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Petr Čech

Petr Čech
Cech - 2015 Emirates Cup.jpg
Čech with Arsenal in 2015
Personal information
Full name Petr Čech
Date of birth (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 34)
Place of birth Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Arsenal
Number 33
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– Arsenal 60 (0)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:55, 4 March 2017 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:15, 8 July 2016 (UTC)

Petr Čech (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈt͡ʃɛx]; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Arsenal. He is the former captain for the Czech Republic national team. Čech has previously played for Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, Rennes and Chelsea. He is the most capped player in the history of the Czech national team with 124 caps, and represented the 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. Čech also received the individual award of Best Goalkeeper in the 2004–05, 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons of the UEFA Champions League. In addition, he was named in the FIFPro and UEFA Champions League team of the season in 2006. He is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected goalkeepers of his generation.


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