David Rozehnal

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David Rozehnal
Personal information
Full name David Sebastian Rozehnal
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lazio
(on loan from Newcastle United)
Number 7
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:09, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

David Sebastian Rozehnal (born July 5, 1980 in Šternberk) is a Jewish Czech football player who plays for the Serie A club SS Lazio on loan from Newcastle United and has also represented his country at Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup.

Biography

Career

Rozehnal began his career at SK Sigma Olomouc, where his performances earned him a place in the Czech Republic under-21 team. In 2003 he was signed by Belgian club Club Brugge. In 2004 Rozehnal played for the Czech Republic at the European Championship where the team made it to the semi-finals before being knocked out by Greece. He won the Belgian Cup in his first season with Brugge and the Belgian League in 2005. He signed for Paris Saint-Germain in June 2005.[1]

Rozehnal played all three of Czech Republic's matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and is the 33rd most capped player in czech history. He impressed at Paris Saint Germain in the 2006–07 season and was named as the club's Player of the Year. His form resulted in reported interest from Borussia Dortmund, Newcastle United and Sevilla.[2] Sources close to the defender confirmed that he would favour a move to Newcastle.[3]

On June 22, 2007 it was confirmed by the player's agent that a "definite agreement" had been reached for the player to join Newcastle United. He underwent a medical on June 25 and Newcastle confirmed the transfer had been completed on June 29 for a fee of £2.9 million.[4]

On August 11, Rozehnal made his debut for Newcastle against Bolton Wanderers.[5]

Rozehnal left Newcastle for Lazio, on loan until the end of the 2007/08 season, on January 31 2008, despite having only signed in August 2007.

Honours

With Club Brugge:

With Paris-SG:

Personal life

David is married to Petra and their first child, Luka, was born on October 3 2007.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rozehnal closes on switch to PSG". BBC Sport. 2005-06-17. Retrieved 2007-10-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Newcastle move for Czech". Sky Sports. 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2007-06-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Rozehnal eager to join Newcastle". BBC Sport. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2007-06-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ "Newcastle complete Rozehnal deal". BBC Sport. 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-06-29. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Bolton 1-3 Newcastle". BBC Sport. 2007-08-11. Retrieved 2007-10-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Baby Joy For Czech Mate". nufc.co.uk. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2007-10-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
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