(Sparta Prague), Lukáš Masopust (Slavia Prague), Jakub Pešek (Sparta Prague), Michal Sadílek (Twente), Tomáš Souček (West Ham), Jan Sýkora (Viktoria Plzen).įorwards: Adam Hložek (Sparta Prague), Jan Kuchta (Lokomotiv Moscow), Ondřej Lingr (Slavia Prague), Patrik Schick (Leverkusen). Midfielders: Antonín Barák (Hellas Verona), Tomáš Holeš (Slavia Prague), Jakub Jankto (Getafe), Ladislav Krejčí jr. Goalkeepers: Jiří Pavlenka (Werder Bremen), Jindřich Staněk (Viktoria Plzen), Tomáš Vaclík (Olzmpiacos).ĭefenders: Jakub Brabec (Aris), Aleš Matějů (Venezia), Tomáš Petrásek (Rakow Czestochowa), David Zima (Torino), Jaroslav Zelený (Jablonec). The Sweden-Czech winner will face Poland for a spot at the tournament in Qatar. Šilhavý has serious injury worries with his entire first-choice defense from the European Championship last year not available, including West Ham defender Vladimír Coufal.īut frontline midfielder Antonín Barák has recovered from an injury to be picked. Business & Finance Click to expand menu.Just ask the Scots after his brace with a header in the box and a lob from the middle of the pitch. He was hugely adept with his feet - just like his young compatriot - and the 6'2" Schick shares the game intelligence that means he offers so much more than a physical presence in attack. He started at Sparta too, but repeatedly showed that those who pigeonholed him as a one-dimensional target man were far wider of the mark than he often was. The 6'6" Czech giant was a 2001/02 Bundesliga winner in a five-year spell at Dortmund during which he wreaked havoc, though not only with his nightclub bouncer physique. The Czech star later underlined his commitment to the Leverkusen cause by signing a new deal through to summer 2027. Soon after Holes and Schick scored to help Czech Republic eliminate Netherlands with a 2-0 win and make the quarterfinals. The scorer of four second-half goals in a 7-1 win over Greuther Fürth, he finished the campaign second only to Lewandowski (35) in the final scoring charts. Schick continued his fine work into 2021/22, registering 24 goals across 27 Bundesliga appearances at a rate of one every 87 minutes. The goal was also nominated for the Puskas award. He tied Cristiano Ronaldo on a joint-leading five goals, whilst hitting the Goal of the Tournament winner from 49.7 yards - the furthest goal ever recorded at the European Championships - in a group game against Scotland. Schick was the preferred centre-forward for much of the 2020/21 campaign at the BayArena and finished with nine strikes across 29 league games before heading to the rescheduled 2020 Euros as the main man for the Czech Republic. He hit double figures for the first time since his Sampdoria days, with 10 goals in 22 Bundesliga games, but his stay in Leipzig lasted only a year before Leverkusen snapped him up from Roma on a five-year deal. His superb spin and strike against Paderborn started a rash of three goals in four league appearances, including coming off the bench to complete the comeback against Borussia Dortmund in the Matchday 16 epic. After an Achilles problem made his start to life at the Red Bull Arena difficult, the Czech Republic international quickly bounced into life. RB Leipzig came calling in 2019, though, and presented the 6’2’’ striker another chance. Schick spent time in Italy with Roma and Sampdoria, before moving to the Bundesliga for the first time. The move was made permanent in a big-money deal the year later, but only eight goals in 58 appearances was hardly a return to shout about. Two failed medicals at Juve later, and Schick was 'damaged goods'.Ĭoncerns over a potential heart problem were soon dispelled though, and Roma signed him on loan for the 2017/18 campaign. Grant Hanley (5/10) Beaten in the air by Schick for the opening goal. Stephen O’Donnell (5/10) Didn’t close Coufal down quick enough for the goal and did little going forward. He happily lived that dream… for a season at least: Schick netted 11 in 32 Serie A matches, Juventus came calling in summer 2017, he was impressing for the Czech Republic at the U21 Euros in Poland, but his dream turned into a nightmare. Scotland Robertson was Scotland’s main threat David Marshall (6/10) Made several good saves but got caught out for Schick’s second.
Playing abroad has always been my dream." "On the other hand, I'm looking forward to going to Italy. "I have friends here so I'm a bit sad," Schick said as he waved goodbye to Sparta.
Eight goals in 27 top-flight outings convinced Sampdoria to sign him in summer 2016. But four appearances over two campaigns meant Schick crossed town to join Bohemians on loan for the 2015/16 season, a switch that changed his career. He made his top-flight debut in May 2014 at the tail-end of a season in which his club won the domestic double. The Prague-born forward's talent was spotted by one of the Czech capital's premier teams, Sparta, when Schick was just 11. Country: Czech Republic (33 caps, 17 goals)
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