Luboš Kalouda

Czech footballer

Luboš Kalouda

Kalouda with Dukla Prague in 2013

Personal information
Full name|  Luboš Kalouda[1]
Date of birth|  (1987-05-20) 20 May 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth|  Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height|  1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Team information

Current team

|  1\. FC Slovácko
Number|  25
Youth career
2001–2006|  1\. FC Brno
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2006–2008|  1\. FC Brno|  27|  (5)
2008–2012|  CSKA Moscow|  6|  (0)
2009–2010|  → Sparta Prague (loan)|  16|  (0)
2010|  → Volgar-Gazprom (loan)|  7|  (1)
2011|  → Oleksandriya (loan)|  6|  (0)
2012–2014|  FK Dukla Prague|  33|  (4)
2014–2017|  1\. FC Slovácko|  29|  (7)
International career
2004|  Czech Republic U18|  4|  (0)
2006|  Czech Republic U19|  1|  (0)
2006–2007|  Czech Republic U20|  9|  (3)
2007–2008|  Czech Republic U21|  8|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luboš Kalouda (born 20 May 1987) is a Czech former footballer. He retired in 2018 at age 31 because of injury.[2]

## Club career

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Kalouda started his club career with Brno, where he made his Czech First League debut in a match against FK Teplice on 3 December 2006.[3]

In January 2008 Brno were offered €4million by Juventus FC, who saw Kalouda as a possible long term replacement for Nedvěd; however, the teams failed to reach an agreement. Despite interest from clubs including English Premier League team Newcastle United,[4] Kalouda signed a five-year contract at PFC CSKA Moscow with a transfer fee of between 130 and 140 million CZK.[5] However, he started playing for their youth team there and was injured.[6]

A year later, it was announced that Kalouda would be returning to the Czech Republic on a year-long loan deal to Sparta Prague.[7] His time at Sparta was limited by injury and he had an operation on a groin problem in January 2010,[8] although he still managed to take part in 16 league matches over the course of the season.

Kalouda concluded his contract with CSKA in 2012, a year earlier than expected, having made just five league appearances for the Russian outfit in four years.[9]

Kalouda signed for Dukla Prague as a free agent in July 2012 on a three-year contract.[10] His contract with Dukla was terminated in April 2014, with the player having made a total of 33 league appearances for the club.[11]

## International career

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Kalouda was a member of the Czech Republic National U-20 Team which won silver medals in 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Kalouda scored three goals (against Korea DPR, Panama and Spain) and was one of the best players in the Czech team.[12] Due to his performances in autumn 2007 while playing for Brno, he was picked in January 2008 for the senior Czech national team for the first time by national team boss Karel Brückner.[13] His style of play was compared to that of the legendary Czech midfielder Pavel Nedvěd.

## Career honours

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Sparta Prague

* Czech First League: 2009/2010

PFC CSKA Moscow

* Russian Cup: 2009

International
Czech Rupublic U-21

* FIFA U-20 World Cup runner-up (1) 2007

## References

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ Vicemistr světa Kalouda podniká: Fotbal mi nechybí, teď mi práce dává větší smysl sport.aktualne.cz
3. ^ Luboš Kalouda – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
4. ^ "Do hry o Kaloudu vstoupil Newcastle". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
5. ^ Novák, Jaromír (11 March 2008). "Kalouda přestupuje do CSKA Moskva". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
6. ^ Já do Ruska nechtěl, lákal mě Juventus s Nedvědem, vzpomíná Kalouda. Teď se znovu vrací na trávníky sport.aktualne.cz/
7. ^ "Sparta dotáhla příchod záložníka Kaloudy, na Letné bude rok hostovat". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
8. ^ Novák, Miloslav (26 January 2010). "Sparťan Kalouda je po operaci třísel, jeho šance na sestavu se snížila". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
9. ^ "Další štace pozapomenutého talentu. Kalouda míří do Dukly". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 7 July 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
10. ^ Novák, Jaromír (9 July 2012). "Fotbalová Dukla získala vedle Kaloudy také španělského zadáka Romeru". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
11. ^ "Kalouda se dohodl s Duklou na předčasném ukončení smlouvy". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
12. ^ Lubos Kalouda – FIFA competition record (archived)
13. ^ "Brückner bere opory, k tomu čtyři nováčky". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 14 January 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2012.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luboš Kalouda.

* Luboš Kalouda at Soccerway
* Luboš Kalouda at FAČR (in Czech)
* Luboš Kalouda – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
* Luboš Kalouda at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals