Jaromír Šimr

Jaromír Šimr
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-01-31) 31 January 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1995 Viktoria Plzeň
1995–1999 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999 RKC Waalwijk 0 (0)
1999–2001 Excelsior 61 (20)
2001–2004 NEC 90 (6)
2005–2006 Amica Wronki 35 (0)
2006–2007 Excelsior 30 (3)
2007 Viktoria Plzeň[1] 1 (0)
2008–2011 Senco Doubravka
2011–2013 Spartak Chrást
2013–2014 Slavoj Kolovec
2014–2015 Plzen Bukovec
International career
1995 Czech Republic U16 5 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jaromír Šimr (born 31 January 1979), known in the Netherlands as Jarda Šimr, is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]

Career

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Born in Plzeň, Šimr began his career in the youth system of local side Viktoria Plzeň, before moving to Feyenoord's youth academy in 1995.

After a move to RKC Waalwijk (without making a senior appearance), he would eventually make his senior league debut on 14 August 1999, for Excelsior, against Go Ahead Eagles. Over the following two seasons, he became a key player and this led to a move to NEC Nijmegen.

In 2003, he scored the goal to take NEC into the UEFA Cup (qualifying for Europe through their league position for the first time).

After leaving NEC, he played for Polish side Amica Wronki, then returned for a single season with Excelsior, before winding down his career at three Plzeň clubs: Viktoria, Senco Doubravka, Spartak Chrast, Slavoj Kolovec and finally Plzeň Bukovec, where he ended his playing career in 2014.

References

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  1. ^ "Jaromír Šimr". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). iDNES. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
  2. ^ Humplík, Michal (31 December 2003). "Bludný Holanďan Jaromír Šimr" (in Czech). sportovci.cz. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.