Jiří Rosický (footballer born 1977)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 November 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1988–1996 | Sparta Prague | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
1996–2000 | Atlético Madrid B | 54 | (0) |
2000–2003 | SC Bregenz | 63 | (3) |
2003–2004 | Sparta Prague | 0 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Jablonec | 3 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Bohemians Prague | ||
National team | |||
1997 | Czech Republic U21 | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Jiří Rosický (born 11 November 1977 in Prague) is a Czech retired footballer who played as a midfielder.
Football career
Rosický joined local Sparta Prague's youth system at the age of ten. Abroad, Rosický played for Atlético Madrid's reserve team, spending four seasons in Segunda División and being relegated in his last as the main squad had also dropped down a level in La Liga. He then spent three years in Austria playing for SC Bregenz, where he scored three times in 63 matches.[1]
In his homeland he represented FK Baumit Jablonec in the 2003–04 Gambrinus liga.[2] He later played for Bohemians 1905 before retiring at the age of 29, due to persistent injury problems with both knees.[1]
Personal
Rosický's father, also called Jiří, played football as a defender in the 1970s.[2] His younger brother, Tomáš, a midfielder, became the third footballer of the family. Also a youth graduate at Sparta, he played several seasons with both Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal, being a longtime Czech Republic international.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Jiří Rosický ukončil kariéru, jde k Paskovi" [Jiří Rosický ended career, goes to Paska]. Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 5 January 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- 1 2 Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ↑ "Jiri Rosicky: "Mi hermnao [sic] quería jugar en el Atlético"" [Jiri Rosicky: "My brother wanted to play for Atlético"] (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ↑ "Brotherly love keeps Rosicky aiming high". Daily Mail. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
External links
- Jiří Rosický international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
- Jiří Rosický Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (Czech)
- BDFutbol profile