Jaromír Zmrhal

Jaromír Zmrhal (born 2 August 1993) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Apollon Limassol and the Czech Republic national team. He can play as a central midfielder or left winger.

Jaromír Zmrhal

Zmrhal with Slavia Prague
Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Žatec, Czech Republic
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Left winger
Team information
Current team	Apollon Limassol
Youth career
2004–2012	Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2019	Slavia Prague	187	(26)
2019–2021	Brescia	28	(2)
2021	→ Mladá Boleslav (loan)	18	(4)
2021–2024	Slovan Bratislava	81	(13)
2024–	Apollon Limassol	2	(1)
International career‡
2013	Czech Republic U20	1	(0)
2012–2015	Czech Republic U21	20	(1)
2016–	Czech Republic	22	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023

Club career

Slavia Prague

Jaromír Zmrhal broke into the Slavia Prague first team in 2012, making his league debut on 4 August in a 2–2 Gambrinus liga away draw against Baník Ostrava. He scored his first league goal three weeks later in a 5–0 home win against FC Zbrojovka Brno. He then went on to appear in 83 out of 90 league matches over the next three seasons, scoring five goals. In the 2015–16 season, he scored the winning goal in the Slavia - Sparta derby on 27 September 2015 with a powerful long-range effort.^[1]

On 9 May 2018, he played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against Jablonec.^{[citation needed]}

Brescia and Loan to Mladá Boleslav

On 6 August 2019, Zmrhal signed a four-year contract with Italian club Brescia.^[2] The transfer fee was reported to be €3.75m.^[2]

On 1 February 2021, Zmrhal moved to Czech club Mladá Boleslav, on a loan deal until the end of the season.^[3]

Apollon Limassol

On 4 July 2024, Zmrhal signed a contract with Cypriot club Apollon Limassol until May 2026.^[4]

International career

Zmrhal got his first call up to the senior Czech Republic side for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Germany and Azerbaijan in October 2016,^[5] debuting against the latter on 11 October.^{[citation needed]}

He scored his first goal in his second appearance,^[when?] a 2–1 home victory against Norway in the World Cup qualification round.^[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 5 July 2024

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Slavia Prague	2012–13	Czech First League	28	1	0	0	—		—		28	1
	2013–14		29	0	4	0	—		—		33	0
	2014–15		26	4	1	0	—		—		27	4
	2015–16		27	4	2	2	—		—		29	6
	2016–17		30	7	4	0	5	0	—		39	7
	2017–18		21	5	3	0	8	0	—		32	5
	2018–19		23	4	1	0	14	2	—		38	6
	2019–20		3	1	—		—		1	0	4	1
	Total		187	26	15	2	27	2	1	0	230	30
Brescia	2019–20	Serie A	21	2	1	0	—		—		22	2
	2020–21	Serie B	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
	Total		28	2	1	0	—		—		29	2
Mladá Boleslav (loan)	2020–21	Czech First League	18	4	2	1	—		—		20	5
Slovan Bratislava	2021–22	Slovak Super Liga	28	8	5	1	14	2	—		47	11
	2022–23		25	2	7	1	12	0	—		44	3
	2023–24		28	3	4	1	10	0	—		42	4
	Total		91	13	16	3	36	2	0	0	133	18
Career total			314	45	44	6	63	4	1	0	412	55

International

As of match played 11 November 2016. Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Zmrhal goal.

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 2016	Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	2	Norway	2–0	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Honours

Slavia Prague

• Czech Cup: 2017–18

Slovan Bratislava

• Fortuna Liga: 2021–22, 2022–23

References

1. ""The goal against Sparta was the most precious in my life", says Zmrhal, hero of Slavia". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. 27 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
2. "Official: Brescia buy Zmrhal". Football Italia. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
3. Fedele, Francesco (1 February 2021). "Ufficiale: Brescia, Zmrhal ceduto al Mlada Boleslav" [Official: Brescia, Zmrhal loaned to Mladá Boleslava]. Pianeta Serie A (in Italian). Retrieved 2 February 2021.
4. "Καταρχην συμφωνια με τον Γιαρομιρ Ζμερχαλ". Apollon Limassol FC (in Greek). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
5. "Czech team summons 3 more footballers for match vs Azerbaijan". Azerbaijan Report. 4 October 2016.
6. Novák, Miloslav (11 November 2016). "Česko 2-1: Češi díky premiérovým gólům Krmenčíka a Zmrhala poprvé vyhráli" [Czech Republic 2–1: The Czechs won for the first time thanks to the first goals of Krmenčík and Zmrhal]. Lidové noviny (in Czech).

External links

• Jaromír Zmrhal at FAČR (in Czech)
• Jaromír Zmrhal – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)