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Date of birth | 28 January 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | FC Bohemians Praha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1985 | Slavoj Vyšehrad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1988 | FC Bohemians Praha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1990 | FC Bohemians Praha | 54 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1996 | Sparta Prague | 152 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Viktoria Žižkov | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2002 | FK Jablonec | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Sparta Prague | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 257 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Czechoslovakia | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1998 | Czech Republic | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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