Michal Papadopulos
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 April 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Ostrava, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Zagłębie Lubin | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1998 | NH Ostrava | ||
| 1998–2002 | Baník Ostrava | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2002–2005 | Baník Ostrava | 51 | (9) |
| 2003–2004 | → Arsenal (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Energie Cottbus (loan) | 14 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Mladá Boleslav | 29 | (10) |
| 2009–2011 | Heerenveen | 27 | (7) |
| 2011 | Zhemchuzhina | 14 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | FC Rostov | 9 | (1) |
| 2012– | Zagłębie Lubin | 33 | (12) |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2001 | Czech Republic U15 | 6 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Czech Republic U17 | 18 | (7) |
| 2002–2004 | Czech Republic U19 | 16 | (5) |
| 2004–2007 | Czech Republic U21 | 27 | (4) |
| 2008–2011 | Czech Republic | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 September 2013. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985 in Ostrava) is a Czech football player of Greek descent[1] who currently plays for Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.
Career
Papadopulos started his football career in his native Ostrava at NH Ostrava, and then Baník Ostrava. He moved early to English club Arsenal in July 2003. He played just one first-team match for Arsenal, in a League Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a substitute for Jérémie Aliadière. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, signing a contract until the summer of 2009 and left the club in July 2008 to sign with Mladá Boleslav.[2] In January 2008, he moved to Energie Cottbus until the end of the 2007–08 season on loan.[3] In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract.[4]
References
- ↑ "Papadopulos: Na Spartu jsem se necítil" (in Czech). iSport.cz. 31 October 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "Interview Michal Papadopoulos". heerenveen.nl.
- ↑ "Michal Papadopulos". Leverkusen who's who. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ↑ "Boleslav star joins Heerenveen". Sky Sports. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
External links
- Michal Papadopulos career stats at Soccerbase
- Michal Papadopulos international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
- Michal Papadopulos Gambrinus liga statistics at Fotbal DNES (Czech)
- Michal Papadopulos at 90minut.pl (Polish)
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