Karel Rada (born 2 March 1971 in Karlovy Vary) is a former Czech football defender. He played for the Czech Republic, for which he played 43 matches and scored four goals.
He was a participant in the Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal.
He also represented the Czech Republic at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
He played for several teams, including SK Slavia Prague, SK Sigma Olomouc, FK Teplice, Trabzonspor and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Pushing up on Carlisle Road into the seething shadows
Through the plastic visor â" a hail of broken kerbstone
Fire-lit-faces, all the noise â" so much hatred
What I remember thinking â" I can't believe this is happening
All I remember thinking
Came home four, four-thirty, Emma was waiting up for me
News chanel drone on the TV, her arms clapsed around her knee
She looked up but said nothing
I went up to the kids bedroom, touched their sleeping faces
Wondered how I could protect them