| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pavlína Ščasná | ||
| Date of birth | 3 April 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Roudnice nad Labem, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | LdB Malmö | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2001 | Sparta Prague | ||
| 2001–2002 | Bayern Munich | (14) | |
| 2003 | Philadelphia Charge | (1) | |
| 2004–2006 | Bayern Munich | (17) | |
| 2006–2007 | KIF Örebro | ||
| 2008– | LdB Malmö | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| Czech Republic U-19 | |||
| 1998–2008 | Czech Republic | 50 | (24) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Pavlína Ščasná is a Czech football striker who plays for Swedish champion LdB Malmö.[1]
She played four years in Sparta Prague before earning Bayern Munich attention. In her first season at Bayern she was the team's top scorer with 14 goals. She then moved to WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, but WUSA folded following the end of the season so Ščasná returned to Bayern. She played a few more seasons in the Bundesliga before moving to Damallsvenskan in 2006.[2] She spent two years in KIF Örebro and then signed for LdB Malmö, with which she won the 2010 league, her first national title since she left the Czech league. She was drafted by Atlanta Beat in the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft, but she decided to remain in Malmö.
She was an international player for a decade, scoring 24 goals in 50 games for the Czech national team. She retired from international football in Autumn 2008.[3] She was named Czech Female Footballer of the Year twice, in 1998 and 2004.
Ščasná is the daughter of manager and former international player Zdeněk Ščasný. She began playing football in the junior teams of his father's last two teams as a player, Anagennisi Dherynia in Cyprus and SK Roudnice. Her brother Michal is also a professional footballer.