Milan Fukal

Milan Fukal is a Czech former professional footballer.
The defender played for FK Jablonec between 1996 and 1999, scoring twice for the club at the start of the Czech First League">Czech Republic">Czech First League before signing for AC [Sparta Prague|Sparta Prague]. He represented the Czech national team, for which he won 19 caps and scored two goals.
Fukal signed for Bundesliga team Hamburger SV in August 2000, for a fee reported as 5.75 million Deutsche Marks. Before the 2004–05 season, he moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach, signing a three-year contract. Having made a total of 109 appearances in the Bundesliga and having scored 9 goals there, he returned to the Czech Republic in September 2006 to play for his former club Jablonec.
After the 2007–08 season, Fukal left Jablonec for Austrian first league club Kapfenberger SV. Fukal again returned to the Czech Republic in 2011, signing a one-year contract with FC Hradec Králové. He continued with Hradec and was team captain until being dropped from their first team squad six matches from the end of the 2012–13 season, which culminated in his team's relegation.