Michal Papadopulos

Michal Papadopulos

Personal information
Full name	Michal Papadopulos
Date of birth	(1985-04-14) 14 April 1985
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Zagłębie Lubin
Number	27
Youth career
1992–1998	NH Ostrava
1998–2002	Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Baník Ostrava	51	(9)
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	27	(7)
2011	Zhemchuzhina	14	(5)
2011–2012	FC Rostov	9	(1)
2012–	Zagłębie Lubin	109	(29)
International career
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)
2008–2011	Czech Republic	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2016

Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech football player of Greek descent who currently plays for Polish club Zagłębie Lubin.

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 Jérémie Aliadière. He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at German side Energie Cottbus before signing with Czech side Mladá Boleslav in June 2008. In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract.

External links

• Michal Papadopulos career statistics at Soccerbase
• Michal Papadopulos international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
• Michal Papadopulos Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (Czech)
• Michal Papadopulos profile at 90minut