Jaroslav Zelený

Jaroslav Zelený

Zelený in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth	(1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Left-back centre-back
Team information
Current team	Sparta Prague
Number	30
Youth career
	Hradec Králové
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2014	Hradec Králové	78	(5)
2014–2015	→ Karviná (loan)	17	(0)
2015–2017	Karviná	28	(1)
2017–2018	Jablonec	41	(1)
2018–2021	Slavia Prague	20	(0)
2020	→ Mladá Boleslav (loan)	13	(1)
2020–2021	→ Jablonec (loan)	32	(3)
2021–2022	Jablonec	33	(1)
2022–	Sparta Prague	56	(2)
International career^‡
2008	Czech Republic U-17	1	(0)
2010	Czech Republic U-18	1	(0)
2020–	Czech Republic	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 7 September 2023

Jaroslav Zelený (born 20 August 1992) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for Sparta Prague and the Czech Republic national team.[1]

Career

On 3 June 2022, Zelený signed a contract with Sparta Prague.[2]

On 6 September 2020, Zelený received his first invitation to the Czech senior team for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League match against Scotland.[3]

Career statistics

As of 11 June 2022

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hradec Králové	2009–10	Czech National Football League	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	2010–11	Czech First League	6	1	0	0	—		—		6	1
	2011–12		28	2	0	0	—		—		28	2
	2012–13		14	0	0	0	—		—		14	0
	2013–14	Czech National Football League	28	2	1	0	—		—		29	2
	Total		78	5	1	0	—		—		79	5
Karviná (loan)	2014–15	Czech National Football League	17	0	1	0	—		—		18	0
Karviná	2015–16	Czech National Football League	12	0	2	0	—		—		14	0
	2016–17	Fortuna liga	16	1	0	0	—		—		16	1
	Total		28	1	2	0	—		—		30	1
Jablonec	2016–17	Czech First League	15	0	0	0	—		—		15	0
	2017–18		26	1	6	0	—		—		32	1
	Total		41	1	6	0	—		—		47	1
Slavia Prague	2018–19	Czech First League	13	0	3	0	1	0	—		17	0
	2019–20		7	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	13	1
	Total		20	0	5	1	5	0	0	0	30	1
Mladá Boleslav (loan)	2019–20	Czech First League	13	1	1	0	—		—		14	1
Jablonec (loan)	2020–21	Czech First League	32	3	2	0	1	1	—		35	4
Jablonec	2021–22	Czech First League	33	1	4	0	10	0	—		47	1
Sparta Prague	2022–23	Czech First League	34	1	5	1	2	1	—		42	3
Career total			296	13	27	2	18	2	0	0	342	17

International

As of 7 September 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Czech Republic	2020	1	0
	2021	0	0
	2022	5	0
	2023	2	0
Total		8	0

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League: 2022–23,[4] 2023–24[5]
• Czech Cup: 2023–24[6]

References

1. "První letní posilou Slavie je Schranz, opačným směrem míří Malínský a Zelený".
2. "Sparta má druhou posilu. Zelený podepsal víceletou smlouvu". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 3 June 2022.
3. Sedlák, Martin (10 September 2020). "V české lize je řada kvalitních hráčů, říká Zelený po duelu se Skotskem". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra.
4. "Sparta v euforii! Remíza na Slovácku odstartovala mistrovské oslavy". Sport.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
5. "SESTŘIH: Boleslav - Sparta 0:5. Titul pro Letenské! Kuchta dal čtyři góly". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. 18 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
6. Neumann, Robert (22 May 2024). "Sparta slaví double! Triumf v nervózním finále trefil Birmančevič". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

External links

• Jaroslav Zelený at ČMFS (in Czech) at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 March 2012)
• Jaroslav Zelený at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
• Guardian Football Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Jaroslav Zelený at Soccerway

Jaroslav Zelený – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)