Marek Čech (Czech footballer)

For the Slovak footballer, see Marek Čech (Slovak footballer).

Marek Čech

Personal information
Date of birth	8 April 1976 (1976-04-08) (age 35)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	FC Viktoria Plzeň
Number	24
Youth career
1984–1990	Slavia Orlová
1990–1996	FC Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1996	VTJ Hranice	?	(?)
1997–2001	Baník Ostrava	0	(0)
1998	→VP Frýdek-Místek (loan)	3	(0)
1999–2000	→NH Ostrava (loan)	32	(0)
2000	→Fotbal Třinec (loan)	14	(0)
2001–2003	MŠK Žilina	15	(0)
2003	→Fotbal Třinec (loan)	?	(?)
2003–2004	Spartak Trnava	36	(0)
2004–2007	Slovan Liberec	58	(0)
2007–2008	Luch-Energia Vladivostok	43	(0)
2008–2010	Lokomotiv Moscow	24	(0)
2011	Zhemchuzhina-Sochi	19	(0)
2011–	FC Viktoria Plzeň	8	(0)
National team‡
2006	Czech Republic	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:41, 21 July 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 August 2008

Marek Čech (born 8 April 1976) is a Czech football goalkeeper who plays for FC Viktoria Plzeň.

Career

Čech started playing football at age 8 for Slavia Orlová, whose first team was then in 4th division. In 1990 he moved to Baník Ostrava, where he did not manage to get a place in the senior team, even though he did sign a contract when he turned 18. Two years later, he had to do his military service and spent this year playing for VTJ Hranice.

When he came back, he was loaned to second-division teams Frýdek-Místek, NH Ostrava and Fotbal Třinec. In Frýdek-Místek he only got to play three games, only in Ostrava did he become a regular. In early 2001, he was surprisingly sold to Slovak club MŠK Žilina but there he was only the number two. At the start of the 2003/04 season, he was briefly loaned to former club Třinec, then sold to Spartak Trnava. There he had no real concurrence and put up good performances, which drew the attention of Slovan Liberec that purchased him in 2004. He was first considered a substitute (behind Zbyněk Hauzr), but quickly became number one and even one of the best goalkeepers in the Czech league, spending 740 minutes without conceding a goal in 2006.

On 15 November 2006, he made his debut for the Czech national team in a friendly against Denmark that ended up in a 1-1 draw. This was, however, to remain his only cap as he was never able to be more than the number 3 goalkeeper, behind Petr Čech and Jaromír Blažek.

On 5 January 2007, he agreed on a contract that linked him for two years with Russian club FC Luch-Energia Vladivostok. The fee was undisclosed but is believed to have been around 12 millions korun.^[1] In August 2008, he was sold to FC Lokomotiv Moscow.

Honours

• MŠK Žilina
  • Corgoň Liga (2002)
• Slovan Liberec
  • Gambrinus liga (2006)

Notes and references

1. ^ http://www.deniksport.cz/clanek484875.htm

External links

• Marek Čech international stats at the Czech Football Association website (Czech)
• fcslovanliberec.cz (Czech)

Persondata
Name	Cech, Marek
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	8 April 1976
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death