Ondřej Kúdela

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Ondřej Kúdela
Ondřej Kúdela, CZE-NIR 2019-10-14 (4).jpg
Kúdela with the Czech Republic in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 34)
Place of birth Pitín, Czechoslovakia[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Slavia Prague
Number 15
Youth career
1997–2005 Slovácko
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Slovácko 31 (1)
2007–2009 Sparta Prague 6 (0)
2007 → Kladno (loan) 10 (1)
2009–2017 Mladá Boleslav 177 (9)
2014 → Ordabasy (loan) 14 (0)
2017–2018 Slovan Liberec 29 (0)
2018– Slavia Prague 92 (12)
National team‡
2003–2004 Czech Republic U17 11 (0)
2005 Czech Republic U18 4 (0)
2006 Czech Republic U19 8 (0)
2006–2007 Czech Republic U20 12 (3)
2007–2008 Czech Republic U21 12 (0)
2008– Czech Republic 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04 February 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 April 2021

Ondřej Kúdela (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̞ɛj ˈkuːdɛla]; born 26 March 1987) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Czech First League club Slavia Prague and the Czech Republic national team.[2][3][4] He previously played for Slovácko, Sparta Prague, Mlada Boleslav and Slovan Liberec before moving to Slavia in 2018. Kúdela also had loan spells at Kladno and Kazakh club FC Ordabasy.

Style of play[]

Kúdela is normally played as a centre-back, though he has also been used as a defensive midfielder.[5] At the end of the 2021 season he was voted as the best defender in the Czech league.[6]

Club career[]

Kúdela came up through the youth system at Slovácko and made his debut appearance for the first team in 2005.[7]

In 2007 he moved to Sparta Prague, spending a half-year loan spell at Kladno that same year.

In 2009 he was signed by Mladá Boleslav as a replacement for the outgoing Jan Rajnoch. He remained at the club for eight seasons, except for a half-year loan spell at Kazakh side Ordabasy in 2014.[8][9][10] He was part of the Mladá Boleslav side that won the 2010–11 Czech Cup, being substituted off in the 8th minute of the final, and also the side that won the 2015–16 Czech Cup.[11]

In January 2017 Kúdela signed a contract with Slovan Liberec for two and a half years.[12]

In 2018 he transferred to Slavia Prague, shortly after head coach Jindřich Trpišovský.[13] With Slavia he has won a total of three league titles, three cups and one supercup.

Controversy[]

On 18 March 2021, Kúdela was accused of racially abusing Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara during a Europa League Round of 16 match.[14][15] Kúdela denied the accusation and claimed he was assaulted by Kamara in the tunnel after the match, and the club lodged a criminal complaint while criticising Rangers' handling of the situation.[16] On 14 April, he was officially found guilty of racial abuse by UEFA and was banned for ten UEFA matches, ruling him out of playing any game in the upcoming Euro 2020 championship; Kamara meanwhile was handed a three-match ban for assaulting Kúdela in the tunnel after the game.[4]

Kúdela appealed against his ban,[17] but the appeal was rejected by UEFA on 26 May 2021.[3] He then began the process of appealing the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and a hearing was scheduled for April 2022.[18] A month before the hearing was due to take place, Kúdela dropped his appeal and said that he was sorry.[18] Kamara's lawyer said that his client was happy that the matter had been closed.[18]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 23 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Slovácko 2004–05 Czech First League 1 0 — — — 1 0
2005–06 12 1 0 0 — — 12 1
2006–07 18 0 0 0 — — 18 0
Total 31 1 0 0 — — 31 1
Kladno (loan) 2007–08 Czech First League 10 1 0 0 — — 10 1
Sparta Prague 2008–09 6 0 0 0 1 0 — 7 0
Mladá Boleslav 2008–09 8 1 0 0 — — 8 1
2009–10 25 1 0 0 — — 25 1
2010–11 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2011–12 26 5 2 0 2 0 1 0 31 5
2012–13 24 1 3 0 4 0 — 31 1
2013–14 29 0 5 0 — — 34 0
2014–15 5 0 1 0 — — 6 0
2015–16 29 1 6 0 2 0 — 37 1
2016–17 16 0 2 0 2 0 — 20 0
Total 177 9 20 0 10 0 1 0 208 9
Ordabasy (loan) 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League 14 0 0 0 — — 14 0
Slovan Liberec 2016–17 Czech First League 14 0 2 0 — — 16 0
2017–18 15 0 2 0 — — 17 0
Total 29 0 4 0 — — 33 0
Slavia Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 7 0 1 0 — — 8 0
2018–19 22 3 2 0 9 0 — 33 3
2019–20 30 2 1 0 8 0 1 0 40 2
2020–21 29 6 4 0 9 0 — 42 6
2021–22 3 1 0 0 0 0 — 3 1
Total 91 12 8 0 26 0 1 0 126 12
Career total 358 23 32 0 37 0 2 0 429 23

International[]

As of match played 30 March 2021[19]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czech Republic 2008 1 0
2019 3 0
2020 2 0
2021 3 0
Total 9 0

Honours[]

Czech Rupublic U-20

References[]

  1. ^ "Kúdela: Prožívám skvělé období". slovacky.denik.cz (in Czech). 12 December 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  2. ^ Ondřej Kúdela – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
  3. ^ a b "Ondrej Kudela's appeal against 10-match ban for racially abusing Glen Kamara dismissed by UEFA". Sky Sports. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Slavia's Ondrej Kudela gets 10-game racism ban; Rangers Glen Kamara & Kemar Roofe also banned". BBC News. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Liberecké posily: vrátil se záložník Kerbr, přišel i Kúdela". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Kúdela je nejlepší obránce ligy. Mezi brankáři obhájil triumf Kolář". Blesk. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. ^ "První úlovek Sparty: Kúdela ze Slovácka". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ Kúdela opouští Boleslav: Evropskou ligu vyměnil za Kazachstán, iSport.cz, Retrieved 2014/06/29 (Czech)
  9. ^ Ондрей Кудела – игрок ФК Ордабасы. www.fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  10. ^ Чешский футболист покинул Ордабасы. vesti.kz (in Russian). vesti.kz/. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Boleslav - Jablonec 2:0, triumf v poháru trefili Chramosta a Ščuk". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Liberecké posily: vrátil se záložník Kerbr, přišel i Kúdela" [Liberec reinforcements: the midfielder Kerbr returned, Kúdela came]. iDnes (in Czech). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Slavia loupila v Liberci. Sešívané posílí brankář Kolář a obránce Kúdela" [Slavia robbed in Liberec. The stitcher will be strengthened by goalkeeper Kolář and defender Kúdela]. iSport.cz (in Czech). 20 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  14. ^ "What was said to Glen Kamara? Claims from both Rangers and Slavia Prague explained". www.scotsman.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  15. ^ Klub (19 March 2021). "Club statement: Slavia denies allegations of racism". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Slavia to file Ibrox 'attack' complaint". BBC Sport. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Slavia Prague defender Kúdela appeals against 10-match ban". The Associated Press. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  18. ^ a b c McCafferty, Gavin (11 March 2022). "Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela drops appeal against 10-match ban". STV Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  19. ^ Ondřej Kúdela at National-Football-Teams.com

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