Pavel Srníček

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Pavel Srníček
Personnel
birthday March 10, 1968
place of birth BohumínCzechoslovakia
date of death December 29, 2015
Place of death OstravaCzech Republic
size 188 cm
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
1977-1982 TJ Viktorie Bohumín
1982-1985 TJ ŽD Bohumín
1985-1987 Baník Ostrava
1987-1988 VTJ Tábor
1988-1989 Dukla Prague
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1990 Baník Ostrava 30 (0)
1990-1998 Newcastle United 149 (0)
1998 Baník Ostrava 6 (0)
1998-2000 Sheffield Wednesday 44 (0)
2000-2002 Brescia Calcio 32 (0)
2003 AS Cosenza Calcio 9 (0)
2003-2004 Portsmouth FC 3 (0)
2004 West Ham United 3 (0)
2004-2006 SC Beira Mar 60 (0)
2006-2007 Newcastle United 2 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1994-2001 Czech Republic 49 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Pavel Srníček (born March 10, 1968 in Bohumín , † December 29, 2015 in Ostrava ) was a Czech football player .

Career

Srníček played in his hometown of Bohumín for the clubs Viktorie and TJ ŽD before moving to Baník Ostrava . He did his military service with VTJ Tábor and Dukla Prague . Since the 1989/90 season, the goalkeeper at Baník Ostrava was used regularly.

In January 1991 he signed Newcastle United , which was then playing in the 2nd division. In the first year and a half Srníček came on only 20 missions, 1992/93 he was the goalkeeper of the north of England, who rose to the Premier League that season . In the following years he was a firm support of the defense of Newcastle United. In October 1994 he played his first of a total of 49 international matches. In 1996 he was a replacement for Petr Kouba at the European Championship in England, which was successful for the Czech team .

For the 1997/98 season Newcastle signed Shay Given , Srníček made only one game. In 1998 he went to his former club Baník Ostrava, for whom he made six games, before moving to Sheffield Wednesday this season, where he was No. 1. At the European Championships in Belgium and Holland in 2000 , he was No. 1 in the Czech goal.

After two years, Srníček moved to the Italian first division club Brescia Calcio . In his first year in Lombardy, the Czech made 26 appearances, but after that he was only a substitute goalkeeper. In January 2003 he was sold to the second division club Cosenza Calcio. He stayed there for only half a year and then returned to England, this time to Portsmouth FC . There he only played three games and then moved to West Ham United in the second division. He only stayed there for a few months. In the summer of 2004 he went to the Portuguese first division club SC Beira Mar , where he was again the goalkeeper after a long time, in two seasons he made 60 appearances.

In late September 2006, Srníček moved to his former club Newcastle United. In his first outing after his return he was celebrated by the fans. Srníček extended his contract, which originally expired at the end of 2006, until the end of the season. He then ended his career.

death

Memorial plaque on the club grounds of FK Bohumín

On December 20, 2015, Srníček collapsed while jogging from cardiac arrest . He was admitted to a hospital where he was placed in an artificial coma . As the doctors found irreparable damage to the brain, the life-support measures were discontinued on December 28, 2015. One day later, on December 29, 2015, he died.

Among other things, Srníček's death was commemorated on January 13, 2016 in Newcastle, where many of his former teammates gathered for a memorial service. Before the game against Manchester United the day before, there was a minute's silence for Srníček before kick-off.

Private

Pavel Srníček's mother is French, which is why he was also a French citizen. He was married and had two children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Former Newcastle keeper Srnicek dies aged 47
  2. Former Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek dies aged 47
  3. Srnicek makes return to Newcastle
  4. ^ Newcastle 3-1 Tottenham
  5. Pavel Srnicek: Ex-Newcastle keeper has cardiac arrest. December 21, 2015, accessed December 30, 2015 .
  6. Pavel Srnicek memorial: Newcastle players, staff and fans pay tribute , Guardian article of January 13, 2016