Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pavel Besta | ||
Date of birth | 2 September 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Unattached | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2000 | FC Baník Ostrava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
2000–2007 | FC Baník Ostrava | 163 | (0) |
2007–2009 | FK Viktoria Žižkov | 37 | (0) |
2010 | MFK Ružomberok | 13 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Luton Town | 6 | (0) |
National team | |||
1997–1998 | Czech Republic U-15 | 3 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Czech Republic U-18 | 14 | (3) |
2001–2002 | Czech Republic U-20 | 7 | (0) |
2002–2003 | Czech Republic U-21 | 7 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:21 31 October 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
Pavel Besta (born 2 September 1982) is a Czech football player, currently without a club. He most recently played for Luton Town, but was released on 31 January 2011.
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Besta started football career in his native Ostrava at local side Baník Ostrava. He was a member of Baník's 2003-2004 season title-winning squad. The next season, Baník played in the first round of the UEFA Cup, with Besta playing in both legs of the 4–1 aggregate defeat to English Premier League side Middlesbrough. During that season, he also won the Czech Football Cup with Baník.
In 2007 he moved to Viktoria Žižkov, where he spent two seasons. In his second season, Besta was part of the team that saw Žižkov relegated to the Czech 2. Liga.
In January 2010, Besta moved to Slovakia to play for Slovak Superliga side MFK Ružomberok. At the time of the transfer, he had played over 200 games in the Czech Gambrinus liga. He played 13 times for Ružomberok as they finished the season in fifth place.[1]
Following his release from Ružomberok, Besta joined English Conference National side Luton Town on an initial trial period. He signed a one-year contract on 6 August 2010 after impressing in a friendly against Newcastle United.[2] However, he did not impress when he had a full-time contract, and after just nine appearances, Besta was released from his contract with Luton on 31 January 2011.[3]
Besta played for the Czech Republic youth national teams from under-15 level. He played five matches for the U-20 national team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina. Between 2002 and 2003, Besta played seven times for the Czech Republic under-21 team.[4]