Radoslav Kováč

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Radoslav Kováč
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Kováč during his time at West Ham (2009)
Personnel
birthday November 27, 1979
place of birth Šumperk ,  Czechoslovakia
size 189 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1988-1990 Spartak Loučná nad Desnou
1990-1992 TJ Šumperk
1992-1995 Velke Losiny
1995-1997 SK Sigma Olomouc
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1997-2003 SK Sigma Olomouc 127 (3)
2003-2005 Sparta Prague 46 (3)
2005-2008 Spartak Moscow 101 (9)
2009 →  West Ham United  (Loan) 9 (1)
2009-2011 West Ham United 44 (2)
2011–2012 FC Basel 20 (1)
2013-2014 Slovan Liberec 37 (1)
2014-2016 Sparta Prague 21 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1998 Czech Republic U-18 1 (0)
2000 Czech Republic U-20 1 (1)
1999-2002 Czech Republic U-21 15 (0)
2004-2009 Czech Republic 30 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Radoslav Kováč (born November 27, 1979 in Šumperk ) is a former Czech football player who was last under contract with Sparta Prague .

Club career

About the youth teams of the SK Sigma Olomouc Kováč came into the first Czech league , where he became a fixture in the second year 1998/99. In 2003 he switched to the top Czech club Sparta Prague . There he became Czech champion and made a few appearances in the Champions League , before jumping abroad in 2005. He plays together with his compatriot Martin Jiránek at Spartak Moscow in the first Russian league . He plays variably in the defensive area as a central defender or as a defensive midfielder.

Outside Russia, Kováč was best known for a yellow card in Spartak Moscow's 2-2 draw against Lokomotiv Moscow on July 19, 2008. He brought a spectator who had run onto the field to the ground so that the security forces could catch him. He was warned by the referee for this unsportsmanlike nature. The speedster had to be brought limping from the square.

In late January 2009 Kováč moved on loan to West Ham United in the English Premier League , in August 2009 he was permanently signed by West Ham.

For the 2011/12 season the Czech joined the reigning Swiss champions FC Basel , where he signed a contract until 2013. His debut in a competitive match for FCB, he gave 16 July 2011 at 1-1 in their opening league match against BSC Young Boys in Stade de Suisse of Bern . At the end of the season Kováč won the championship title and with the cup victory also the double with Basel. He scored his first goal in the Swiss football championship (1-0 in the meantime) in a 1-1 away draw at the Stade de Tourbillon in the game against FC Sion on August 4, 2012.

National team

In his youth, Kováč was in action for the Czech youth team and was also part of the team that won the European Under-21 Championship in 2002. In 2004 he made his first appearance for the senior national team , although he has only been a substitute there so far. He also played the role of substitute in defense in the Czech Republic's World Cup squad for the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

titles and achievements

FC Basel

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kovac signs ( Memento of February 17, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) whufc.com of January 30, 2009, last accessed on February 1, 2009, English
  2. ↑ West Ham signs Kovac
  3. ↑ The exception transfer
  4. ↑ The football hit ends with a draw on BaZ online on July 16, 2011.
  5. ↑ Remo Meister: The FCB get a draw with the leader. FC Basel1893, 2012, accessed August 4, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Kováč, Radoslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Šumperk , Czechoslovakia