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| Full name | Jaromír Blažek[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1972-12-29)29 December 1972 (age 52) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brno,Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1982 | Metra Blansko | ||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1990 | Slavia Prague | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Slavia Prague | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Dynamo České Budějovice | 29 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Viktoria Žižkov | 24 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–2000 | Bohemians Prague | 117 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | →Slavia Prague (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Sparta Prague | 167 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | →Marila Příbram (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 25 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Sparta Prague | 74 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Vysočina Jihlava | 59 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 533 | (0) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Czech Republic U-21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2008 | Czech Republic | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jaromír Blažek (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjaromiːrˈblaʒɛk]; born 29 December 1972) is a Czech former professionalfootballgoalkeeper. Apart from one season in Germany, he has spent his entire professional career in the Czech Republic. Blažek has also been called up as a reserve goalkeeper to theCzech Republic national football team at threeUEFA European Championships and the2006 FIFA World Cup.
Born inBrno, Blažek started his career inSlavia Prague, where he got to play his first league games. After two years during which he was mainly used as a substitute, he moved toDynamo České Budějovice to become the number one goalkeeper there. That1992–93 season was to be the last of theCzechoslovak First League, and he decided to spend his first season in the newGambrinus liga withViktoria Žižkov, which turned out to be a good choice since he won his first title, thenational cup. He left after only one year though, moving acrossPrague toFC Bohemians. They were relegated that year and Blažek, who did not want to spend a year in theSecond League, was loaned for one year to his first club Slavia Prague, where he won the1995–96 Czech First League.[2] Since Bohemians regained promotion the same year, he returned there and stayed for three and a half years.
However, while his club was not performing very well, Blažek drew the attention of giantsSparta Prague, transferring there in early 2000 and winning back-to-back titles in 2000 and 2001. He went on loan to rivalsMarila Příbram in 2001 but returned after one year. After that, he played almost every single game for Sparta Prague, be it league, cup orChampions League games. It was a very successful period for Blažek as he won four more titles and three national cups.
In 2007, he decided to move abroad and was sold to German club1. FC Nürnberg, who purchased him as a replacement forRaphael Schäfer who had left forVfB Stuttgart over the summer. Blažek was the number one there but fell sick in April and could not play the end of a season that saw Nürnberg being relegated. In June, it was announced that Blažek was returning to Sparta Prague for the following season.[3] However, on 16 December 2011, Sparta Prague announced their decision to terminate Blažek's contract early, releasing him as a free agent. This was confirmed by the player's agent Pavel Paska.[4]
On 22 February 2014, in a league match for Jihlava againstZnojmo, Blažek kept his 139th clean sheet, setting a new goalkeeper record for the Czech league.[5]
Blažek made his debut for the national team on 29 March 2000 in afriendly match againstAustralia that ended up in a 3–1 win. Due to the dominance ofPetr Čech as the first-choice national team goalkeeper, Blažek was unable to make regular appearances for his nation. He was part of theCzech squad atEuro 2000,Euro 2004, and the2006 World Cup, but the only tournament he played at was Euro 2004.[2]
He is married and has two children – Jakub and Aneta. Blažek is the cousin of tennis playerRadek Štěpánek.[6]
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 |
Viktoria Žižkov
Slavia Prague
Bohemians 1905
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