Jan Vorel Football player

Jan Vorel (born 1 September 1978) is a Czech football defender who plays for FK Dukla Prague in the Gambrinus liga. He is the club captain.Born in Prague, he played for the youth teams of Prague clubs Viktoria Žižkov and FK Dukla Prague before joining the ranks of FK Chmel Blšany youth side aged 14. After a loan spell at FC Xaverov Horní Počernice he broke into the senior team at Blšany where he spent the majority of his career, making 197 appearances for the club, aiding their promotion to the 1st Division in 1998. He served as club captain during his time at Blšany.Between 1997 and 1998, Vorel represented numerous national football teams of the Czech Republic including the Czech Republic U21 team, for whom he made six appearances.After FK Chmel Blšany's relegation from top tier football in 2006, Vorel he was loaned out to Slavia Prague, with the option for a permanent transfer at the end of the 2006/07 season. He made 8 starts, 11 appearances overall, during his stay at Slavia, helping the team to second place in the league. The club however decided against signing the player.In 2007 he left the Czech League, completing a move to Aris Limassol in Cyprus. Limassol were relegated from the Cypriot First Division at the end of the 2007/08 season after finishing 12th.In 2008 he returned to the Czech Republic, signing for FK Dukla Prague, the club he played for as a youngster. Following Dukla's promotion in 2011, Vorel played in the Gambrinus liga for the first time in more than four years on 29 July 2011. In November 2012, Vorel extended his contract with Dukla until the summer of 2014. In March 2013 Vorel played the shortest match of his life, being sent off after just 20 seconds in a league match for Dukla against Plzeň, which Dukla went on to lose 4–0. Vorel was again sent off in the fourth match of the 2013–14 season, receiving a four-game suspension following a two-footed challenge on Slavia striker Dávid Škutka.

Personal facts

Jan Vorel
Birth dateSeptember 01, 1978
Birth place
Czechoslovakia , Prague
Height (meters)1.8

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Football player

position
Defender (association football)
teams
Czech Republic national under-18 football team
SK Slavia Prague
Aris Limassol F.C.
SC Xaverov
Czech Republic national under-19 football team
FK Chmel Blšany
FK Viktoria Žižkov
Czech Republic national under-21 football team
FK Dukla Prague

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External resources

  1. http://www.fkdukla.cz/Prvni-tym/Soupiska-prvniho-tymu/Jan-Vorel/C-1d-Pd.player.aspx