Tomáš Skuhravý
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tomáš Skuhravý | ||
Date of birth | 7 September 1965 | ||
Place of birth | Český Brod, Czechoslovakia | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1971–1980 | Sokol Přerov nad Labem | ||
1980–1982 | Sparta Prague | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1982–1984 | Sparta Prague | 29 | (4) |
1984–1986 | RH Cheb | 58 | (17) |
1986–1990 | Sparta Prague | 113 | (55) |
1990–1995 | Genoa | 164 | (59) |
1995–1996 | Sporting CP | 4 | (0) |
1996–1997 | Viktoria Žižkov | 0 | (0) |
– | Total | 368 | (135 ) |
National team | |||
1985–1993[1] | Czechoslovakia | 43 | (14) |
1994–1995[1] | Czech Republic | 6 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Tomáš Skuhravý (born 7 September 1965 in Český Brod) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
At club level, Skuhravý mostly played in the Italian Serie A in the early 1990s with Genoa, being signed from Sparta Prague, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera. Tall and powerful Skuhravy usually attained full shape and proficiency later in the season while the smaller and quicker Aguilera gave his best in the early matches; together they managed to give Genoa a solid attack all-year round. In the 1990–91 season, the two players scored 15 goals apiece, good for tied-third in the scorers' standings, leading Genoa to a fourth place in the final standings, arguably the best result in the club's modern history. The following year he helped his team reach the semi-finals in the UEFA Cup, ultimately being eliminated by eventual champions Ajax Amsterdam. Skuhravý scored a total of 57 goals with Genoa, becoming the best club goalscorer in the Serie A for the rossoblu. He left Genoa in 1995 to join Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he ended his playing career.
International career
At international level, Skuhravý played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing a total of 49 international matches, scoring 17 goals. For Czechoslovakia he played 43 matches and scored 14 goals, while for the Czech Republic he played six matches, scoring three goals.[2] He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he scored five goals to become the second highest scorer for the tournament. This included a hat-trick against Costa Rica.[3]
Personal life
Today Skuhravý lives in Genoa, where he works as a night club owner and football pundit for a local TV channel.
References
- 1 2 "Tomas Skuhravy - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ↑ Tomáš Skuhravý international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
- ↑ FIFA Match Report: Czechoslovakia - Costa Rica
External links
- Tomáš Skuhravý at National-Football-Teams.com