Ondřej Kúdela (Czech pronunciation: [ˈondr̞ɛj ˈkuːdɛla]; born 26 March 1987) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga 1 club Persija Jakarta and the Czech Republic national team.[2][3][4] He previously played for Slovácko, Sparta Prague, Mlada Boleslav, Slovan Liberec, and Slavia Prague. Kúdela also had loan spells at Kladno and Kazakh club FC Ordabasy. Kúdela's career has been overshadowed by accusations of racism.
.jpg) Kúdela playing for the Czech Republic in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ondřej Kúdela[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Bojkovice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Persija Jakarta | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2005 | Slovácko | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2007 | Slovácko | 31 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Sparta Prague | 6 | (0) |
| 2007 | → Kladno (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2009–2017 | Mladá Boleslav | 177 | (9) |
| 2014 | → Ordabasy (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Slovan Liberec | 29 | (0) |
| 2018–2022 | Slavia Prague | 100 | (14) |
| 2022– | Persija Jakarta | 56 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2003–2004 | Czech Republic U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2005 | Czech Republic U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | Czech Republic U19 | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Czech Republic U20 | 12 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | Czech Republic U21 | 12 | (0) |
| 2008– | Czech Republic | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022 | |||
Style of play edit
Kúdela is normally played as a centre-back, though he has also been used as a defensive midfielder.[5] At the end of the 2021 season he was voted as the best defender in the Czech league.[6]
Club career edit
Kúdela came up through the youth system at Slovácko and made his debut appearance for the first team in 2005.[7]
In 2007 he moved to Sparta Prague, spending a half-year loan spell at Kladno that same year.
In 2009 he was signed by Mladá Boleslav as a replacement for the outgoing Jan Rajnoch. He remained at the club for eight seasons, except for a half-year loan spell at Kazakh side Ordabasy in 2014.[8][9][10] He was part of the Mladá Boleslav side that won the 2010–11 Czech Cup, being substituted off in the 8th minute of the final, and also the side that won the 2015–16 Czech Cup.[11]
In January 2017 Kúdela signed a contract with Slovan Liberec for two and a half years.[12]
In 2018 he transferred to Slavia Prague, shortly after head coach Jindřich Trpišovský.[13] With Slavia he won a total of three league titles, three cups and one supercup.
In June 2022 he joined Indonesian Liga 1 side Persija Jakarta.[14] On 23 July 2022, He made his league debut by starting in a 0–1 loss against Bali United.[15]
Controversy edit
On 18 March 2021, Kúdela was accused of racially abusing Rangers midfielder Glen Kamara during a Europa League Round of 16 match.[16][17] Kúdela denied the accusation and claimed he was assaulted by Kamara in the tunnel after the match, and Slavia Prague lodged a criminal complaint while criticising Rangers' handling of the situation.[18] On 14 April, he was officially found guilty of racial abuse by UEFA and was banned for ten UEFA matches, ruling him out of playing any game in the upcoming Euro 2020 championship; Kamara meanwhile was handed a three-match ban for assaulting Kúdela in the tunnel after the game.[4]
Kúdela appealed against his ban,[19] but the appeal was rejected by UEFA on 26 May 2021.[3] He then began the process of appealing the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and a hearing was scheduled for April 2022.[20] However, a month before the hearing was due to take place, Kúdela dropped his appeal and formally apologised to Kamara.[20] Kamara's lawyer said that his client was happy that the matter had now been closed.[20]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 21 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Slovácko | 2004–05 | Czech First League | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2005–06 | Czech First League | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| 2006–07 | Czech First League | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 1 | ||||
| Kladno (loan) | 2007–08 | Czech First League | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Sparta Prague | 2008–09 | Czech First League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |
| Mladá Boleslav | 2008–09 | Czech First League | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10 | Czech First League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2010–11 | Czech First League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | Czech First League | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| 2012–13 | Czech First League | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | Czech First League | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2014–15 | Czech First League | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Czech First League | 29 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | ||
| 2016–17 | Czech First League | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 177 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 208 | 9 | ||
| Ordabasy (loan) | 2014 | Kazakhstan Premier League | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Liberec | 2016–17 | Czech First League | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Czech First League | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Slavia Prague | 2017–18 | Czech First League | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Czech First League | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 33 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Czech First League | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 2020–21 | Czech First League | 29 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — | 42 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | Czech First League | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 16 | 3 | ||
| Total | 100 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 139 | 14 | ||
| Persija Jakarta | 2022–23 | Liga 1 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Liga 1 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 423 | 30 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 498 | 30 | ||
International edit
- As of match played 25 September 2022[21]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | |
Honours edit
SK Slavia Prague
Czech Rupublic U-20
- FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up: 2007
Individual
References edit
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 5 July 2007. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2013.
- ^ Ondřej Kúdela – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- ^ a b "Ondrej Kudela's appeal against 10-match ban for racially abusing Glen Kamara dismissed by UEFA". Sky Sports. 26 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Slavia's Ondrej Kudela gets 10-game racism ban; Rangers Glen Kamara & Kemar Roofe also banned". BBC News. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Liberecké posily: vrátil se záložník Kerbr, přišel i Kúdela". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Kúdela je nejlepší obránce ligy. Mezi brankáři obhájil triumf Kolář". Blesk. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "První úlovek Sparty: Kúdela ze Slovácka". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Kúdela opouští Boleslav: Evropskou ligu vyměnil za Kazachstán, iSport.cz, Retrieved 2014/06/29 (Czech)
- ^ Ондрей Кудела – игрок ФК Ордабасы. www.fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Чешский футболист покинул Ордабасы. vesti.kz (in Russian). vesti.kz/. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Boleslav - Jablonec 2:0, triumf v poháru trefili Chramosta a Ščuk". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Liberecké posily: vrátil se záložník Kerbr, přišel i Kúdela" [Liberec reinforcements: the midfielder Kerbr returned, Kúdela came]. iDnes (in Czech). 23 January 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Slavia loupila v Liberci. Sešívané posílí brankář Kolář a obránce Kúdela" [Slavia robbed in Liberec. The stitcher will be strengthened by goalkeeper Kolář and defender Kúdela]. iSport.cz (in Czech). 20 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "ONDREJ KUDELA RESMI MILIK PERSIJA". persija.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Rapor Penampilan 3 Pemain Asing Persija saat Debut di Liga 1 2022-2023". skor.id. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "What was said to Glen Kamara? Claims from both Rangers and Slavia Prague explained". www.scotsman.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Klub (19 March 2021). "Club statement: Slavia denies allegations of racism". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Slavia to file Ibrox 'attack' complaint". BBC Sport. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Slavia Prague defender Kúdela appeals against 10-match ban". The Associated Press. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
- ^ a b c McCafferty, Gavin (11 March 2022). "Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela drops appeal against 10-match ban". STV Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Ondřej Kúdela at National-Football-Teams.com
External links edit
- Ondřej Kúdela – UEFA competition record (archive)