Tomáš Rosický

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Tomáš Rosický
Tomas Rosicky 2007.jpg
Tomáš Rosický (2007)
Personnel
birthday 4th October 1980
place of birth Prague ,  Czechoslovakia
size 178 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1986-1988 ČKD Kompresory Prague
1988-1998 Sparta Prague
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1998-1999 Sparta Prague B 19 0(1)
1998-2000 Sparta Prague 41 0(8)
2001-2006 Borussia Dortmund 149 (20)
2006-2016 Arsenal FC 170 (19)
2016-2017 Sparta Prague 12 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
1995 Czech Republic U15 10 0(0)
1995-1996 Czech Republic U16 12 0(5)
1997-1998 Czech Republic U17 16 0(6)
1998-1999 Czech Republic U18 9 0(3)
1999 Czech Republic U21 2 0(0)
2000-2016 Czech Republic 105 (23)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 20, 2017

2 As of September 12, 2017

Tomáš Rosický [ ˈtɔmaːʃ ˈrɔsitskiː ] (born October 4, 1980 in Prague ) is a former Czech football player .

Career

In the club

Rosický at Borussia Dortmund (2006)
Rosický at the game against Birmingham

Tomáš Rosický began his career at ČKD Kompresory Prague (now FK Bohemians Prague ) and moved to Sparta Prague at the age of eight . There he became a first division player at an early age and won the Czech championship three times from 1999 to 2001.

From the winter break of the 2000/01 season Rosický played for Borussia Dortmund , which had secured the player in competition with FC Bayern with the Bundesliga record of 14.5 million euros at the time. In the following season he became German champion and moved into the UEFA Cup final with BVB , in which he lost 3-2 with Borussia against Feyenoord Rotterdam . In the 2004/05 season he could not build on the form of the last few years because he had to fight injuries and his club had plunged into a sporting and financial crisis. Due to the financial situation of BVB, there were rumors of an early departure from Rosický.

During the 2006 summer break, Rosický moved to the English Champions League finalists Arsenal FC . After an injury in late January 2008, he missed the rest of the season and the European Championship. On December 29, 2013 Rosický completed his 200th game for Arsenal.

In the summer of 2016, Rosicky returned to his youth club AC Sparta Prague after more than 15 years abroad.

He ended his career on December 20, 2017. His farewell match took place on June 8, 2018 in Prague's Generali Arena . His Czech team with Jan Koller , Petr Čech and others won 5-2 against a World Team consisting of Jens Lehmann , Robin van Persie and other former companions.

National team

Rosický made his debut in the Czech national team on February 23, 2000 in a game against Ireland . In the same year he was used twice at the European Championships in Belgium and Holland . His first major international tournament as a regular player was the 2004 European Championship in Portugal , where his team reached the semi-finals.

He was also part of the squad at the 2006 World Cup in Germany. In the first group game against the USA he scored two goals. After Pavel Nedvěd had announced his resignation from the national team, Rosický was appointed the new team captain. At the European Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland Rosický could not take part because of his injury.

Although he was not a top-flight had denied a whole season and could injury-free complete a few test matches only at the end of the season, he became at 35 years again for the UEFA EURO 2016 in France in the Czech squad called. He was a regular in the first two games against Spain and Croatia, then injured again. The team had only got one point and also lost the decisive third game, which meant the end of the European Championship.

Achievements and Awards

successes

Sparta Prague

Borussia Dortmund

Arsenal FC

Awards

  • Czech Republic's "Footballer of the Year" 2001, 2002 and 2006

Season overview

society league season league Nat. Cup European Cup Other total
Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates Games Gates
Sparta Prague Gambrinus League 1998/99 3 0 - - - - - - 3 0
1999/00 24 5 - - 12 2 - - 36 7th
2000/01 14th 3 - - 8th 2 - - 22nd 5
total 41 8th - - 20th 4th - - 61 12
Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga 2000/01 15th 0 - - - - - - 15th 0
2001/02 30th 5 1 0 16 1 1 0 49 6th
2002/03 30th 4th 1 0 7th 2 1 0 39 6th
2003/04 19th 2 1 0 4th 0 3 1 27 3
2004/05 27 4th 2 0 - - - - 29 4th
2005/06 28 5 - - 2 0 - - 30th 5
total 149 20th 5 0 29 3 5 1 188 24
Arsenal FC Premier League 2006/07 26th 3 4th 2 6th 1 1 0 37 6th
2007/08 18th 6th 1 0 5 1 1 0 25th 7th
2008/09 0 0 - - - - - - 0 0
2009/10 25th 3 - - 7th 0 1 0 33 3
2010/11 21st 0 5 1 5 0 3 0 34 1
2011/12 28 1 2 0 8th 1 - - 38 2
2012/13 10 2 2 0 3 1 1 0 16 2
2013/14 27 2 3 1 8th 0 1 0 39 3
2014/15 15th 2 3 1 4th 0 2 0 24 3
2015/16 0 0 1 0 - - - - 1 0
total 170 19th 21st 5 46 4th 10 0 247 28
Career total 360 47 26th 5 95 11 15th 1 496 64

Web links

Commons : Tomáš Rosický  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayern Munich set sights on Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky again , London Evening Standard , January 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Spiegel online
  3. ↑ sport1.de
  4. ↑ http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/713466/artikel_der-koerper-macht-nicht-mehr-mit_rosicky-hoert-auf.html
  5. ↑ Football: Rosický farewell game also with former BVB professionals , radio.cz, accessed on June 12, 2018
  6. ↑ http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/tomas-rosicky/2/
personal data
SURNAME Rosický, Tomáš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th October 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia