{{short description|Czech footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Milan Škoda | image = Milan Skoda.jpg | caption = Škoda in 2015 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia | height = 1.90 m | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1992–2000 | youthclubs1 = ČAFC Praha | youthyears2 = 2000 | youthclubs2 = Pragis Satalice | youthyears3 = 2000 | youthclubs3 = ČAFC Praha | youthyears4 = 2001–2004 | youthclubs4 = Bohemians 1905 | years1 = 2004–2012 | clubs1 = Bohemians 1905 | caps1 = 114 | goals1 = 25 | years2 = 2012–2020 | clubs2 = Slavia Prague | caps2 = 210 | goals2 = 78 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Çaykur Rizespor | caps3 = 46 | goals3 = 19 | years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = Mladá Boleslav | caps4 = 42 | goals4 = 10 | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Slavia Prague B | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 2025 | clubs6 = Slavia Prague | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 450 | totalgoals = 140 | nationalyears1 = 2015–2019 | nationalteam1 = Czech Republic | nationalcaps1 = 19 | nationalgoals1 = 4 | club-update = 4 January 2025 }}
'''Milan Škoda''' (born 16 January 1986) is a Czech former professional footballer who last played as a forward for Bohemian Football League club Slavia Prague B. He has played for the Czech Republic national team at international level.
==Club career== === Slavia Prague === Škoda came to Slavia as a forward but he had to play as a central defender in the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/milan-skoda-po-utkani-slavia-brno.A131111_091738_fotbal_ber|title = Škoda by rád do útoku, ale trenér má jasno: Je to vynikající stoper|date = 11 November 2013}}</ref> The following season he moved forward again scoring 19 goals and he became Slavia fan's favorite.
On 9 May 2018, Škoda played as Slavia Prague won the 2017–18 Czech Cup final against FK Jablonec.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} On 5 January 2019, he signed a new contract with Slavia Prague, until 30 June 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milan Škoda prodloužil smlouvu. Jsem šťastný, říká kapitán |url=https://www.slavia.cz/clanek.asp?id=Milan-Skoda-prodlouzil-smlouvu-Jsem-stastny-rika-kapitan-16206 |website=slavia.cz |publisher=SK Slavia Prague |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=cs |date=5 January 2019}}</ref>
=== Çaykur Rizespor === On 11 January 2020, Škoda signed a contract with Çaykur Rizespor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Škoda přestupuje, tureckému Rizesporu podepsal na rok a půl|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-zahranici-ostatni-ligy/374119/skoda-prestupuje-tureckemu-rizesporu-podepsal-na-rok-a-pul.html|website=Blesk|publisher=Czech News Center|access-date=11 January 2020 |language=cs |date=11 January 2020}}</ref>
=== Mladá Boleslav === On 6 July 2021, Škoda signed a contract with FK Mladá Boleslav.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boleslav hlásí velkou posilu! Na rok podepsal kanonýr Milan Škoda|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-1-liga-rocnik-2021-22/398834/boleslav-hlasi-velkou-posilu-na-rok-podepsal-kanonyr-milan-skoda.html|website=Blesk |publisher=Czech News Center|access-date=6 July 2021 |language=cs |date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
=== Slavia Prague B=== On 2 September 2023, Škoda signed a two-year contract with Slavia Prague B.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slavia hlásí velký návrat! Legenda zpátky v Edenu, ale už ne do áčka|url=https://isport.blesk.cz/clanek/fotbal-domaci-souteze/436089/slavia-hlasi-velky-navrat-legenda-zpatky-v-edenu-ale-uz-ne-do-acka.html|website=Blesk|publisher=Czech News Center|access-date=2 September 2023 |language=cs |date=2 September 2023}}</ref> His last season before retirement was the 2024–25 season, in which he played 17 games for Slavia B in the second league, scoring 3 times. He featured for Slavia's A-team on two occasions at the end of the season, making substitute appearances in May 2025 against Jablonec and Baník Ostrava.<ref>{{cite news |last=Čihák |first=Jiří |title=Od zoufalství až po extázi radosti. Škoda děkoval: Zažil jsem ve Slavii úplně všechno |url=https://www.idnes.cz/fotbal/prvni-liga/milan-skoda-titul-oslavy-slavia.A250524_231025_fotbal_jic |access-date=26 May 2025 |work=iDNES.cz|publisher=Mafra|date=25 May 2025 |language=cs}}</ref>
==International career== Škoda made his senior international debut for the Czech Republic on 12 June 2015 in a 2–1 away loss to Iceland in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying, coming on as a substitute for Lukáš Vácha in the 79th minute.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stefansson|first1=Stefan|title=Iceland down Czech Republic to top Group A|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/news/0250-0c5110b6e520-7cb2692e0f8a-1000--iceland-down-czech-republic-to-top-group-a/|access-date=12 June 2015|publisher=UEFA|date=12 June 2015}}</ref> He scored his first two international goals against Kazakhstan in Euro 2016 qualifying. Škoda later represented the Czech Republic at the tournament proper, and scored the first goal in a 2–2 draw against Croatia in the group stage.
