Michal Kadlec
{{short description|Czech footballer (born 1984)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Michal Kadlec
| image = Michal Kadlec17.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Kadlec playing for Sparta Prague in 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|12|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Left back, centre back
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1991–1993
| youthclubs1 = SV Alsenborn
| youthyears2 = 1993–1998
| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern
| youthyears3 = 1998–2001
| youthclubs3 = Slovácko
| years1 = 2001–2005
| clubs1 = Slovácko
| caps1 = 34
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2005–2008
| clubs2 = Sparta Prague
| caps2 = 94
| goals2 = 7
| years3 = 2008–2013
| clubs3 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps3 = 128
| goals3 = 8
| years4 = 2013–2016
| clubs4 = Fenerbahçe
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 2016–2018
| clubs5 = Sparta Prague
| caps5 = 36
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2018–2024
| clubs6 = Slovácko
| caps6 = 155
| goals6 = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2002
| nationalteam1 = Czech Republic U18
| nationalcaps1 = 7
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2002–2003
| nationalteam2 = Czech Republic U19
| nationalcaps2 = 10
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| nationalyears3 = 2004–2007
| nationalteam3 = Czech Republic U21
| nationalcaps3 = 26
| nationalgoals3 = 1
| nationalyears4 = 2007–2016
| nationalteam4 = Czech Republic
| nationalcaps4 = 67
| nationalgoals4 = 8
| pcupdate = 2 June 2024
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Michal Kadlec (born 13 December 1984) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender for 1. FC Slovácko, Sparta Prague, Bayer Leverkusen{{cite magazine|url = https://www.kicker.de/michal-kadlec/spieler/bundesliga/2011-12/bayer-04-leverkusen | title = Kadlec, Michal|magazine=Kicker|publisher=Olympia-Vertlag GmbH|access-date=2 October 2011}} and Fenerbahçe.
Having made his senior national team debut in 2007, Kadlec has scored eight goals in 67 caps for the Czech Republic, representing the country at three UEFA European Championships between 2008 and 2016.
Early life
Kadlec was born in 1984 in Vyškov. After his father, Miroslav Kadlec, joined 1. FC Kaiserslautern in 1990, the family moved to Germany in the Kaiserslautern area. Kadlec learned German in kindergarten{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1312853.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101012044344/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/news/newsid=1312853.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 12 October 2010 | title = Kadlec: The need to grow up |website=FIFA | date = 5 October 2010 | access-date = 29 March 2013}} before he went to school one year later. After his time in Grundschule, he went to the Gymnasium.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} When Kadlec's father signed for FK Drnovice in 1998, his son returned to the Czech Republic.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}
Club career
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Kadlec started his professional career in Slovácko and made his league debut against Baník Ostrava.{{When|date=May 2024}} He joined Sparta Prague in January 2005 and left the club in August 2008, when he signed for Bayer Leverkusen.{{cite news |title=Sparta našla kupce. Kadlec míří do Leverkusenu |url=https://www.denik.cz/fotbal/sparta-nasla-kupce-kadlec-odchazi-do-leverkusenu.html |access-date=4 June 2025 |work=Deník |date=19 August 2008 |language=cs}}
On 14 June 2013, he joined Fenerbahçe for a €4.5 million transfer fee,{{Cite web|title=Süper Lig {{!}} Michal Kadlec Fenerbahçe Ile Sözlesme Imzaladi|url=https://www.eurosport.com.tr/futbol/super-lig/2012-2013/super-lig-michal-kadlec-fenerbahce-ile-sozlesme-imzaladi_sto3803355/story.shtml|website=Eurosport Türkiye|date=15 June 2013|access-date=29 May 2024|language=tr}} signing a three-year contract worth €2.1 million per season.{{Cite web|title=Fenerbahce complete Michal Kadlec transfer from Bayer Leverkusen {{!}} Financial Details|url=http://www.turkish-football.com/news_read.php?id=4752|website=Turkish-football.com|date=16 June 2013|access-date=23 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114546/http://www.turkish-football.com/news_read.php?id=4752|archive-date=26 August 2014}}
On 12 May 2024, Kadlec announced end of his football career.{{Cite news|title=Bývalý reprezentant Kadlec ukončí kariéru. Děkuju všem, hlavně tátovi, řekl|trans-title=Former representative Kadlec will end his career. Thanks to everyone, especially dad, he said|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/slovacko-miroslav-kadlec-konec-kariery.A240512_202316_fotbal_duff|website=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=12 May 2024|access-date=29 May 2024|language=cs}}
International career
On 17 November 2007, Kadlec was called up to the Czech national team in a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying against Slovakia, and debuted in a 3–1 victory where he scored an own goal.{{Cite news|title=Kadlec: Byl to můj první vlastňák v životě|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-euro-2008-kadlec-byl-to-muj-prvni-vlastnak-v-zivote-120919|website=Sport.cz|date=19 November 2007|access-date=29 May 2024|language=cs}} Kadlec scored his first goal in the same 3–1 victory, this time against Scotland on 30 May 2008.{{Cite news|first=Petr|last=Šedivý|title=Konečně jsem trefil správnou branku, těšilo Kadlece|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/euro-2008/konecne-jsem-trefil-spravnou-branku-tesilo-kadlece.A080530_230843_euro-2008_pes|website=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=31 May 2008|access-date=29 May 2024|language=cs}}
