Libor Kozák

Libor Kozák
Libor Kozák (2019)
Personnel
birthday	May 30, 1989
place of birth	Opava ,  Czechoslovakia
size	193 cm
position	striker
Juniors
Years	station
2001-2006	SFC Opava
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2007-2008	SFC Opava	41 (19)
2008-2013	Lazio Rome	58 (10)
2009-2010	→  Brescia Calcio  (loan)	30 0(4)
2013-2017	Aston Villa	20 0(4)
2017-2018	Bari FC 1908	15 0(2)
2018-2019	AS Livorno	9 0(0)
2019–	Slovan Liberec	7 0(4)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
2007-2008	Czech Republic U-19	9 0(3)
2009-2011	Czech Republic U-21	14 0(3)
2012-2013	Czech Republic	8 0(2)
1 Only league games are given. As of April 5, 2019

Libor Kozák (born May 30, 1989 in Opava ) is a Czech football player . The striker has been playing for Sparta Prague since the 2019/20 season

Club career

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Kozák played for SFC Opava in his youth , at the beginning of 2007 the striker was accepted into the professional squad, was immediately given a regular place and was able to repay the trust with goals. In the second half of the 2006/07 second division season, Kozák met eight times in 15 games. The attacker was able to increase this rate in the first half of the 2007/08 season, scoring ten goals in 14 games.

In January 2008 Kozák was tested for a week by the English first division club Portsmouth FC .

Kozák moved to Lazio in July 2008 .

Kozák debuted on May 2, 2009 at the age of 19 years at 0: 2 against Inter Milan in the Serie A . In front of his own audience at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, the Czech made his debut three days later on May 5th when he came on for Mauro Zárate in the 66th minute of the game . On the last matchday of the 2008/09 season Kozák was on the starting line-up for the first time, while Lazio lost 2-0 to Juventus in Turin.

In mid-August 2009, Kozák moved on loan to Serie B division Brescia Calcio . In the summer of 2010 Kozák returned to Rome . On September 18, 2010, he scored the decisive 2-1 winner against Fiorentina in the 67th minute, although he was substituted on for Tommaso Rocchi just seven minutes earlier .

In 2013 he moved to Aston Villa for € 6.5 million, where he signed a 4-year contract.

National team

Kozák's good performance in the second division brought him a call-up for the Czech U-19 team in autumn 2007, and the attacker scored three goals in his first four games. Kozák has been part of the Czech U-21 national team since 2009 .

successes

• Italian Cup Winner : 2008/09 , 2012/13
• UEFA Europa League top scorer : 2013

Web links

Commons : Libor Kozák  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Libor Kozák in the database of weltfussball.de
• International match statistics , Czech
• Profile on fotbalportal.cz , Czech
• Profile on fotbal.idnes.cz , Czech
• Mission statistics on vysledky.com , Czech

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Libor Kozák byl z Anglie nadšený Opavský deník of January 30, 2008, last accessed on February 15, 2008, in Czech
2. ↑ Mladý fotbalista jde z druholigové Opavy do slavného Lazia Řím fotbal.idnes.cz of July 5, 2008, last accessed on July 5, 2008, in Czech
3. ^ Lazio, preso Kozak (Corriere dello Sport) goal.com, July 5, 2008, last accessed July 5, 2008, in Italian
4. ↑ La nazionale degli esordienti arrivano i nuovi campioni repubblica.it of May 7, 2009, last accessed on June 1, 2009, in Italian
5. ↑ All'Olimpico decide un gol di Zarate nel primo tempo ( Memento from August 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Sport Virgilio from May 5, 2009, last accessed on June 1, 2009, in Italian
6. ↑ JUVE-LAZIO 2-0, BIANCONERI SECONDI; L'ADDIO DI NEDVED ( Memento of June 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) AGI News On of May 31, 2009, last accessed on June 1, 2009, Italian
7. ↑ Kozák míří z Lazia na roční hostování do druhé ligy sportovninoviny.cz of August 21, 2009, last accessed on August 23, 2009, in Czech
8. ↑ Match report Serie A: Fiorentina - Lazio Rome , goal.com
9. ↑ Aston Villa signs Kozak. Retrieved May 12, 2020 . 
10. ↑ UEFA Europa League - Statistics . uefa.com. Retrieved May 23, 2013.