Jaroslav Plašil

Jaroslav Plašil

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Personal information
Full name	Jaroslav Plašil
Date of birth	(1982-01-05) 5 January 1982
Place of birth	Opočno, Czechoslovakia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bordeaux
Number	18
Youth career
1987–1992	Sokol Černíkovice
1992–1993	Spartak Rychnov nad Kněžnou
1993–1998	Hradec Králové
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Hradec Králové	4	(0)
2000–2007	Monaco	120	(5)
2002–2003	→ Créteil (loan)	14	(0)
2007–2009	Osasuna	66	(8)
2009–	Bordeaux	187	(14)
2013–2014	→ Catania (loan)	28	(1)
International career‡
2002–2003	Czech Republic U21	16	(1)
2004–	Czech Republic	97	(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:41, 8 November 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 October 2014

Jaroslav Plašil (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslaf ˈplaʃɪl]; born 5 January 1982) is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Girondins de Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and the Czech Republic national football team.

Club career

Early career

Plašil, aged 18, was signed by Monaco in 2000 but in his first two-year spell he could only pick 8 matches as a starter and was subsequently loaned to Ligue 2 club Créteil. After a decent performance, Plašil returned to Monaco at the start of the 2003 season and for the next four years he was a regular in the starting team and even enjoyed his finest moment in the 2003–04 season when the principality side reached the final of the UEFA Champions League. In that season, Plašil contributed a goal to Monaco's record-breaking 8–3 defeat of Deportivo.

Osasuna

In 2007, Plašil ended his successful second spell with Monaco and signed a four-year contract with Spanish side Osasuna.

Bordeaux

On 8 June 2009, Bordeaux signed the Czech midfielder from Osasuna on a four-year deal for a fee of €3 million.

On 31 May 2013, Plašil captained Bordeaux in its 3–2 defeat of Evian in the 2013 Coupe de France Final.

International career

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Plašil playing for the Czech Republic

Plašil played for the Czech Republic at Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.

Euro 2008

On 15 June in the Czech Republic's final Group A match against Turkey, Plašil scored in the 62nd minute to give his team a 2–0 lead and apparently send them into a quarter-final meeting with Croatia. However Turkey came back and scored three goals in the last fifteen minutes and, despite Jan Koller getting Turkish goalkeeper Volkan Demirel sent off in second half injury time, Turkey advanced instead.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 June 2004	Toyota Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Bulgaria	2–0	3–1	Friendly
2.	17 October 2007	Allianz Arena, München, Germany	Germany	0–3	0–3	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3.	15 June 2008	Stade de Genève, Genève, Switzerland	Turkey	2–0	2–3	UEFA Euro 2008
4.	10 October 2009	Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic	Poland	2–0	2–0	FIFA World Cup 2010 qualifying
5.	25 March 2011	Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain	Spain	0–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
6.	3 September 2011	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	1–1	2–2	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

External links

• Jaroslav Plašil international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)