Miroslav Kadlec

Miroslav Kadlec
	Miroslav Kadlec in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Kadlec
Date of birth	22 June 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Sweeper, centre-back
Youth career
1971–1983	Slovácká Slavia Uherské Hradiště
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1984	TJ Vítkovice
1984–1986	RH Cheb
1986–1990	TJ Vítkovice
1990–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern
1998–2001	FC Petra Drnovice
2001–2002	FC Zbrojovka Brno
Total
International career
1987–1993	Czechoslovakia
1994–1997	Czech Republic
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Miroslav Kadlec (born 22 June 1964) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender.^[2]

Biography

As a fooballer, Kadlec played for four Czech clubs and had an eight-year stint with Bundesliga club 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where they were crowned league champions in 1991 and 1998,^[3] the second straight out of the second division.^[4] He moved to FC Zbrojovka Brno in 2001^[5] and made his league debut in a 0–5 away defeat on 25 June.^{[clarification needed]}^[6]

Kadlec played for Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, playing a total of 64 matches and scored two goals. In April 1987, he debuted for the former national team during a UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying against Wales, which ended in a 1–1 draw.^[7] Kadlec took part in the 1990 FIFA World Cup where he played the full minutes in the nation's five matches. Six years later, Kadlec led the Czech national football team on its way to the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship silver, where he missed only one game because of a two yellow card-suspension.

Kadlec spends his free time playing golf.^[8] His son Michal is also a professional footballer.

1. FC Kaiserslautern
- Bundesliga champion: 1990–91, 1997–98
- DFB-Pokal winner: 1995–96
Czech Republic
- UEFA European Football Championship runner-up: 1996

^ ^a ^b "Miroslav Kadlec | International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ "Kadlec, Miroslav". Kicker (in German). Olympia-Verlag GmbH. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ "Kadlec komentátor". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 16 June 2000. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ "Měl jsem štěstí, že jsem hrál fotbal v období výjimečných hráčů a trenérů, řekl nový člen Síně slávy Kadlec". ČT Sport (in Czech). Czech Television. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ "Kadlec se nakonec rozhodl pro Brno". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 11 June 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ "Kadlecova premiéra přilákala fanoušky". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 25 June 2001. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ Hrabě, Stanislav (19 March 2024). "Český kapitán, který "obsluhoval anglickou královnu", je v Síni slávy". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Seznam.cz. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
^ Kopl, Libor (21 November 2023). "Kadlec by se nebál dát šanci Svědíkovi: U reprezentace je trenér spíš manažer". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

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