Rudolf Skácel

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Rudolf Skácel
Rudolf Skacel.jpg
Personnel
birthday 17th July 1979
place of birth Ústí nad OrlicíCzechoslovakia
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
1985-1992 FK Trutnov
1992-1999 SK Hradec Králové
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2002 SK Hradec Králové 37 0(8)
2002-2003 Slavia Prague 45 (13)
2003-2004 Olympique Marseille 20 0(1)
2004-2005 →  Panathinaikos Athens  (loan) 16 0(1)
2005-2006 →  Heart of Midlothian  (loan) 35 (16)
2006-2007 Southampton FC 48 0(4)
2008 →  Hertha BSC  (loan) 16 0(2)
2008-2009 Southampton FC 28 0(1)
2009 Slavia Prague 5 0(3)
2010 AE Larisa 7 0(0)
2010–2012 Heart of Midlothian 58 (25)
2012-2013 Dundee United 14 0(1)
2013 Sparta Prague 5 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
2001-2002 Czech Republic U-21 9 0(1)
2003-2010 Czech Republic 7 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of season 2012/13

Rudolf Skácel (born July 17, 1979 in Ústí nad Orlicí ) is a Czech football player .

Club career

Skácel played in his youth for FK Trutnov, later for SK Hradec Králové , for which he made his debut in the 1st division in 1999. In February 2002 he moved to Slavia Prague for 14 million crowns , where he quickly became a regular. In the summer of 2003 he was transferred to Olympique Marseille for around 50 million kroner , but where he could not prevail and after a year on loan he moved to Panathinaikos Athens .

After only one season he was loaned to the Scottish club Heart of Midlothian in 2004/05 . The midfielder had an excellent season in Edinburgh , scoring 16 goals in 35 games. The Hearts finished runner-up and won the Scottish Cup . In the summer of 2006 he moved to Southampton FC for £ 1.6million . In the second half of the 2007/08 season he was loaned to Hertha BSC .

After he was without a club at the beginning of the 2009/10 season and kept fit with FC Hradec Králové , he signed a contract with Slavia Prague in October 2009 until the end of the year . In January 2010 Skácel moved to the Greek club AE Larisa , where the midfielder signed a one and a half year contract. In the summer of 2010, the Czech terminated his contract with AE Larisa and moved to his former club Heart of Midlothian in mid-September 2010 for free.

National team

In the Czech national team Skácel made his debut on November 15, 2003 at 5-1 in Teplice against Canada , in which he achieved the meanwhile 5-0. Then Skácel came to two more assignments in 2005. He also played nine times in the U21 team and scored one goal. Skácel was nominated for the European Championship in 2008 , but was not used there.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Fotbalovou Slavii posílil její někdejší záložník Skácel fotbal.idnes.cz of October 13, 2009, last accessed on October 13, 2009, in Czech
  2. Σκάτσελ για 1,5 χρόνο ael1964.gr of January 27, 2010, last accessed on January 28, 2010, in Greek
  3. Rudi returns to Hearts ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. heartsfc.co.uk of September 16, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010, English. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heartsfc.co.uk