Jan Koller

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Jan Koller
Personal information
Date of birth March 30, 1973 (age 34)
Place of birth    Smetanova Lhota, Czechoslovakia
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club AS Monaco
Youth clubs
1978-1989
1989-1994		 TJ Smetanova Lhota
ZVVZ Milevsko
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1996
1996-1999
1999-2001
2001-2006
2006-		 Sparta Praha
KSC Lokeren
RSC Anderlecht
Borussia Dortmund
AS Monaco		 29 (5)
97 (43)
65 (43)
137 (59)
16 (4)   
National team2
1999- Czech Republic 75 (48)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of January 4, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of February 8, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jan Koller (born March 30, 1973 in Smetanova Lhota, Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football player, who currently stars as a striker for the Czech Republic national team and the Ligue 1 club AS Monaco. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with an astounding 47 goals in just 74 caps as of October 12, 2006.

Koller has an impressive physical presence (height: 2.02 m, nearly 6'8" and weight 100 kg, about 220 pounds). Allegedly, Jan Koller is believed to have lost 13 lb during a single 90 minute game.[citation needed] Borussia Dortmund's physio refused to comment on this phenomenon. Koller started his football training as a goalkeeper, but was converted to striker by the time he started his professional career. His training as a keeper saw some use in the 2002-03 season. In one Bundesliga match at Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund's keeper Jens Lehmann was sent off about midway through the second half, and Koller moved from striker to keeper after he had already scored once in the first half. He kept a clean sheet for the rest of the match against good opportunities by Michael Ballack and others, and was named the Bundesliga's top keeper of the week for his performance. Nevertheless Dortmund lost this important match.

He was bought from Anderlecht in 2001. He also played for Lokeren and finished the 1998-99 season as Jupiler League topscorer for that club. Playing at Anderlecht, he also won the Belgian Golden Shoe.

Koller suffered a minor thigh injury during a World Cup game against the United States on June 12, 2006, not long after the opening goal he scored. Koller moved to French side AS Monaco on a free transfer in June 2006.

Preceded by
Lorenzo Staelens		 Belgian Golden Shoe
2000		 Succeeded by
Wesley Sonck

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Flag of Czech Republic Czech Republic squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Flag of Czech Republic

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
AS Monaco FC - Current Squad

1 Warmuz | 2 Monsoreau | 3 Dos Santos | 4 Modesto | 5 Pérez | 6 Plašil | 7 Bernardi | 8 Gerard | 9 Koller | 10 Menez | 11 Grax | 13 Licata | 14 Martin | 15 Touré | 16 Ruffier | 17 Gakpé | 18 Kallon | 19 Vargas | 20 Di Vaio | 21 Meriem | 22 Bolívar | 23 Leko | 25 Cufré | 26 Lô Sambou | 27 Nimani | 28 Maurice-Belay | 29 Mangani | 30 Roma | 32 Givet | 40 Quesnel
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