 Kinský withSaturn Ramenskoye in 2009 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Antonín Kinský[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1975-05-31)31 May 1975 (age 50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1984 | Dukla Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1992 | Bohemians 1905 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Motorlet Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | EMĚ Mělník | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | FC Příbram | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | FC Dukla | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Slovan Liberec | 115 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2010 | Saturn Ramenskoye | 182 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 369 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Czechoslovakia U17 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Czech Republic U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Czech Republic | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Czech Republic A2 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Antonín Kinský (born 31 May 1975) is a Czech former professionalfootballer who played as agoalkeeper. He played club football in the Czech Republic for nine seasons, winning the national league in 2002 withFC Slovan Liberec. He subsequently moved to Russia, where he played forSaturn Ramenskoye. During his seven years in Russia, he played 200 competitive games and was recognised as theRussian Premier League's best goalkeeper in the 2007 season.
Kinský played for his country on five occasions. He was part of theCzech Republic squad atUEFA Euro 2004 and the2006 FIFA World Cup, although he played at neither tournament.
Kinský played for a number of clubs in his early career, includingDukla Prague, after which he moved toBohemians 1905.[2] He later spent time onloan atMotorlet Prague and EMĚ Mělník.[2] Kinský won promotion withFC Dukla to theCzech First League, where he played for one season.[3]
Kinský joinedFC Slovan Liberec in 1998,[4] reaching the final of the1998–99 Czech Cup in his first season.[5] In the summer of 1999 Kinský broke his thumb, resultantly not playing for the autumn half of the 1999–2000 season and subsequently sharing goalkeeping duties withZbyněk Hauzr in the spring.[6] Liberec finished the season by winning the1999–2000 Czech Cup.[5]
In July 2000, Kinský was diagnosed withinfectious mononucleosis, receiving treatment at the military hospital in Prague and resultantly being unable to play in the autumn part of the 2000–01 season.[7] The following season, he recorded consecutiveclean sheets at the beginning of the campaign.[8] Liberec went on to reach the quarter finals of the2001–02 UEFA Cup and won the2001–02 Czech First League.[9][5]
During a UEFA Cup match in the Georgian capital ofTbilisi in October 2002, Kinský was targeted by bottles thrown onto the pitch from the crowd as the home team was defeated 1–0 in the match and 4–2on aggregate.[10] Three policemen were injured in the incident.[11] He played in goal in a 4–0 league defeat againstViktoria Žižkov in October 2002, a game he described as "probably the worst match in my life."[12] November 2002 was more successful for Kinský as he saved two penalties in a UEFA Cuppenalty shootout, after the second round tie againstIpswich Town had ended level afterextra time.[13] Resultantly Liberec qualified for the third round of the competition, although Kinský missed both matches againstPanathinaikos due to injury.[14] Kinský's contract at Liberec was due to expire in the summer of 2004 and he failed to agree a contract extension with the club during the 2003–04 season.[15] He left having made a total of 137 appearances in the top division of Czech football.[5]
Kinský joined Russian sideSaturn Ramenskoye in January 2004, initially signing a three-year contract.[4] Kinský joined the team on 6 January in Turkey at their training camp ahead of the2004 Russian Premier League.[16] He started the first six matches of the 2004 season as asubstitute, before becoming the club's first-choice goalkeeper.[17] In 2005, he was vice captain for the team, captaining the side in the absence of captainViktor Onopko.[17]
Following the 2006 World Cup, Kinský signed a contract extension to stay at the club for another three years.[18] He was named the best goalkeeper of theRussian Football Premier League in 2007.[18] He kept his 100th top division clean sheet in a match againstTomsk in September 2008, becoming the 17th Czech goalkeeper to reach this figure.[19] In October 2008, Kinský was offered the chance to move toChelsea to be the backup goalkeeper forPetr Čech, an offer which he rejected.[20] In November 2010 Kinský played his 200th competitive match for the club.[21] Before the last game of the 2010 season, he was presented with a football shirt with the number 201 on it, intended to represent the number of games he had played for the club. However, due to injury Kinský was unable to take part in the match, so 200 was his actual number of competitive appearances.[4] He left Saturn upon the expiry of his contract in December 2010.[4]
Kinský played for the under-17 team of Czechoslovakia in 1992, making two appearances.[5] He went on to make three appearances for theCzech Republic national under-21 football team in 1997.[22]
Kinský was called up to the Czech Republic national team by coachKarel Brückner before their participation in twofriendly matches in Cyprus in February 2002. He was one of three uncapped goalkeepers named in the squad, the others beingPetr Čech andMartin Vaniak.[23] He made his debut in Cyprus on 13 February, playing the second half of the game against the host country in a 4–3 win.[24]
Kinský was named in the Czech Republic squad for two major tournaments,UEFA Euro 2004 and the2006 FIFA World Cup,[4] but didn't play in either competition.[5] He played in a total of five matches for his national team between 2002 and 2004.[5] He also made one appearance for the "A2" team of his country in 2006,[5] playing the second half of a match againstTurkey B on 1 March.[25]
Kinský became a goalkeeping coach for the youth team ofFC Tempo Prague after finishing his playing career, stating his desire to work as a goalkeeping coach in professional football in the future, but not as ahead coach.[2]
Kinský studied Russian at school.[16] He and his wife, Martina, have two children,Antonín and Andrea, who both took part in sports in their childhood.[4] Antonín Jr. went on to become a professional football goalkeeper, moving to England to play forTottenham Hotspur in 2025.[26]
| Club | Season | League | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Příbram[a] | 1995–96 | Czech 2. Liga | 30 | 0 |
| FC Dukla | 1996–97 | Czech 2. Liga | 20 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | Czech First League | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 0 | ||
| Slovan Liberec | 1998–99 | Czech First League | 28 | 0 |
| 1999–2000 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | 30 | 0[b] | ||
| 2002–03 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2003–04 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 115 | 0 | ||
| Saturn Ramenskoye | 2004 | Russian Premier League | 21 | 0 |
| 2005 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2007 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2010 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Total | 182 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 369 | 0 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Czech Republic | 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
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