Radek Bejbl

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Radek Bejbl
Radek Bejbl.jpg
Personnel
birthday August 29, 1972
place of birth Nymburk ,  Czechoslovakia
size 185 cm
position Defensive midfield / defender
Juniors
Years station
1982-1987 Lokomotiva Nymburk
1987-1988 Autoškoda Mladá Boleslav
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-1989 FK Mladá Boleslav 5 0(0)
1990-1996 Slavia Prague 156 (29)
1996-2000 Atlético Madrid 106 0(2)
2000-2002 RC Lens 25 0(0)
2002-2005 Slavia Prague 83 0(2)
2005-2007 Rapid Vienna 59 0(3)
2007-2008 Slovan Liberec 8 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992-1993 Czechoslovakia 2 0(0)
1995-2001 Czech Republic 56 0(3)
1 Only league games are given.

Radek Bejbl (born August 29, 1972 in Nymburk ) is a former Czech football player .

Club career

The Czech started his professional career in 1990 at the age of 18 at SK Slavia Praha . He quickly played his way into the starting XI. Radek Bejbl experienced his most successful season with the club in 1995/96. Slavia Praha became Czech champions and reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals. This brought great international attention to the entire team. Finally, the Czech was lured away by the Spanish first division club Atlético Madrid .

With Atlético Madrid he had successes both nationally - he reached the Spanish Cup final twice - and internationally in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup, but Radek Bejbl could not win a title in Spain. After Madrid was relegated from the Primera División in 2000 , the defender left Spain after 105 championship games and 2 goals. Radek Bejbl went to France for the first division club RC Lens . In the second season at the French club, Radek Bejbl was rarely used, so that at the end of the 2002 season he returned to his home country for SK Slavia Praha.

However, Radek Bejbl was unable to follow up on past successes with the club and went abroad again in 2005. By then he had played 240 championship games for Prague and with 27 goals in the Czech league, he had also proven his ability to score goals as a defender. In 2005 the Czech finally moved to Vienna for the Austrian first division club Rapid Vienna . In May 2007, however, his contract with Rapid ran out, his contract was not extended. He moved to FC Slovan Liberec on a free transfer . Bejbl ended his career after the 2007/08 season.

National team

Radek Bejbl has so far completed a total of 56 international matches for the Czech Republic . However, he completed his first international game on January 4, 1992 for what was then ČSFR , and on April 28, 1993 he ran for the joint team of Czechs and Slovaks, RCS. Bejbl had already played in Czechoslovakia's junior teams in his youth.

The greatest success as a Czech national player was reaching the European Championship final against Germany in 1996 . During this tournament, the defender also scored his first goal for the Czech Republic - the 2-1 winner against Italy . Radek Bejbl played his last international game in a 3-1 win over Northern Ireland in June 2001.

Sporting successes

  • 1 × Czech champion: 1996
  • 1 × European Championship final: 1996
  • 2 × Copa del Rey finals: 1999, 2000

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bývalý reprezentant Bejbl ukončil profesionální kariéru fotbal.idnes.cz of July 3, 2008, last accessed on July 3, 2008, in Czech

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personal data
SURNAME Bejbl, Radek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Nymburk