Jaromír Zmrhal

Jaromír Zmrhal
Zmrhal with Slavia Prague
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-08-02) 2 August 1993
Place of birth Žatec, Czech Republic
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position Left winger
Team information
Current team
Zbrojovka Brno
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)
2024–2026 Apollon Limassol 55 (3)
2026– Zbrojovka Brno 0 (0)
International career‡
2013 Czech Republic U20 1 (0)
2012–2015 Czech Republic U21 20 (1)
2016–2023 Czech Republic 23 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:09, 1 June 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 June 2023

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

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 Czech First League 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.

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]

Zbrojovka Brno

On 5 June 2026, Zmrhal signed a multi-year contract with Czech club Zbrojovka Brno.[5]

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,[6] debuting against the latter on 11 October.

He scored his first goal in his second appearance, a 2–1 home victory against Norway in the World Cup qualification round.[7]

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Slavia Prague 2012–13 Czech First League 28100——281
2013–14 29040——330
2014–15 26410——274
2015–16 27422——296
2016–17 3074050—397
2017–18 2153080—325
2018–19 23410142—386
2019–20 31——1041
Total 187261522721023030
Brescia 2019–20 Serie A 21210——222
2020–21 Serie B 70———70
Total 28210——292
Mladá Boleslav (loan) 2020–21 Czech First League 18421——205
Slovan Bratislava 2021–22 Slovak Super Liga 28851142—4711
2022–23 25271120—443
2023–24 28341100—424
Total 91131633620013318
Career total 314454466341041255

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 2016Eden Arena, Prague, Czech Republic2 Norway2–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualifying

Honours

Slavia Prague

Slovan Bratislava

References

  1. ↑ Trusina, Radim (27 September 2015). "Gól Spartě je ten nejvzácnější v životě, řekl hrdina Slavie Zmrhal" ["The goal against Sparta was the most precious in my life", says Zmrhal, hero of Slavia]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
  2. 1 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. ↑ Kosta, Panos (4 July 2024). "Καταρχην συμφωνια με τον Γιαρομιρ Ζμερχαλ". Apollon Limassol FC (in Greek). Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ↑ Černý, Jiří (5 June 2026). "Zbrojovka přivádí slávistické duo. Do Brna míří exreprezentanti Ševčík a Zmrhal" [Zbrojovka brings in Slavia duo. Former national team players Ševčík and Zmrhal head to Brno]. iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Czech team summons 3 more footballers for match vs Azerbaijan". Azerbaijan Report. 4 October 2016.
  7. ↑ 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). Mafra.