Dušan Melichárek

Dušan Melichárek
Personal information
Date of birth	29 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Vyškov, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Slovácko
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Slovácko
2004–2005	→ FC Veselí nad Moravou (loan)
2005–2008	Mjällby
2008	→ Malmö FF (loan)
2008–2011	Malmö FF
2012–2015	Slovácko
2015–2018	Inter Zaprešić
2015-2018	→ Zbrojovka Brno (loan)
2018–2019	Zbrojovka Brno
2019–2020	Malmö FF
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2021

Dušan Melichárek (born 29 November 1983) is a Czech footballer and a goalkeeper who last played for Malmö FF in the Swedish top flight.

Career[edit]

Malmö FF[edit]

Melichárek came to Malmö FF in the beginning of 2008 on loan from Mjällby. He was bought by the club after a successful loan period. He acted as reserve goalkeeper behind Jonas Sandqvist and later behind Johan Dahlin. However, he played for the majority of the matches during the 2011 season because of a long-term injury on Dahlin and participated in Malmö FF's campaign to qualify for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League, the club was eventually knocked out in the play-off round. Melichárek chose not to renew his contract with Malmö FF after the 2011 season and to search for a new club.^[1] He eventually signed for his youth club 1. FC Slovácko.^[2]

After a spell at FC Zbrojovka Brno, where he played four years, Melichárek moved back abroad again to Sweden, rejoining Malmö FF prior to the 2019 season.^[3] This meant he once more formed part of the goalkeeping team with Dahlin, who also had returned to the club earlier after a spell abroad. Sporting director Daniel Andersson cited Melichárek's familiarity with the club and also having worked with Dahlin and goalkeeper coach Jonnie Fedel before as a key part in the recruitment of Melichárek.

External links[edit]

(in Swedish) Malmö FF Profile Archived 3 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
(in Swedish) SvFF profile
Dušan Melichárek – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
Dušan Melichárek at Soccerway

References[edit]

^ "MFF bad honom spela gratis - nu lämnar han". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
^ "Dušan Melichárek míří na Slovácko". svenskfotboll.se (in Czech). 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
^ "Välkommen tillbaka till MFF, Dusan Melichárek". Malmö FF. 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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[1] "MFF bad honom spela gratis - nu lämnar han". svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). 29 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.

[2] "Dušan Melichárek míří na Slovácko". svenskfotboll.se (in Czech). 6 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

[3] "Välkommen tillbaka till MFF, Dusan Melichárek". Malmö FF. 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.

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