Ondřej Kúdela

Kúdela came up through the youth system at Slovácko and made his debut appearance for the first team in 2005. In 2009, Kúdela was signed by Mladá Boleslav as a replacement for the outgoing Jan Rajnoch. He remained at the club for eight seasons, except for a half-year loan spell at Kazakh side Ordabasy in 2014. He was part of the Mladá Boleslav team that won the 2010–11 and 2015–16 Czech Cups, coming off as a substitute at the eighth minute of the former final. In January 2017, Kúdela signed a contract with Slovan Liberec for two-and-a-half years. In 2018, Kúdela transferred to Slavia Prague along with head coach Jindřich Trpišovský. With the club, he won a total of three league titles and cups each, as well as one Supercup. In June 2022, Kúdela joined Indonesian Liga 1 side Persija Jakarta. On 23 July 2022, he made his league debut as a starter in a 0–1 loss against Bali United. On 23 July 2025, Kúdela signed a contract with Viktoria Žižkov.

In March 2019, Kúdela debuted for the Czech senior squad during a friendly match against Brazil.

Kúdela is normally played as a centre-back, though he has also been used as a defensive midfielder. At the end of the 2021 season, he was voted as the best defender in the Czech league.

Club

As of match played 4 May 2025

International

As of match played 25 September 2022