Pavel Kadeřábek

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 and was in the Czech squad for the 2011 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, where he played all five of his country's matches.

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.

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.

On 17 June 2015, he joined TSG Hoffenheim on a four-year contract.

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. 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.

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

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

Personal life
Kadeřábek started a relationship with Czech Miss Tereza Chlebovská in 2014. The couple has a daughter named Ema on 2 September 2016.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first.

Honours
AC Sparta Praha
 * Czech Cup: 2013–14
 * Czech First League: 2013–14

Czech Republic U19
 * UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2011