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Daniel Šmejkal
Šmejkal in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-08-28) 28 August 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Czech Republic U-17 women (manager)
Youth career
1976–1983 ZČE Pilsen
1983–1988 Škoda Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Škoda Plzeň 18 (0)
1989–1990 Dukla Prague 12 (0)
1991–1994 Viktoria Plzeň
1994–1997 Slavia Prague 66 (8)
1997–1998 1. FC Nürnberg 23 (0)
1998–1999 KFC Uerdingen 05 14 (1)
1999–2002 Marila Příbram 70 (0)
2002–2005 FC Střížkov
2006–2007 Viktorie Jirny
2008–2009 FK Chmel Blšany
International career
1988–1990 Czechoslovakia U21 12 (1)
1994–1995 Czech Republic 10 (3)
Managerial career
2014–2016 FK Baník Sokolov
2016–2018 FK Teplice
2019–2021 Vlašim
2021–2022 Prostějov
2023– Czech Republic U-17 women
Medal record
SK Slavia Prague
Winner Czech First League 1995–96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Šmejkal (born 28 August 1970) is a Czech football manager who is the current manager of Czech Republic U-17 women. A former player, his playing position was midfielder. Šmejkal played for the Czech Republic national team, for whom he played a total of 10 matches and scored 3 goals.

Playing career

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Club career

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Šmejkal played for Škoda Plzeň in the 1988–89 Czechoslovak First League and represented Dukla Prague in the same competition in the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons. After the establishment of the Czech First League in 1993, Šmejkal played for Plzeň again, by now renamed as Viktoria Plzeň, in the 1993–94 season, before spending three seasons with Slavia Prague, during which time he won the 1995–96 Czech First League. After spending some of his career in Germany, he returned to the Czech Republic, playing for three seasons with Marila Příbram until the end of the 2001–02 season. In total he made 197 appearances at the Czechoslovak, and later Czech, top level between 1988 and 2002.[1]

National team

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Šmejkal was involved in the Czechoslovakia national team's youth groups from the under-15 level and each additional level up to under-18, making 49 appearances between 1986 and 1988. He then played for Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team, scoring once in twelve appearances between 1988 and 1990.[1] From 1994 until 1995 Šmejkal represented the Czech Republic internationally and scored three goals in ten appearances.[2]

Management career

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Šmejkal became a coach after his playing career. Having led Sokolov to finishing positions of fifth and fourth in the second tier of Czech football, Šmejkal joined Czech First League side FK Teplice in the summer of 2016, signing a two-year contract.[3]

Šmejkal moved to Vlašim in 2019.[2] He then joined Prostějov in October 2021.[4] He subsequently became the manager of the Czech Republic U-17 women team.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. ^ a b "Vlašim bude trénovat Šmejkal". denik.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Teplice mění trenéra. Od nové sezony je povede exreprezentant Šmejkal". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 2 June 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ "S pracanty chceme válet, velí trenér prostějovských fotbalistů Šmejkal". idnes.cz (in Czech). 22 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Nový trenér Daniel Šmejkal zveřejnil nominaci WU17 na červnové soustředění". Fotbal.cz (in Czech). FAČR. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
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