Full name Jaroslav Plasil 1987–1992 Sokol Cernikovice Spouse Ana Lucia Souza (m. 2007) Name Jaroslav Plasil Salary 1.2 million EUR (2012) | Playing position Role Footballer Movies Men in Rut Number 18 Height 1.82 m | |
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Date of birth (1982-01-05) 5 January 1982 (age 33) Current teams FC Girondins de Bordeaux (#18 / Midfielder), Czech Republic national football team (Midfielder) Similar People Tomas Necid, Marek Suchy, Vaclav Pilar, Tomas Rosicky, Willy Sagnol | ||
Place of birth Opocno, Czechoslovakia | ||
Jaroslav Plašil ( [ˈjaroslaf ˈplaʃɪl]; born 5 January 1982) is a Czech footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bordeaux in Ligue 1 and the Czech Republic national football team.
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He spent most of his career in France with Monaco and Bordeaux, also having two seasons with Osasuna in Spain and a loan to Catania in Italy.
Plašil has earned over 100 caps for the Czech Republic since his debut in 2004. He represented them at four UEFA European Championships and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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 La Coruña.
Osasuna
On 25 August 2007, Plašil signed a four-year deal at La Liga team CA Osasuna for a fee of €2.25 million, to replace the injured Javad Nekounam.
He made his debut on 16 September, replacing Javier García Portillo for the final 19 minutes of a goalless home draw against FC Barcelona. His first goal for the team from Pamplona came on 2 December, a left-foot volley to open a 2–1 victory at Deportivo de La Coruña. Three days later he got his first goal in the Reyno de Navarra Stadium, to begin a 1–1 draw against Sevilla FC. He finished the season with four goals from 35 games, the last being the only one in a win over rivals Real Zaragoza on 10 February 2008, in first-half added time.
On 5 October 2008, Plašil was sent off in the first half of a 0–1 home loss to Racing de Santander for handball from Ezequiel Garay's shot, although he missed the penalty kick. He again totalled four goals in 32 games, concluding on 31 May 2009 with an equaliser in a 2–1 home win over Real Madrid.
Bordeaux
On 9 June 2009, French champions Bordeaux signed Plašil on a four-year deal for an estimated €3 million.
On 31 May 2013, Plašil captained Bordeaux in its 3–2 defeat of Evian in the 2013 Coupe de France Final.
On 2 September 2013, Plašil signed on loan for Serie A club Catania. He played 29 times for the Sicilians, scoring on 29 September to open a 2–0 win over Chievo, their first win of the season.
International career
Plašil made his debut for the Czech Republic on 31 March 2004, replacing Martin Jiránek for the final 21 minutes of a 2–1 friendly loss to the Republic of Ireland at Lansdowne Road. In his next game on 2 June he scored his first goal in a 3–1 friendly win over Bulgaria. He was selected for UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal where his team reached the semi-finals; his lone appearance was a 2–1 win that eliminated neighbours Germany on 23 June at the Estádio José Alvalade. He started in what BBC Sport called an "under-strength" Czech team, making way for Karel Poborský with 20 minutes remaining.
He started all three of the Czechs' group games at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, their first since partition, where they were eliminated at the expense of eventual champions Italy. Plašil played 13 times in qualification for UEFA Euro 2008, scoring to cap a 3–0 win over Germany in the Allianz Arena on 17 October 2007 that qualified his team to the finals in Austria and Switzerland; it was Joachim Löw's first defeat as national manager. In the final tournament, Plašil started each game in Group A and scored to put the Czechs 2–0 up against Turkey in the last game, which they eventually lost 3–2 to be eliminated.
Plašil played every minute of the Czech Republic's campaign at UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, where they were eliminated 1–0 by Portugal in the quarter-finals. On 5 June 2016, he won his 100th cap in a 2–1 home friendly loss to South Korea.
Statistics
As of match played 14 May 2016.Cup includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions. Europe includes Europe League, UEFA Supercup, Champions League