Name

Pavel Nedved

Date of Birth

30.10.1972 (Prague, Czech Republic)

Height

1.77m

Position

Winger

Nationality

Czech

3 x Czech Championship : 1992-1993, 1993-1994, 1994-1995
2 x Czech Cup :
1992-1993, 1995-1996
3 x Italian Championship :
1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
2 x Italian Cup :
1997-1998, 1999-2000
1 x Cup Winners Cup :
1998-1999
1 x World Soccer Player of the Year :
2003
1 x European Player of the Year :
2003

Season

Team

Games

Goals

Assists

Position

1991-1992

Marila Pribram

19

3

-

-

1992-1993

Sparta Prague

18

0

-

1st

1993-1994

Sparta Prague

23

3

-

1st

1994-1995

Sparta Prague

27

6

-

1st

1995-1996

Sparta Prague

30

14

-

4th

1996-1997

Lazio

32

7

6

4th

1997-1998

Lazio

26

11

4

7th

1998-1999

Lazio

21

1

3

2nd

1999-2000

Lazio

28

5

1

1st

2000-2001

Lazio

31

8

6

3rd

2001-2002

Juventus

32

4

11

1st

2002-2003

Juventus

29

8

11

1st

2003-2004

Juventus

30

6

8

3rd

2004-2005

Juventus

27

7

6

n/a 1

2005-2006

Juventus

33

5

8

n/a 1

 

Marila Pribram

19

3

-

-

 

Sparta Prague

98

23

-

-

 

Lazio

138

32

20

0.14 APG

 

Juventus

151

30

44

0.29 APG

 

Cup Winners Cup

13

4

-

-

 

European Cup

79

18

-

-

 

UEFA Cup

22

9

-

-

 

Czech Republic

91

18

-

-

 

Totals

611

137

66

-

 
1 Juventus finished first but were stripped of both titles and relegated to Serie B
in 2006 for their role in the Calciopoli scandal.


Pavel Nedved started out as a left back and made his name by scoring the winning
goal against Italy in a Euro 96 group match. The Czechs were the revelation of the
tournament, finishing runners-up to Germany and Nedved was one of several players
who earned moves to rich Western Clubs, in his case to Sven-Goran Eriksson's
expensively assembled Lazio side.

Nedved was an immediate hit, having moved into midfield, and made history by
scoring the winning goal for Lazio in the last ever Cup Winners Cup final. He won
his first scudetto a season later following Juventus' shock defeat against Perugia in
that now infamous rain sodden match which also made referee Pierluigi Collina
a star.

Juventus saw Nedved as the ideal replacement for Zinedine Zidane after selling
the Frenchman to Real Madrid. He struggled at first to cope with the weight of
expectations but eventually found his feet and quickly became the teams most
outstanding player, leading them to successive scudettos. He was crowned
European footballer of the year on the back of a brilliant European Cup
semi-final performance against Real Madrid in Turin but missed out a place in the
final against Milan due to a needless booking.

Nedved put a disappointing season behind him to captain the Czech Republic at
Euro 2004. Heavily favoured to win the tournament after a superb two year
unbeaten run which included a brilliant victory over France, the Czech's were
eliminated in the semi-finals by eventual champions Greeks. A dejected Nedved
left the field injured in the first half. Having missing out on another potential final
he announced his retirement from international football only to change his mind
with his team facing the prospect of missing out on the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
Having qualified via a play-off against Norway the Czechs fell at the first hurdle
after being drawn in the proverbial 'group of death' against Italy, Ghana and the USA.

Key Attributes : Dribbling, crossing, long range shooting