Ondřej Švejdík

Czech footballer

Ondřej Švejdík
Personal information

Date of birth	(1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 41)
Place of birth	Opava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Loko Vltavín (assistant)
Youth career
	Ostroj Opava
	Kaučuk Opava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2002	Opava	21	(0)
2002–2004	Bohemians 1905	25	(3)
2004–2006	Mladá Boleslav	44	(1)
2006–2010	Groningen	59	(2)
2011–2016	Sparta Prague	60	(4)
2011–2012	→ Dukla Prague (loan)	27	(2)
2015	→ Slovan Liberec (loan)	10	(1)
2016	→ Žilina (loan)	4	(0)
2017–2019	Viktoria Žižkov	46	(1)
2019–2020	Slavoj Vyšehrad	11	(1)
International career
1998–1999	Czech Republic U16	7	(0)
1999–2000	Czech Republic U17	12	(0)
2000–2001	Czech Republic U18	6	(0)
Managerial career
?–2022	Viktoria Žižkov B^[1]
2022–	Loko Vltavín (assistant)^[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:46, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Ondřej Švejdík (born 3 December 1982) is a Czech former footballer who last played for FC Slavoj Vyšehrad.^[3] His former teams are SFC Opava, Bohemians 1905, FK Mladá Boleslav, FC Groningen, FK Dukla Prague and FC Slovan Liberec.

Career

Early career

Švejdík went to school in Opava, where he began his football life as a junior player.^[4] Between 1998 and 2001, Švejdík represented the Czech Republic at youth international level, playing for teams up to the under-18 level.^[5] He played at the 2001 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship.^[6] During this time he played club football in the Czech First League for SFC Opava.

Švejdík left Opava and joined Bohemians in August 2002.^[7]

Švejdík played 24 games in the 2005–06 Czech First League as FK Mladá Boleslav finished the season in second place, qualifying for the following season's UEFA Champions League.^[8]

Netherlands

Švejdík left FK Mladá Boleslav in 2006, joining Dutch side FC Groningen in the Eredivisie on a four-year contract.^[8]^[9] He played for Groningen in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, making his competition debut on 14 September 2006 in the 4–2 first round loss against Serbian side Partizan Belgrade.^[6]

At Groningen, Švejdík suffered a couple of injuries including breaking his arm in 2007^[10] and undergoing surgery for a knee problem in 2009.^[11]

Return to the Czech Republic

After being released by Groningen, Švejdík returned to the Czech Republic in 2011, joining AC Sparta Prague as a free agent.^[12]

Švejdík moved to FK Dukla Prague on loan for the 2011–12 Czech First League.^[13]

References

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^ Neuberg, Josef (11 July 2002). "Vltavín povede v nové sezoně trenér Zach, klub bude spolupracovat se Spartou". Fotbalpraha.cz (in Czech). Interviewed by René Machálek. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "Viktorii posílil stoper Ondřej Švejdík". FK Viktoria Žižkov. 10 January 2017.
^ Brhel, Roman (2 January 2012). "David Mikula: O návratu domů přemýšlím". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Ondřej Švejdík at FAČR (in Czech)
^ ^a ^b "Ondřej Švejdík profile". UEFA.com. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Trenér Uhrin podepsal roční smlouvu". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. 5 September 2002. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Švejdík přestoupí z Boleslavi do Groningenu". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Ondrej Svedjik" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 15 February 2010.
^ "Ondrej Svejdik breekt onderarm". nieuws.nl (in Dutch). 6 December 2007. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ "Svejdik donderdag onder het mes". nieuwslog.nl (in Dutch). 31 October 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Novák, Jaromír (27 January 2011). "Sparta získala další posilu, upsal se jí zkušený zadák Švejdík". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
^ Včeliš, Michal (28 June 2011). "S fotbalisty Dukly trénují Švejdík i talent z Villarrealu". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). Czech Republic. Retrieved 8 May 2012.