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Martin Latka (born 28 September 1984) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a central defender. During the course of his career, Latka played nine seasons for Slavia Prague. His other clubs included Dynamo České Budějovice and Slovan Liberec domestically, as well as English side Birmingham City, Greek club Panionios and German outfit Fortuna Düsseldorf. Latka made one appearance for the Czech Republic.

Club career

Latka began his career with SK Dynamo České Budějovice, joining Slavia Prague in 2003. In 2005, he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards.[1] On 30 January 2006, he joined Birmingham City on loan until the end of the 2006–07 season, having spent time trialling with Middlesbrough.[2] He made his debut for Birmingham City in a 1–1 draw against Liverpool at the start of February.[3] He played six full games. However, in that season Birmingham were relegated and Latka returned to Slavia.

In January 2009, Latka joined Panionios. In 2011, he returned to Slavia Prague.[4]

In January 2013, he was transferred to Bundesliga side Fortuna Düsseldorf, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract with the German club.[5] After a year and a half at Fortuna Düsseldorf, Martin Latka's contract was not extended in May 2014. The defender made a return to SK Slavia Prague, but started just 13 matches in the 2015–16 season before leaving in the summer of 2016.[4] In August 2016 Latka signed a one-year contract with Slovan Liberec.[6] In January 2018 Latka announced that he had retired from professional football.[7]

International career

Although Latka won the Czech Talent of the Year award in 2005 and was a regular in Czech U21 setup, he was not called up to the senior national team until his debut against Slovakia on 14 November 2012.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Historie ankety Fotbalista roku". ČMFS (in Czech). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Birmingham win race for Latka". theguardian.com. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Latka earns plaudits for display". birminghammail.co.uk. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Kapitán fotbalové Slavie Latka končí v Edenu. S klubem se domluvil na ukončení smlouvy". irozhlas.cz (in Czech). 11 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Fortuna verstärkt sich mit Martin Latka" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 17 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Srdcař Slavie Latka míří do Liberce. Podepsal tam roční smlouvu". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 15 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Latka ukončil kariéru, s parťákem Kiselem zastupují hráče! Upsal se jim slávista Zmrhal". sport.cz (in Czech). 30 January 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  8. ^ Novák, Miloslav (14 November 2012). "Česko 3-0 Slovensko, povedený večer osladil Lafata i debutant Dočkal" [Czech Republic 3-0 Slovakia, a successful evening was sweetened by Lafat and debutant Dočkal]. Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra.
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