Position Midfielder 1990–1996 SK Hradec Kralove Height 1.73 m | Years Team Role Football player Playing position Name Michal Smarda | |
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Date of birth (1971-01-31) 31 January 1971 (age 44) |
Michal Šmarda (born 31 January 1971) is a Czech former football midfielder and current coach at FK Baumit Jablonec. He played in the Gambrinus liga, making over 300 appearances for clubs including SK Hradec Králové, FK Viktoria Žižkov and SK Sigma Olomouc. He won the 1998–99 Gambrinus liga with AC Sparta Prague. Šmarda played the final match of his professional career in May 2008 and subsequently moved into coaching.
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Coaching career
Šmarda became a coach at Hradec in the Czech 2. Liga in 2008 immediately after ending his playing career. Due to injury problems in the first-team squad, Šmarda played the full 90 minutes in a friendly match for Hradec Králové in February 2012 against FC Astra Ploieşti. In May 2012, Šmarda followed Hradec Králové manager Václav Kotal to FK Baumit Jablonec, becoming assistant manager there.