Jiří Rosický (footballer, born 1977)

Jiří Rosický
Personal information
Date of birth	11 November 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1988–1996	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–2000	Atlético Madrid B
2000–2003	SC Bregenz
2003–2004	Sparta Prague
2004–2005	Jablonec
2005–2006	Bohemians Prague
International career
1997	Czech Republic U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jiří Rosický (born 11 November 1977) is a Czech retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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 life

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]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b 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.

External links

Jiří Rosický at FAČR (in Czech)
Jiří Rosický – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
Jiří Rosický at BDFutbol

[retire-1] "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.

[jerabek-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.

[3] "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.

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