Tomáš Galásek

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Personal information
Tomáš Galásek

Date of birth	January 15, 1973 (age 33)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Nickname	Chaqueño
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	1. FC Nürnberg
Number	6
Youth clubs
1979-91	Baník Ostrava
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1991-96 1996-2000 2000-06 2006-	Baník Ostrava Willem II Tilburg Ajax Amsterdam 1. FC Nürnberg	121 (9) 110 (12) 159 (24) 13 (1)
National team**
1995-	Czech Republic	51 (1)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of November 24, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 22, 2006.

Tomáš Galásek (born January 15, 1973 in Ostrava) is a Czech football player.

Galásek started his career with Banik Ostrava in 1991, before moving to Willem II Tilburg in 1997, and Ajax in 2000. With Ajax he won the national championship twice and the national cup once and played 26 times in the Champions League.

In 1995 he debuted in the Czech Republic national football team and was with the team in the semi-final of the Euro 2004. Until May 2006 he has recorded over 40 caps for his country. He took part in the 2006 FIFA World Cup as captain of the Czech team.

From 2006 on he will play for Nürnberg in the German Bundesliga, after signing a two year deal with German club.

	Czech Republic squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 Čech \| 2 Grygera \| 3 Mareš \| 4 Galásek \| 5 Kováč \| 6 Jankulovski \| 7 Sionko \| 8 Poborský \| 9 Koller \| 10 Rosický \| 11 Nedvěd \| 12 Lokvenc \| 13 Jiránek \| 14 Jarolím \| 15 Baroš \| 16 Blažek \| 17 Štajner \| 18 Heinz \| 19 Polák \| 20 Plašil \| 21 Ujfaluši \| 22 Rozehnal \| 23 Kinský \| Coach: Brückner

1. FC Nürnberg - Current Squad
1 Schäfer \| 3 Beauchamp \| 4 Gláuber \| 5 Wolf \| 6 Galásek \| 7 Nikl \| 8 Polák \| 9 Sibon \| 10 Banović \| 11 Mintál \| 16 Heffernan \| 18 Klewer \| 19 Kristiansen \| 20 Kennedy \| 21 Schroth \| 22 Engelhardt \| 23 Saenko \| 24 Greško \| 25 Pinola \| 26 Weber \| 28 Reinhardt \| 30 Stephan \| 31 Paulus \| 32 Benko \| 33 Vittek \| 34 Huber \| 35 Pagenburg \| 36 Mnari