![]() Bednář with West Bromwich Albion in 2009
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roman Bednář | ||
Date of birth | 26 March 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Playing position | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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1. FK Příbram | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Youth career | |||
1990–1999 | ČAFC Prague | ||
1999–2002 | Bohemians 1905 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2005 | Mladá Boleslav | 70 | (23) |
2005–2006 | FBK Kaunas | 0 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Heart of Midlothian (loan) | 22 | (7) |
2006–2008 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | (4) |
2007–2008 | → West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 29 | (13) |
2008–2012 | West Bromwich Albion | 56 | (17) |
2010 | → Leicester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2012 | Blackpool | 9 | (1) |
2012 | Sivasspor | 0 | (0) |
2013–2015 | Sparta Prague | 39 | (9) |
2015 | → 1. FK Příbram (loan) | 12 | (5) |
2015– | 1. FK Příbram | 16 | (5) |
National team‡ | |||
2002–2003 | Czech Republic U20 | 10 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Czech Republic U21 | 4 | (2) |
2006–2010 | Czech Republic | 8 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 February 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 28 February 2016 |
Roman Bednář (born 26 March 1983) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for 1. FK Příbram.
Born in Prague, Bednář started his career as a youth player at ČAFC Prague before he stepped up to Gambrinus liga side FC Bohemians Praha in 1998. In 2002, after failing to break into the first team at Bohemians, he moved to Czech Second Division side FK Mladá Boleslav. Bednář finished the 2003–04 season as top scorer with 10 goals as Mladá Boleslav won the Second Division title.
In the 2004–05 season Bednář started to come to the attention of Lithuanian scouts as his six goals helped Mladá Boleslav consolidate in the Gambrinus Liga. It was in this season that Bednář was voted as the "Revelation of the Season" as his physical strength, aerial ability, positional awareness and ability to create chances for other team mates made him a constant threat for opposition defences.
On 27 July 2005, Hearts announced that they had completed the signing of Bednář on a one-year loan deal from FBK Kaunas. He scored on his debut against Kilmarnock, and also in the 3–0 away victory over Dundee United. Bednář then cemented his place in Hearts folklore by scoring the only goal in the 1–0 victory over Rangers at Tynecastle. It was in this game, however, that he suffered a serious knee injury that ruled him out for most of the campaign. He made his return on 26 November against Motherwell in a 1–1 draw, and played his part in Hearts' successful second-place finish and Scottish Cup victory.
Bednář started the 2006–07 Scottish Premier League season in a rich vein of form, scoring three times, twice in the 2–1 victory over Celtic at Tynecastle.