Pavel Horváth (born 22 April 1975) is a Czech professional footballer who plays for FC Viktoria Plzeň as a midfielder.
Club career
After making his professional debut with AC Sparta Prague, Horváth moved to lowly FK Jablonec in search of more opportunities, which led to a return to the capital with SK Slavia, scoring 27 goals in the league alone in four seasons, although the club only managed to win two national cups during that timeframe.
Horváth's exploits with Slavia earned him a transfer to Sporting Clube de Portugal, but he failed to win a place in the starting XI. Sold in January 2002 to Galatasaray S.K. alongside teammate Mbo Mpenza, he also appeared very rarely, which prompted a return home before 2001–02 was over, with FK Teplice, where he won the domestic cup in his first full season.[1]
After three years in Japan Horváth moved back to Sparta for two more seasons, where he won the national championship for the first time in 2007, adding the 2007 and 2008 Czech Cups. Subsequently, aged 33, he signed for FC Viktoria Plzeň,[2] netting eight times during the 2008–09 season as the club finished in eighth place.
Horváth won the domestic cup for the sixth time with his fourth different team, as he captained Viktoria to its first title in the competition in 2010.[1] He was also named the Personality of the League at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards in that year.
35-year old Horváth continued to produce in the 2010–11 season, scoring eight goals in 26 games as Plzeň won the league title for the first time in the club's history.
Controversy
In September 2007, Horváth was fined 200,000 Czech koruna for apparently performing the Nazi salute during Sparta's league match against FK Viktoria Žižkov. He apologized for the incident, and said that his gesture was misinterpreted, claiming he was only trying to calm down his team's rowdies.[3]
International career
Horváth made his debut for the Czech Republic on 9 February 1999, going on to amass 19 caps in three years and being selected for UEFA Euro 2000, where he did not play.
His international career was vastly barred by the talent of fellow midfielders Patrik Berger, Pavel Nedvěd and Vladimír Šmicer.[4]
Statistics
Club
| Club performance |
League |
| Season |
Club |
League |
Apps | Goals |
| Czech Republic |
League |
| 1993/94 | Sparta Prague | Gambrinus liga | 1 | 0 |
| 1993/94 | Jablonec | 2. Liga | 4 | 0 |
| 1994/95 | Jablonec | Gambrinus liga | 26 | 5 |
| 1995/96 | 20 | 3 |
| 1996/97 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996/97 | Slavia Prague | Gambrinus liga | 25 | 5 |
| 1997/98 | 25 | 5 |
| 1998/99 | 29 | 7 |
| 1999/00 | 26 | 10 |
| Portugal |
League |
| 2000/01 | Sporting | Primeira Liga | 17 | 1 |
| 2001/02 | 3 | 0 |
| Turkey |
League |
| 2001/02 | Galatasaray | Süper Lig | 3 | 0 |
| Czech Republic |
League |
| 2001/02 | Teplice | Gambrinus liga | 13 | 1 |
| 2002/03 | 25 | 2 |
| 2003/04 | 22 | 3 |
| Japan |
League |
| 2004 | Vissel Kobe | J. League 1 | 14 | 6 |
| 2005 | 24 | 3 |
| 2006 | J. League 2 | 22 | 3 |
| Czech Republic |
League |
| 2006/07 | Sparta Prague | Gambrinus liga | 20 | 2 |
| 2007/08 | 24 | 4 |
| 2008/09 | Viktoria Plzeň | Gambrinus liga | 27 | 8 |
| 2009/10 | 28 | 5 |
| 2010/11 | 26 | 8 |
| 2011/12 | 29 | 5 |
| 2012/13 | 28 | 4 |
| Country | Czech Republic |
393 | 77 |
| Portugal |
20 | 1 |
| Turkey |
3 | 0 |
| Japan |
60 | 12 |
| Total |
476 | 90 |
International
Honours
Club
- Slavia Prague
- Teplice
- Sparta Prague
- Viktoria Plzeň
- Sporting
References
External links
| Persondata |
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| Name |
Horváth, Pavel |
| Alternative names |
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| Short description |
Czech footballer |
| Date of birth |
22 April 1975 |
| Place of birth |
Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Date of death |
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| Place of death |
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