Bedřich Ščerban is a Czech

Czech Republic

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 former professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 defenceman

Defenceman (ice hockey)

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Ščerban began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava of the Czech Extraliga

Czech Extraliga

The Czech Extraliga is the highest-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic. As of 2009, it is ranked by the IIHF as the third strongest league in Europe....

 in 1986. In 1991, he moved to Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

's SM-liiga

SM-liiga

The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice...

, spending one season with Tappara

Tappara

Tappara is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 15 league championships ....

 before moving the Sweden

Sweden

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's Elitserien

Elitserien

Elitserien, is a professional ice hockey league composed of twelve teams in Sweden...

 with Brynäs IF

Brynäs IF

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. He returned to the Czech Republic in 1996, spliting the year with HC Vsetín

Vsetínská Hokejová

VHK Vsetín is an ice hockey team in the Czech Second National Hockey League . The team is the most successful in Czech Republic ice hockey history, winning five straight Extraliga championships between 1995 and 1999, and another in 2001 for six titles in seven years. Their home arena is Zimní...

 and a second spell with Dukla Jihlava. He would spend the next seven seasons in Germany

Germany

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, playing for the Essen Mosquitoes

Essen Mosquitoes

The Essen Mosquitoes are a defunct professional ice hockey team that competed in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga from 1999–2000 until the 2001–02 when they lost their license due to insolvency....

 and EHC Freiburg. He returned to the Czech Republic in 2004, spending his final seasons playing in the 1. národní hokejová liga

1. národní hokejová liga

The 1. národní hokejová liga is the second-level ice hockey league in the Czech Republic under the Extraliga. It began in 1993.-Format in 2008-09 season:...

 for HC Berounští Medvědi

HC Berounští Medvědi

HC Berounští Medvědi is an ice hockey team in Beroun, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the country. The club was founded in 1933....

, SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč

SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč

SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč is an ice hockey team in Třebíč, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech 1.liga, the second level of ice hockey in the country. The club was created in 1928....

 and a third spells with Jihlava before retiring in 2008.

Ščerban played on 1992 Bronze Medal winning Olympic Hockey team for Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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