Vít Valenta

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Vít Valenta
Personal information
Full name	Vít Valenta
Date of birth	January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04) (age 25)
Place of birth	Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	midfielder
Club information
Current club	FC Volendam
Youth clubs
	TJ Sokol Kněžpole SS Uherské Hradišté Synot Staré Město
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005-2006 2007-	Synot Staré Město PSV Eindhoven Lommel HSC '21 Cercle Brugge FC Volendam	17 (1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Vít Valenta (born January 4, 1983 in Uherské Hradiště) is a Czech professional football player. He normally plays as midfielder.

Valenta was noticed by PSV Eindhoven at the age of 17, while playing UEFA Intertoto Cup with Synot. He went to Lommel pretty soon, because Valenta was too expensive for PSV. Czech Republic was not part of the European Union at that time, so PSV was ought to pay Valenta € 400.000 per year. But only one season later, Lommel went bankrupt.

Valenta did not immediately find a new team, so he signed an amateur contract with Dutch Hoofdklasse side HSC '21. He immediately shone out there at that level, and signed a new professional contract one season later with Cercle Brugge. Cercle found in him the successor of Harald Meyssen, but Valenta was never able fulfill the expectations. But in January 2007, Cercle released Valenta on a free transfer. The board thought that Valenta had breached his contract, but an official reason was never made public.

Valenta went back to Netherlands to maintain his form, with FC Volendam. After 4 months, Valenta was granted a work permit, so Volendam was able to offer Valenta a contract. Valenta is still with Volendam currently.