Michal Papadopulos

Michal Papadopulos
Michal Papadopulos
Personal information
Date of birth 14 April 1985 (1985-04-14) (age 26)
Place of birth Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club FC Rostov
Number 18
Youth career
1992–1998 NH Ostrava
1998–2002 Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Baník Ostrava 50 (19)
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 24 (6)
2011 Zhemchuzhina 14 (5)
2011– FC Rostov 6 (1)
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– Czech Republic 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:15, 20 November 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 June 2011

Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985 in Ostrava) is a Czech football player of Greek descent[1] who currently plays for Russian Premier League club FC Rostov.

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 Jeremie Aliadiere. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Football 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 2007/2008 season on loan.[3] On 15 June 2009 SC Heerenveen have signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav.[4]

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