Petr Čech

Petr Čech
Čech with Arsenal in 2019
Personal information
Born (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982[1]
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Alma materLongford International College (MBA)
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Association football career
Position(s) Goalkeeper[3]
Youth career
1989–1999 Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Chmel Blšany 27 (0)
2001–2002 Sparta Prague 27 (0)
2002–2004 Rennes 70 (0)
2004–2015 Chelsea 333 (0)
2015–2019 Arsenal 110 (0)
Total 567 (0)
International career
1997–1998 Czech Republic U15 3 (0)
1998–1999 Czech Republic U16 15 (0)
1999 Czech Republic U17 3 (0)
1999–2000 Czech Republic U18 13 (0)
2000–2001 Czech Republic U20 7 (0)
2001–2002 Czech Republic U21 15 (0)
2002–2016 Czech Republic 124 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2002 Switzerland
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ice hockey career
Weight 92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Right
NIHL team
Former teams		 Oxford City Stars
Guildford Phoenix
Chelmsford Chieftains
Belfast Giants
Playing career 2019–present

Petr Čech[4] (Czech pronunciation: [pɛtr̩ ˈtʃɛx] ⓘ; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current ice hockey goaltender playing for the Oxford City Stars of the NIHL South Division 1. He has been described as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time,[nb 1] and, by some, as the greatest goalkeeper, alongside Peter Schmeichel, in Premier League history.[nb 2]

Čech began his senior career at Chmel Blšany in 1999, where he played sporadically for two seasons prior to relocating to Sparta Prague in 2001. At age 19, Čech became a first team regular, and his single campaign with the club saw him register a league record of not conceding a goal in 903 competitive minutes. This led to his first move abroad, when he relocated to France to join Ligue 1 side Rennes for a fee of €5.5 million (£3.9 million) in 2002.

In France, Čech starred in an under-performing team, and was the subject of a then club-record transfer for a goalkeeper when he moved to Premier League side Chelsea for a fee of £7 million (€9.8 million) in 2004. In his eleven-year spell at Chelsea, Čech made 494 appearances in all competitions, making him the club's seventh most capped player of all time.[20] He also helped the club win four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, one UEFA Champions League title, and one UEFA Europa League title. Čech also holds Chelsea's all-time record for clean sheets, with 228.[21] Čech departed Chelsea in 2015 to join city rivals Arsenal for a fee of £10 million, where he won another FA Cup before retiring in 2019.

A Czech international, Čech made his debut with the Czech Republic in 2002, and is the most capped player in the history of the Czech national team, with 124 caps. He represented his country at the 2006 World Cup, as well as the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 European Championships. He was voted into the Euro 2004 All-Star team after helping the Czechs reach the semi-finals, and served as the team's captain, prior to retiring from international competition in 2016. Čech also holds the record for the most Czech Footballer of the Year and Czech Golden Ball wins.

Čech holds a number of goalkeeping records, including the Premier League record for fewest appearances required to reach 100 clean sheets, having done so in 180 appearances, the most clean sheets in a season (24), as well as the record for the most clean sheets in Premier League history (202).[22][23] Čech is also the only goalkeeper to have won the Premier League Golden Glove with two separate clubs, and has won it a joint record four times; in the 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14 and the 2015–16 seasons. He was voted the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 2005, received the award of Best Goalkeeper in the 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2007–08 editions of the UEFA Champions League, and went 1,025 minutes without conceding a goal in the 2004–05 season, a league record.[a] He has the third most clean sheets since 2000 among all goalkeepers.

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  22. ^ Fifield, Dominic (8 May 2019). "Petr Cech: 'Abramovich didn't want to see me in an Arsenal shirt'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  23. ^ "2004/05 Season Review". Premier League. n.d. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  24. ^ James, Stuart (28 January 2009). "Van der Sar keeps on keeping them out and opponents concede defeat". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 20 May 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2019.


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