| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1974-02-25)25 February 1974 (age 51) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Valašské Meziříčí,Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1990 | TJ Rožnov pod Radhoštěm | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | FC Vítkovice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | VTJ Hranice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | LeRK Brno | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | FC Karviná | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1999 | Baník Ostrava | 61 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Sparta Prague | 26 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Baník Ostrava | 96 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Auxerre | 38 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Baník Ostrava | 78 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | MFK Karviná | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 353 | (35) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2005 | Czech Republic | 34 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
René Bolf (born 25 February 1974) is a Czech former professionalfootballer who played as acentre back. He spent most of his club career atBaník Ostrava, also playing in his home country forSparta Prague. During a three-year stay in France, he played forLigue 1 sideAuxerre.
He spent most of hisCzech First League career at FC Baník Ostrava, where he played over 200 league matches. He was a member of the squad of Baník Ostrava in the2003–04 season, when Baník won the league title. Bolf represented the national team between 2000 and 2005 and represented theCzech Republic atEuro 2004.
Bolf played for a club inRožnov pod Radhoštěm as a child, moving toFC Vítkovice in 1990 andHranice in 1993. After a short spell atLeRK Brno in 1994, he started his professional football career atFC Karviná.[1]
He moved to Ostrava in 1995, playing withBaník Ostrava until a summer 1999 move toSparta Prague. He won theCzech First League with Sparta in his first season with the club, but returned to his former club, Ostrava, during the following season.[2] The November 2000 deal which saw Bolf and teammateMartin Prohászka transferred to Ostrava was valued at 17.5 millionCZK, and saw Bolf sign a three-year contract.[3] He was appointedcaptain of Baník Ostrava in 2002 following the departure from the club ofMilan Baroš.[4] His first league title with Ostrava, and second overall came during the 2003–04 season.[2] He moved to France in 2004, joiningLigue 1 sideAuxerre as a replacement for outgoing defenderPhilippe Mexès.[5] He stayed with Auxerre for three seasons.
Bolf returned to the Czech Republic in 2007. Due to injury, he didn't play his first league match after returning from France until March 2008.[6] He spent four more seasons with Baník Ostrava, before playing out his career in theCzech 2. Liga with Karviná. He announced his retirement from professional football in December 2012 after the first half of the2012–13 Czech 2. Liga.[1]
Bolf made his debut for theCzech Republic national team on 16 August 2000 in a friendly match againstSlovenia. It was April 2002 before he won his secondcap, playing the whole of a goalless friendly match againstGreece.[7] He went on to play eight matches in thequalifying competition for Euro 2004.
AtUEFA Euro 2004 he played the whole match in the Czech Republic's opening game againstLatvia.[8] After not featuring in his country's second game, against theNetherlands, Bolf returned to the starting lineup againstGermany. He played the whole match as the Czech Republic won 2–1 and knocked Germany out of the tournament.[9] Bolf was one of only three players who started against Germany to be selected in the quarter-final match againstDenmark.[10] He didn't finish the match, having sustained an injury he was replaced byDavid Rozehnal in the 64th minute.[11] Bolf's fitness was unclear before the semi-final match against Greece,[12] but he played the whole game, which the Czech Republic lost after asilver goal.[13]
Bolf was born inValašské Meziříčí.[1][14] He is married to wife Vladislava, with two daughters.[1]
Sparta Prague
Baník Ostrava
