Michal Papadopulos

Michal Papadopulos
	Papadopulos playing for MFK Karviná in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	14 April 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1992–1998	NH Ostrava
1998–2002	Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2005	Baník Ostrava
2003–2004	→ Arsenal (loan)
2006–2008	Bayer Leverkusen
2008	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)
2008–2009	Mladá Boleslav
2009–2011	Heerenveen
2011	Zhemchuzhina
2011–2012	FC Rostov
2012–2017	Zagłębie Lubin
2017–2019	Piast Gliwice
2019–2020	Korona Kielce
2020–2023	MFK Karviná
International career
2000–2001	Czech Republic U15
2001–2002	Czech Republic U17
2002–2004	Czech Republic U19
2004–2007	Czech Republic U21
2008–2011	Czech Republic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michal Papadopulos (born 14 April 1985) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.^[1]

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 one first-team match for Arsenal, in a December 2003 League Cup match against Wolverhampton Wanderers as a 83rd minute substitute for Jérémie Aliadière.^[2] He returned to Baník in 2004. Papadopulos won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. In December 2005, he moved to German club Bayer Leverkusen, spending some time on loan at side Energie Cottbus before signing with Czech side Mladá Boleslav in June 2008.^[3] In June 2009, SC Heerenveen signed the Czech forward from Mladá Boleslav on a five-year contract.^[4]