Vít Valenta

Vít Valenta

Personal information
Full name	Vít Valenta
Date of birth	(1984-01-04) 4 January 1984
Place of birth	Uherské Hradiště, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	TJ Sokol Kněžpole
	SS Uherské Hradišté
1994-2001	Synot Staré Město
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001	Synot Staré Město
2001	PSV Eindhoven	0	(0)
2002-2003	Lommel	27	(6)
2003-2005	HSC '21
2005-2006	Cercle Brugge	17	(1)
2007-2009	FC Volendam	33	(1)
2009-2012	1. FC Slovácko	46	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 July 2011

Vít Valenta (born 4 January 1984 in Uherské Hradiště) is a former Czech professional football player. He played as a midfielder and was known for his long throws.

Valenta was noticed by PSV Eindhoven at the age of 17, while playing UEFA Intertoto Cup with Synot Staré Město. He went to Lommel pretty soon, because Valenta was too expensive for PSV. Czech Republic was not part of the European Union at that time, so PSV was ought to pay Valenta € 400.000 per year. But only one season later, Lommel went bankrupt.

Valenta did not immediately find a new team, so he signed an amateur contract with Dutch Hoofdklasse side HSC '21. He immediately shone out there at that level, and signed a new professional contract one season later with Cercle Brugge. Cercle found in him the successor of Harald Meyssen, but Valenta was never able fulfill the expectations. But in January 2007, Cercle released Valenta on a free transfer.

Valenta went back to Netherlands to maintain his form, with FC Volendam. After 4 months, Valenta was granted a work permit, so Volendam was able to offer Valenta a contract.

Valenta returned to Czech Republic by signing a 3-year contract with 1. FC Slovácko where he quickly became the team's captain. However, due to a dispute with Slovácko's manager Miroslav Soukup and the end of his contract he decided to retire from professional football at the age of only 28. He joined amateur team SV Großweikersdorf playing sixth-tier Austrian league. He trains youth in SK Borsice.

References

• Profile at iDNES.cz