Ondřej Kúdela

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.

Ondřej Kúdela
Kúdela playing for the Czech Republic in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ondřej Kúdela[1]
Date of birth (1987-03-26) 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 45 (4)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 September 2022

Style of play

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

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

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

Club
As of match played 30 September 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slovácko 2004–05 Czech First League 10———10
2005–06 Czech First League 12100——121
2006–07 Czech First League 18000——180
Total 31100——311
Kladno (loan) 2007–08 Czech First League 10100——101
Sparta Prague 2008–09 Czech First League 600010—70
Mladá Boleslav 2008–09 Czech First League 8100——81
2009–10 Czech First League 25100——251
2010–11 Czech First League 15010——160
2011–12 Czech First League 265202010315
2012–13 Czech First League 2413040—311
2013–14 Czech First League 29050——340
2014–15 Czech First League 5010——60
2015–16 Czech First League 2916020—371
2016–17 Czech First League 1602020—200
Total 1779200100102089
Ordabasy (loan) 2014 Kazakhstan Premier League 14000——140
Slovan Liberec 2016–17 Czech First League 14020——160
2017–18 Czech First League 15020——170
Total 29040——330
Slavia Prague 2017–18 Czech First League 7010——80
2018–19 Czech First League 2232090—333
2019–20 Czech First League 302108010402
2020–21 Czech First League 2964090—426
2021–22 Czech First League 1230040—163
Total 10014803001013914
Persija Jakarta 2022–23 Liga 1 3220000—322
2023–24 Liga 1 1220000—122
Career total 411293204102048629

International
As of match played 25 September 2022[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Czech Republic 200810
201930
202020
202130
202210
Total100

Honours

SK Slavia Prague

Czech Rupublic U-20

Individual

References
  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. Ondřej Kúdela – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Liberecké posily: vrátil se záložník Kerbr, přišel i Kúdela". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  6. "Kúdela je nejlepší obránce ligy. Mezi brankáři obhájil triumf Kolář". Blesk. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  7. "První úlovek Sparty: Kúdela ze Slovácka". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. Kúdela opouští Boleslav: Evropskou ligu vyměnil za Kazachstán, iSport.cz, Retrieved 2014/06/29 (Czech)
  9. Ондрей Кудела – игрок ФК Ордабасы. www.fcordabasy.kz (in Russian). FC Ordabasy. 29 June 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  10. Чешский футболист покинул Ордабасы. vesti.kz (in Russian). vesti.kz/. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  11. "Boleslav - Jablonec 2:0, triumf v poháru trefili Chramosta a Ščuk". iDnes. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. "ONDREJ KUDELA RESMI MILIK PERSIJA". persija.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  15. "Rapor Penampilan 3 Pemain Asing Persija saat Debut di Liga 1 2022-2023". skor.id. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  16. "What was said to Glen Kamara? Claims from both Rangers and Slavia Prague explained". www.scotsman.com. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  17. Klub (19 March 2021). "Club statement: Slavia denies allegations of racism". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  18. "Slavia to file Ibrox 'attack' complaint". BBC Sport. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  19. "Slavia Prague defender Kúdela appeals against 10-match ban". The Associated Press. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  20. McCafferty, Gavin (11 March 2022). "Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela drops appeal against 10-match ban". STV Sport. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  21. Ondřej Kúdela at National-Football-Teams.com
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