Daniel Šmejkal

Club career

Šmejkal played for Škoda Plzeň in the 1988–89 Czechoslovak First League and represented Dukla Prague in the same competition in the 1989–90 and 1990–91 seasons. After the establishment of the Czech First League in 1993, Šmejkal played for Plzeň again, by now renamed as Viktoria Plzeň, in the 1993–94 season, before spending three seasons with Slavia Prague, during which time he won the 1995–96 Czech First League. After spending some of his career in Germany, he returned to the Czech Republic, playing for three seasons with Marila Příbram until the end of the 2001–02 season. In total he made 197 appearances at the Czechoslovak, and later Czech, top level between 1988 and 2002.

National team

Šmejkal was involved in the Czechoslovakia national team's youth groups from the under-15 level and each additional level up to under-18, making 49 appearances between 1986 and 1988. He then played for Czechoslovakia national under-21 football team, scoring once in twelve appearances between 1988 and 1990. From 1994 until 1995 Šmejkal represented the Czech Republic internationally and scored three goals in ten appearances.

Šmejkal became a coach after his playing career. Having led Sokolov to finishing positions of fifth and fourth in the second tier of Czech football, Šmejkal joined Czech First League side FK Teplice in the summer of 2016, signing a two-year contract. Šmejkal moved to Vlašim in 2019. He then joined Prostějov in October 2021. He subsequently became the manager of the Czech Republic U-17 women team. In May 2025, Šmejkal was appointed as manager of Czech Republic U-19 women team.