.^[6].

On 19 January 2008 he was transferred to K. Sint-Truidense V.V. in Belgium. [1]