Ondřej Smetana (footballer)

Ondřej Smetana (born 4 September 1982) is a Czech retired football player and current head coach of FC Baník Ostrava's B-team.

Ondřej Smetana
Personal information
Full name Ondřej Smetana
Date of birth (1982-09-04) 4 September 1982
Place of birth Ostrava-Vítkovice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Baník Ostrava B (Head coach)
Youth career
1989–2001 Vítkovice
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Vítkovice 60 (9)
2002 → Baník Ratíškovice (loan) 10 (1)
2006–2007 Fotbal Fulnek 15 (7)
2008–2011 Slovan Liberec 41 (5)
2009 → Slovácko (loan) 11 (2)
2010–2011 → Senica (loan) 29 (18)
2011–2013 Sint-Truiden 7 (0)
2012 → Slovan Bratislava (loan) 14 (5)
2012–2013 → Hansa Rostock (loan) 25 (8)
2013–2014 Enosis Neon Paralimni 3 (0)
2014 Elversberg 3 (0)
2014–2015 Fotbal Třinec 21 (2)
2015 Union Neuhofen/Ybbs 10 (4)
Teams managed
2016–2017 MFK Vítkovice (youth)
2018 Odra Petřkovice
2019–2020 Odra Petřkovice
2020 Vítkovice
2020– Baník Ostrava B
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Smetana started his football career in his native Ostrava at FC Vítkovice. He eventually appeared in several other Second League clubs before moving to Gambrinus liga's Slovan Liberec, where he plays to date. He signed a contract at Sint-Truiden (Belgium) for 2011–12 season.

Club career

Smetana was. right-footed striker who spent the first nine years of his professional career in various clubs in the first three leagues in the Czech Republic, before moving to Belgium and finally Germany from 2010 via Slovakia. There, he signed a one-year contract with 3. Liga club Hansa Rostock in June 2012, initially on loan from Belgian Sint-Truiden; a purchase option was also agreed.[1] Smetana then played for Hansa in 25 games in which he scored a total of eight goals. In addition, he was voted the 3. Liga player of the month in September and October 2012 and ultimately took the second place in the 3. Liga player of the year election. After a brief stint in the first division of Cyprus, 3. Liga club SV Elversberg signed him for the second half of the season. This was followed by a season at Fotbal Třinec and in summer 2015 the move to Union Neuhofen / Ybbs in Austria.

Coaching career

Smetana started his coaching career at MFK Vítkovice as a youth coach.[2]

In December 2017 it was confirmed, that Smetana would take charge of FC Odra Petřkovice from 1 January 2018.[3] However, he decided to resign on 10 September 2018.[4] He took charge of the team once again at the beginning of the 2019-20 season. He left the club in January 2020, to take up a head coach role at his former club MFK Vítkovice.[5] However, Smetana wasn't able to save the club from relegation to the Moravian–Silesian Football League and left the club by the end of the season.[6]

On 18 August 2020, Smetana was appointed head coach of FC Baník Ostrava's B-team playing in the Moravian–Silesian Football League.[7]

References
  1. Ausleihe für ein Jahr mit Option: Hansa verpflichtet Ondrej Smetana, fc-hansa.de, 17 June 2012
  2. Kouč Smetana na začátku mise v Petřkovicích: Mám chuť vítězit, říká, moravskoslezsky.denik.cz, 18 January 2018
  3. Fotbalisty Petřkovic povede bývalý útočník Smetana, moravskoslezsky.denik.cz, 6 December 2017
  4. Ondřej Smetana končí na lavičce Petřkovic, fcodrapetrkovice.cz, 10 September 2018
  5. Smetanu nalákaly mateřské Vítkovice - navzdory veškeré nejistotě, idnes.cz, 30 January 2020
  6. Tvrdý pád Vítkovic. Tradiční klub míří do divize, kouč Smetana končí, zpravyzmoravy.cz, 17 July 2020
  7. ONDŘEJ SMETANA JE NOVÝM TRENÉREM BÉČKA, fcb.cz, 18 August 2020
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