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|match played 15 May 2021}}<ref name="sw">{{cite web |title=M.Škoda |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/milan-skoda/14700/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=8 January 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Bohemians 1905 |2007–08 |Czech First League |24||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||4 |- |2008–09 |Czech National Football League |26||8||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||8 |- |2009–10 |rowspan="3"|Czech First League |22||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||22||3 |- |2010–11 |28||8||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||8 |- |2011–12 |14||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !114!!25!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—!!114!!25 |- |rowspan="10"|Slavia Prague |2011–12 |rowspan="9"|Czech First League |9||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||9||2 |- |2012–13 |28||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||4 |- |2013–14 |25||0||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||1 |- |2014–15 |28||19||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||19 |- |2015–16 |25||14||1||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||26||15 |- |2016–17 |29||15||1||0||4||1||colspan="2"|—||34||16 |- |2017–18 |28||11||3||1||8||2||colspan="2"|—||39||14 |- |2018–19 |28||7||2||0||10||2||colspan="2"|—||40||9 |- |2019–20 |14||5||1||4||4||0||0||0||19||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !214!!77!!12!!7!!26!!5!!0!!0!!252!!89 |- |rowspan="3"|Çaykur Rizespor |2019–20 |rowspan="2"|Süper Lig |17||10||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||10 |- |2020–21 |29||9||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||9 |- !colspan="2"|Total !46!!19!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!48!!19 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !345!!112!!14!!7!!26!!5!!0!!0!!385!!124 |}
===International=== {{Updated|match played 5 June 2017}}<ref name="NFT">{{NFT|59501|name=Milan Škoda|accessdate=8 January 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Czech Republic |2015||7||2 |- |2016||8||2 |- |2017||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total||18||4 |}
{{Updated|match played 17 June 2016}}<ref name="sw"/><ref name="NFT"/> :''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Škoda goal''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Milan Škoda |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Cap !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |- |align="center"|1 |rowspan="2"|3 September 2015||rowspan="2"|Doosan Arena, Plzeň, Czech Republic||rowspan="2" align="center"|2||rowspan="2"|{{fb|Kazakhstan}}||align="center"|1–1||rowspan="2" align="center"|2–1||rowspan="2"|UEFA Euro 2016 qualification |- |align="center"|2 |align="center"|2–1 |- |align="center"|3 |27 May 2016||Kufstein Arena, Kufstein, Austria||align="center"|8||{{fb|Malta}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|6–0||Friendly |- |align="center"|4 |17 June 2016||Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France||align="center"|10||{{fb|Croatia}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|2–2||UEFA Euro 2016 |}
==Honours== '''Slavia Prague''' * Czech First League: 2016–17, 2018–19 * Czech Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19
'''Individual''' * Czech First League top scorer: 2016–17
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Milan Škoda}} *{{Fortunaliga.cz|1727-milan-skoda}} *{{FACR player|new_id=4657}} *{{Fotbal DNES|3006190}} *{{Soccerway|milan-skoda/14700}}
{{Czech First League top scorers}} {{Czech Republic squad UEFA Euro 2016}}
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