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NedvÄ?d [Ë?nÉ?dvjÉ?t]
(help·info) (born August 30,
1972 in Cheb, Czech Republic,
at that time Czechoslovakia)
is a Czech professional
football player. NedvÄ?d is a
midfielder for Italian club
Juventus and formerly for the
Czech Republic national team.
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NedvÄ?d [Ë?nÉ?dvjÉ?t]
(help·info) (born August 30,
1972 in Cheb, Czech Republic,
at that time Czechoslovakia)
is a Czech professional
football player. NedvÄ?d is a
midfielder for Italian club
Juventus and formerly for the
Czech Republic national team.
Before joining Juventus,
NedvÄ?d played for Czech clubs
Dukla Prague (1991-92), Sparta
Prague (1992-96), and Lazio
(1996-2001) in Italy. He has
won one Italian scudetto
championship with Lazio and
four with Juventus (though two
of these were later stripped
from Juventus after the
match-fixing scandal).NedvÄ?d
is a dedicated, hard-working
player. One of NedvÄ?d's main
strengths is that he can play
equally well with both feet.
This is evident in his
shooting capabilities from a
distance, as he has unleashed
shots of well over 25 meters
with both feet. He is said to
be considering setting up his
own football academy in his
home country when he retires
from football.He was named by
Pelé as one of the top 125
greatest living footballers in
March 2004.Date of birth
August 30, 1972 (1972-08-30)
(age 34)Place of birth
Flag of Czechoslovakia Cheb,
CzechoslovakiaHeight 1.77 m
(5 ft 10 in)Playing position
MidfielderClub
informationCurrent club
JuventusNumber 11Youth
clubs1977-19851985-19861986-19
9019901990-1992 TJ SkalnáRH
ChebÅ koda PlzeÅ?VTJ
TáborDukla PrahaSenior
clubs1Years Club App
(Gls)*1991-19921992-19961996-2
0012001- Dukla PrahaSparta
PrahaLazioJuventus 19 (3)98
(23)137 (33)184 (42)
National team21994-2006 Czech
Republic 91 (18)1NedvÄ?d got
his international breakthrough
when he was part of the Czech
national team which went to
the final of Euro 96, where
they lost to Germany.
NedvÄ?d's performance did not
go unnoticed and he
transferred from Sparta Prague
to Lazio in the Serie A in
1996. At Lazio, NedvÄ?d won
the Coppa Italia in 1997/98,
and the last international Cup
Winners' Cup tournament in
1999 against Real Mallorca,
where he scored the last ever
goal of the tournament in a
2-1 win for Lazio.NedvÄ?d
eventually moved to Juventus
in 2001 for a fee of 41.2
million euros, as a
replacement for Zinedine
Zidane who had transferred to
Spain's Real Madrid the same
summer. He proved more than an
adequate replacement for the
Frenchman, his tremendous
workrate and guile playing an
integral part in Juventus'
scudetto-winning teams of
2001/02, 2002/03, 2004/05 and
2005/06.NedvÄ?d helped lead
Juventus into the 2003
Champions League final against
AC Milan, but he was forced to
sit out the final because of
accumulation of yellow cards,
after being booked in the
semifinal for tackling Real
Madrid midfielder Steve
McManaman. At the end of the
year, he won the European
Footballer of the Year
award.By the time of his first
retirement from international
football, NedvÄ?d was captain
of the Czech national team. In
the Euro 2004 semi-final
against Greece, NedvÄ?d was
injured when he slammed his
knee into a Greek player while
jumping for the ball. Though
he continued on the pitch for
a while, he was eventually
replaced by Vladimír Šmicer.
Some observers of the match
considered NedvÄ?d's injury to
be a key factor in the Czechs'
defeat. The injury also led
him to retire from the
national team in September
2004. NedvÄ?d had scored 18
goals in 73 games for the
Czechs and played for his
country at Euro 96, Euro 2000,
and Euro 2004.He came out of
international retirement to
play for the Czechs in their
2006 World Cup qualifying
playoff against Norway in
November 2005. The Czechs won
both matches 1-0, first in
Oslo and then in Prague, to
qualify for the 2006 FIFA
World Cup, the first FIFA
World Cup appearance for the
Czech team since the partition
of Czechoslovakia. NedvÄ?d
chose to remain eligible for
national selection, and was
named to the Czech World Cup
squad. Despite an impressive
start against the USA, the
Czechs failed to qualify
against Italy and Ghana. He
then retired definitely
shortly after the World Cup,
his last international match
ending in a 3-1 loss against
Serbia.NedvÄ?d made his
European debut against
Airdrieonians.As of the start
of the 2006-2007 season he has
only 1 year left on his
Juventus contract and may
retire from football
altogether at the end of the
season. He repeated this
threat after a 5-game ban
stemming from a red card on
December 1.There are some
reports that have mentioned
that the player has received
an offer to join Al-ittihad
from Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
However, in a recent
interview[1] he has strongly
denied to be willing to leave
Juventus at the end of the
season, stating that he will
end his playing career in
Turin. He confirmed this by
signing a new contract along
with team-mate Mauro
Camoranesi in July 2007, and
will retire at the end of the
2007/2008 season. [2]

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