Pavel Kadeřábek

Pavel Kadeřábek (born 25 April 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Czech First League club Sparta Prague and played eight years for the Czech Republic national team. He previously represented his country at under-19 level^[3] and was in the Czech squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played all five of his country's matches.^[3]

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Pavel Kadeřábek
Kadeřábek with Czech Republic in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Pavel Kadeřábek
Date of birth	(1992-04-25) 25 April 1992 (age 33)^[1]
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)^[1]^[2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	Sparta Prague
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2015	Sparta Prague B	34	(2)
2011	→ FK Viktoria Žižkov (loan)	11	(0)
2012–2015	Sparta Prague	76	(10)
2015–2025	TSG Hoffenheim	256	(14)
2025–	Sparta Prague	5	(1)
International career^‡
2007–2008	Czech Republic U16	14	(3)
2008–2009	Czech Republic U17	15	(0)
2009	Czech Republic U18	5	(1)
2010–2011	Czech Republic U19	19	(1)
2013–2015	Czech Republic U21	7	(1)
2014–2021	Czech Republic	48	(3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 June 2021

Club career

In August 2010, Kadeřábek made his first competitive appearance for Sparta Prague in a play-off match in the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round, coming on as a 61st-minute substitute against MŠK Žilina.^[4]

In August 2011, having previously only played league football in the Czech 2. Liga for Sparta's reserve team, Kadeřábek went out on loan to Czech First League side Viktoria Žižkov.^[5]

On 17 June 2015, he joined TSG Hoffenheim on a four-year contract.^[6]

On 30 June 2025, Kadeřábek returned to Sparta Prague, signed a contract as a free agent.^[7]

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International career

Kadeřábek joined up with the Czech under-21 team for the first time ahead of a match against the Netherlands in August 2013.^[8] He represented the Czech U21 team at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and scored the opening goal of the tournament in a 1–2 loss to Denmark at the Eden Arena in Prague.^[9]

Kadeřábek debuted for the Czech senior squad on 21 May 2014 in a friendly match against Finland.^[10] He scored his first goal for the Czech Republic in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win against Iceland on 16 November 2014.^[11]

In June 2016, Kadeřábek was included in coach Pavel Vrba's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 in France.^[12] He retired from international football on 10 March 2022 for health reasons.^[13]

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Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2025.^[15]

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League	National Cup	Europe	Other	Total
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sparta Prague B	2009–10	Czech 2. Liga	2	0	—	—	—	2	0
2010–11	20	1	—	—	—	20	1
2011–12	12	1	—	—	—	12	1
Total	34	2	—	—	—	34	2
Viktoria Žižkov (loan)	2011–12	Czech First League	11	0	1	0	—	—	12	0
Sparta Prague	2010–11	Czech First League	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	0	0	2	0
2011–12	2	0	1	0	0	0	—	3	0
2012–13	19	2	3	2	9^[b]	0	—	31	4
2013–14	30	5	7	1	2^[b]	0	—	39	6
2014–15	25	3	1	0	12^[c]	0	1^[d]	0	39	3
Total	76	10	12	3	25	0	1	0	114	13
TSG Hoffenheim	2015–16	Bundesliga	28	0	1	0	—	—	29	0
2016–17	23	0	1	0	—	—	24	0
2017–18	28	2	1	0	5^[e]	1	—	34	3
2018–19	29	3	1	1	6^[f]	1	—	36	5
2019–20	30	2	3	1	—	—	33	3
2020–21	20	0	1	0	2^[b]	0	—	23	0
2021–22	19	1	0	0	—	—	19	1
2022–23	26	1	2	1	—	—	28	2
2023–24	28	3	1	0	—	—	29	3
2024–25	24	2	2	0	5^[b]	0	—	31	2
Total	255	14	13	3	18	2	—	286	19
Career total	376	26	26	6	43	2	1	0	446	34

One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
Appearance in Czech Supercup
Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 27 June 2021.^[16]

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2014	7	1
2015	7	1
2016	12	0
2017	4	0
2018	6	1
2019	6	0
2020	3	0
2021	3	0
Total	48	3

International goals

Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first.^[16]

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#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	16 November 2014	Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic	Iceland	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
2.	13 October 2015	Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	3–2
3.	26 March 2018	Guangxi Sports Center, Nanning, China	China	4–1	4–1	2018 China Cup

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Pavel Kadeřábek

Club career

International career

Personal life

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

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