On 16 June 2012, against Poland in the European Championship, Kadlec headed a ball off the line in the dying seconds, preserving the Czechs' spot in the quarter-finals of the tournament.{{Cite news|first=Miloslav|last=Novák|title=Polsko 0–1 Česko: Fotbalisté jsou ve čtvrtfinále, zařídil to Jiráček|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/euro-2012/fotbalovy-zapas-na-mistrovstvi-evropy-polsko-cesko.A120616_180731_euro-2012_pes|website=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=16 June 2012|access-date=29 May 2024|language=cs}} The striker had beaten goalkeeper Petr Čech and appeared to be headed to the inside of the far post; if it had been scored, Poland would ensure a draw, and the Czech Republic would be eliminated from the tournament.{{Cite news|first=Ondřej|last=Trunečka|title=Příběh z poslední minuty: Kadlec uchránil postup a táta objednal rundu|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/euro-2012/michal-kadlec-o-zapase-polsko-cesko.A120617_073648_euro-2012_ot|website=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=16 June 2012|access-date=29 May 2024|language=cs}}
Sponsorship
On 11 July 2013, EA Sports announced that Kadlec was featured on the Czech cover of FIFA 14, alongside global cover star Lionel Messi.{{cite web|title=Na obalu populárního fotbalu FIFA 14 je český hráč Michal Kadlecb|url=http://bonusweb.idnes.cz/michal-kadlec-fifa-14-0om-/Novinky.aspx?c=A130711_103853_bw-novinky_anb|website=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=11 July 2013|access-date=23 August 2014|language=cs}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|30 July 2021}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||||||||
| rowspan=2 | Club
! rowspan=2 | Season ! colspan=3 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Other ! colspan=2 | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division
! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals ! Apps ! Goals | |||||||||
| rowspan="5"|Slovácko
|rowspan="4"|Fortuna liga |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03
|3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04
|15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 1 | |
| 2004–05
|15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 1 | |
| rowspan="6"|Sparta Prague
|rowspan="5"|Fortuna liga |10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2005–06
|29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | |
| 2006–07
|22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 0 | |
| 2007–08
|29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 3 | |
| 2008–09
|4 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 3 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!94 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 119 | 7 | |
| rowspan="6"|Bayer Leverkusen
|rowspan="5"|Bundesliga |30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10
|23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2010–11
|32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 43 | 5 | |
| 2011–12
|29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 2 | |
| 2012–13
|14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 1 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!128 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 4 | colspan="2"|— | 158 | 14 | |
| rowspan="4"|Fenerbahçe
|rowspan="3"|Süper Lig |9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2014–15
|12 | 1 | 10 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
| 2015–16
|10 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!31 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 4 |
| rowspan="3"|Sparta Prague
|rowspan="2"|Fortuna liga |28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 3 | |
| 2017–18
|8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!36 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 51 | 3 | |
| rowspan="5"|Slovácko
|rowspan="4"|Fortuna liga |14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20
|27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!73 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 78 | 1 | |
| colspan="3"|Career total
!396 | 23 | 38 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 504 | 30 |
=International goals=
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! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 30 May 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | {{fb|Scotland}} | 3–1 | Win | Friendly |
| 2. | 29 March 2011 | České Budějovice, Czech Republic | {{fb|Liechtenstein}} | 2–0 | Win | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I |
| 3. | 3 September 2011 | Glasgow, Scotland | {{fb|Scotland}} | 2–2 | Draw | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I |
| 4. | 6 September 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | {{fb|Ukraine}} | 4–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 5. | 6 September 2011 | Prague, Czech Republic | {{fb|Ukraine}} | 4–0 | Win | Friendly |
| 6. | 11 October 2011 | Kaunas, Lithuania | {{fb|Lithuania}} | 1–4 | Win | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I |
| 7. | 11 October 2011 | Kaunas, Lithuania | {{fb|Lithuania}} | 1–4 | Win | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group I |
| 8. | 1 June 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic | {{fb|Hungary}} | 1–2 | Loss | Friendly |
Honours
=Club=
Sparta Prague
Fenerbahçe
Slovácko
References
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External links
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- {{FACR player|new_id=1793|old_id=KadlecMichal}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140414094015/http://www.sparta.cz/srv/www/en/football/team/viewMemberDetail.do?memberId=191 Sparta Prague profile] {{in lang|cs}}
- {{fussballdaten|kadlecmichal|name=Michal Kadlec}}
- {{Soccerway|michal-kadlec/15004}}
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