Pavel Kadeřábek

Pavel Kadeřábek

Kadeřábek with Czech Republic in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Pavel Kadeřábek
Date of birth	(1992-04-25) 25 April 1992 (age 32) [1]
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] [2]
Position(s)	Right-back
Team information
Current team	TSG Hoffenheim
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–	TSG Hoffenheim	249	(12)
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, correct as of 14 March 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2021

Pavel Kadeřábek (born 25 April 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim 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]

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]

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. ^[7] 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. ^[8]

Kadeřábek debuted for the Czech senior squad on 21 May 2014 in a friendly match against Finland. ^[9] He scored his first goal for the Czech Republic in a 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying win against Iceland on 16 November 2014. ^[10]

In June 2016, Kadeřábek was included in coach Pavel Vrba's 23-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 in France. ^[11] He retired from international football on 10 March 2022 for health reasons. ^[12]

Personal life

Kadeřábek started a relationship with Czech Miss Tereza Chlebovská  [ cs ] in 2014. The couple has a daughter named Ema on 2 September 2016. ^[13]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 14 March 2025. ^[14]

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		18	0	2	0	5 [b]	0	—		25	0
	Total		249	12	13	3	18	2	—		280	17
Career total			370	24	26	6	43	2	1	0	440	32

1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Czech Supercup
5. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International

As of match played 27 June 2021. ^[15]

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. ^[15]

#	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

Honours

AC Sparta Praha

• Czech Cup: 2013–14
• Czech First League: 2013–14

Czech Republic U19

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2011

References

1. "Pavel Kadeřábek | TSG Hoffenheim | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com. DFL . Retrieved 16 September 2022.
2. "Pavel Kadeřábek". TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
3. Pavel Kadeřábek at FAČR (in Czech)
4. "UEFA Champions League 2010–11 | History | Playoff". UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
5. "Žižkov získal na hostování reprezentanta do 19 let Kadeřábka". Deník (in Czech). 12 August 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
6. "Pavel Kaderabek kommt aus Prag zur TSG" (in German). TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. 17 June 2015.
7. "V nominaci jedenadvacítky je i Krejčí. Poprvé se představí Kadeřábek" [Krejčí in the under-21 squad. Kadeřábek is introduced for the first time]. Mladá fronta Dnes . Prague: Mafra. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
8. "Czech Republic 1-2 Denmark". UEFA. 17 June 2015.
9. Novák, Miloslav (21 May 2014). "Zase 2-2 | Ani v druhém zápase pod Vrbou fotbalisté nevyhráli". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague: Mafra. Češi i bez nemocného kapitána Rosického a se šesti sparťany v sestavě, z nichž Vácha a Kadeřábek debutovali, byli aktivní.[Even without the injured captain Rosický and with six Sparta Prague players in the line-up, of which Vácha and Kadeřábek debuted, the Czechs were active.]
10. "Češi v kvalifikaci válí! Porazili i Island a přezimují na prvním místě". Lidové noviny (in Czech). 16 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
11. "Euro 2016: Full squads for every country". BBC Sport . BBC. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
12. "Končím! Kadeřábek už české reprezentaci nepomůže". Sport.cz (in Czech). 10 March 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
13. "Chlebovská už přítele netají, je to fotbalista Pavel Kadeřábek" [Chlebovská makes no secret of her boyfriend: it is footballer Pavel Kadeřábek]. Mladá fronta Dnes . Prague: Mafra. 29 May 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
14. "P. Kadeřábek". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
15. "Kadeřábek, Pavel". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 20 January 2018.

External links

• Pavel Kadeřábek – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
• Pavel Kadeřábek at FAČR (in Czech)
• Pavel Kadeřábek at Soccerway