Bednář with West Bromwich Albion |
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 26 March 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | West Bromwich Albion | ||
| Number | 43 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1999 | ČAFC Prague | ||
| 1999–2002 | Bohemians 1905 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Mladá Boleslav | 70 | (23) |
| 2005–2008 | Heart of Midlothian | 40 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 29 | (13) |
| 2008– | West Bromwich Albion | 56 | (17) |
| 2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 8 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2002–2003 | Czech Republic U20 | 10 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Czech Republic U21 | 4 | (2) |
| 2006–2010 | Czech Republic | 8 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:24, 30 December 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Roman Bednář (born 26 March 1983) is a Czech footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a striker. He has courted controversy in his career off the pitch.
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Born in Prague, Bednář started his career as a youth player at ČAFC Prague before he stepped up to Gambrinus liga side FC Bohemians Praha in 1998. In 2002, after failing to break into the first team at Bohemians Bednář, he moved on to Czech Second Division side FK Mladá Boleslav. The 2003–04 season couldn't have gone any better for Bednář as he finished top scorer with 10 goals as Mladá Boleslav won the Second Division title.
In the 2004–05 season Bednář started to come to the attention of Lithuanian scouts as his six goals helped Mladá Boleslav consolidate in the Gambrinus Liga. It was in this season that Bednář was voted as the "Revelation of the Season" as his physical strength, aerial ability, positional awareness and ability to create chances for other team mates made him a constant threat for opposition defences.
On 27 July 2005 Hearts announced that they had completed the signing of Bednář on a one year loan deal from FBK Kaunas.[1] He scored on his debut against Kilmarnock,[2] and also in the 3–0 away victory over Dundee United.[3] Bednář then cemented his place in Hearts folklore by scoring the only goal in the 1–0 victory over Rangers at Tynecastle.[4] However it was in this game that he suffered a serious knee injury that ruled him out for most of the campaign. He made his return on 26 November against Motherwell in a 1–1 draw,[5] and played his part in Hearts' successful second place finish and Scottish Cup victory.
At the start of the 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season Bednář started off in a rich vein of form, scoring three times, twice in the 2–1 victory over Celtic at Tynecastle.[6]
Bednář joined Hearts on a permanent deal on 31 August 2006,[7] but exactly a year later he moved to West Bromwich Albion on a season-long loan deal,[8] which later turned into a permanent move.
Bednář scored his first goals in a West Brom shirt on 15 October 2007, netting twice in a 4–1 win for the Albion reserves against Lincoln City reserves.[9] On 24 October he scored a hat trick for the reserves in a 6–1 win over Oldham Athletic reserves.[10] He made his first team debut for Albion as a substitute in a 3–0 away win against Watford on 3 November 2007.[11] In January 2008 Bednář scored the winning penalty in the shootout against Charlton Athletic in the FA Cup third round.[12] He won the Midland Player of the Month award for January 2008.[13] Bednář finished the 2007–08 season with 17 goals from 22 starts.[14]
At the end of his loan spell West Bromwich Albion exercised an option to purchase him, converting his loan into a permanent deal.[15][16] Bednář signed a three-year contract, with Albion paying Hearts £2.3 million for the player, in addition to the £200,000 loan fee they had paid previously.[14] In the summer of 2008 he underwent a hernia operation.[17]
Bednář was suspended by West Bromwich Albion in May 2009 over allegations that he had purchased drugs.[18] The following month he was cautioned by West Midlands Police regarding the incident, for possessing small amounts of class A drugs (principally cocaine) as well as cannabis, a class B drug.[19] The Football Association granted permission for Bednář to resume playing, following his suspension, and to report back for training on 17 August 2009. He returned to the side on 26 August in a Carling Cup tie at Rotherham, and three days later he scored both of West Brom's goals in a 2–2 draw away to Sheffield United. On 17 October 2009 Bednář suffered a back injury (a trapped nerve) in the early stages of Albion's game against Reading. He returned to training after just over a week, and was an unused substitute in the 5–0 victory over Watford on 31 October. On 24 November 2010, Bednář joined Leicester City on loan until January 2011,[20] making his debut in a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest on 29 November.[21] West Brom accepted a £1.2million offer from Bristol City in January 2011. However the player himself turned down the move. Subsequently, Bednář joined Turkish club MKE Ankaragücü SK on loan for the remainder of the 2010-11 season.
Bednar returned West Bromwich Albion after his loan spell ended and the club recently took up the option to extend his contract until the end of 2011-12 season. Upon his return to the West Brom he was assigned to the #43 after his previous #9 had been assigned to new signing Shane Long.
On 16 August 2006 he made his debut for the Czech Republic national team in their 3–1 defeat by Serbia.[22]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Scotland | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2005-06 | Heart of Midlothian | Scottish Premier League | 22 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 7 | |
| 2006-07 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 6 | ||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2007-08 | West Bromwich Albion | Championship | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 17 | |
| 2008-09 | Premier League | 26 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2009-10 | Championship | 27 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 34 | 11 | ||
| 2010-11 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| Leicester City (loan) | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | Czech Republic | 70 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 70 | 23 | ||
| Scotland | 40 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 13 | ||
| England | 88 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | 101 | 34 | |||
| Career total | 198 | 64 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 70 | ||
He is a fan of Real Madrid. He is married to an English woman named Fiona Stevens. They got married September 2009.
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