Martin Abraham

Martin Abraham

Personal information
Full name	Martin Abraham
Date of birth	20 September 1978 (1978-09-20) (age 33)
Place of birth	Moravská Třebová, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	SV Wehen
Number	26
Youth career
1985–1987	Sokol Rychnov na Morave
1987–1988	Tatran Mladejov na Morave
1988–1993	Slovan Moravska Trebova
1993–1997	FC Zbrojovka Brno
1997–1999	FC Zeman Brno
1999–2000	FC GROUP Dolni Kounice
2000–2001	FC Slovácko
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2001–2004	FC Slovácko	95	(7)
2005–2006	FC Slovan Liberec	27	(2)
2006–2007	FK Mladá Boleslav	24	(2)
2007	AC Sparta Prague	5	(1)
2008-	SK Slavia Prague	12	(2)
2008–2009	→ AEK Larnaca FC (loan)	13	(2)
2010	→ FC Tescoma Zlín (loan)	10	(0)
2010–	SV Wehen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Martin Abraham (born 20 September 1978 in Moravská Třebová) is a Czech footballer, who is currently playing for SV Wehen Wiesbaden.^[1]

Career

Abraham has previously played for AC Sparta Prague, FK Mladá Boleslav, Slovan Liberec, 1. FC Slovácko, Roubina Dolní Kounice and FC Zeman Brno. He was called up for the Czech Republic national football team by Karel Brückner for the Euro 2008 qualification games on 7 October 2006 against San Marino and on 11 October 2006 against Ireland. He was an unused substitute in both games.

Abraham is known for his problems with self-control. In October 2007, he was suspended for four matches for attempting to attack a referee.^[2] Later he had some conflicts with his teammates^{[citation needed]}. In February 2008, Sparta Prague sold him to Slavia Prague, which was considered a surprise move, since they bought him for 15 millions CZK from Mladá Boleslav only few months earlier.

During his contract with Slavia, he had an emotional conflict with assistant coach Pavel Řehák (April 2007), and then another one with the head coach Karel Jarolím (June 2007). After that, Jarolím stated that signing Abraham was 'a great mistake'^{[citation needed]} and dropped him to the reserve squad.^[3] However, in July 2007, Abraham vulgarly insulted the reserve team coach^{[citation needed]} (Miroslav Janů) and he was then not allowed to train with the reserve team.

His trial with English Championship team Barnsley F.C. in July 2008 was not successful. He was finally signed by AEK Larnaca FC in August 2008 on a one-year loan from Slavia Prague with a second-year buy option.

References

1. ^ Martin Abraham - SV Wehen Wiesbaden: Kicker Online
2. ^ "Bad boys". The Prague Post. 2007-09-26. http://www.praguepost.com/articles/2007/09/26/bad-boys.php. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 
3. ^ "Cech Hits Back at Kostal Criticism + News". Czech football daily. 2008-07-25. http://prague.tv/czech-football/?p=1091. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 

Persondata
Name	Abraham, Martin
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	20 September 1978
Place of birth	Moravská Třebová, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death