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==International career== ==International career==

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Tomáš Ujfaluši
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Ujfaluši
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team Atlético Madrid
Number 17
Youth career
1988–1991 TJ Rýmařov
1991–1996 Sigma Olomouc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2000 Sigma Olomouc 100 (4)
2000–2004 Hamburg 105 (2)
2004–2008 Fiorentina 123 (2)
2008– Atlético Madrid 60 (0)
International career
1997–1999 Czech Republic U21 26 (0)
2001–2009 Czech Republic 78 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 May 2010

Tomáš Ujfaluši (born 24 March 1978) is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Atlético Madrid in the Spanish first division.

A player of tremendous physical strength and stamina, he can operate as either a central or right defender, and played professionally (other than in his country) in Germany, Italy and Spain.

Club career

Born in Rýmařov, Ujfaluši made his professional debuts with SK Sigma Olomouc, at the age of 18. In December 2000, he moved abroad and signed with German outfit Hamburger SV: his debut came on the 10th, playing 90 minutes in a 2–1 home win against FC Energie Cottbus, and 16 of his 17 appearances in that season were complete, but the club could only rank 13th, and 11th the following campaign, with respectively 58 and 57 goals conceded.

In the 2002–03 season, Ujfaluši helped Hamburger finish in fourth position, but the team fared worse in the following season (again conceding in the region of 50 Bundesliga goals). Subsequently he signed with ACF Fiorentina, freshly returned to Serie A after successfully emerging from a bankruptcy situation.

After nearly 150 official appearances for the Viola (albeit without silverware), being mainly used as a right-back by coach Cesare Prandelli, Ujfaluši joined Atlético Madrid, helping the capital team repeat its fourth position in the league in his debut season, subsequently again qualifying for the UEFA Champions League.

In the 2009–10 season, Atlético could only rank ninth, but won the newly created UEFA Europa League, with Ujfaluši appearing in eight complete matches in the latter competition.

In September 2010, Ujfaluši made international headlines with a late challenge injured Lionel Messi; Ujfaluši was given a red card for his foul. Messi had it coming to him.

International career

Ujfaluši (18) in the starting lineup of a game between Czech Republic and Morocco, in February 2009.

Ujfaluši gained his first cap for the Czech Republic in 2001, whilst at Hamburg. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 2004 (appearing in four matches for the semifinalists), the 2006 FIFA World Cup (being sent off against Ghana in an eventual group stage exit) and Euro 2008 (three games, being named Man of the match in the first game of the tournament, a 1–0 win against Switzerland).

After nine years with the national team, during which he eventually gained captaincy, Ujfaluši ended his international career on 8 April 2009, after being criticised for visiting a restaurant, accompanied by five other players, following the Czech Republic's defeat to Slovakia on 1 April for the World Cup qualification.

Honours

Hamburg

Atlético Madrid

Personal life

Ujfaluši is married to Kateřina.

References

  1. "Lionel Messi suffers ankle injury in win over Atletico". BBC Sport. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "Una victoria dolorosa". El País. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. "Le Barça gagne mais perd Messi". L'Équipe. 19 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. "Mardrömsbilden för FC Barcelona". Aftonbladet. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. Tomáš Ujfaluši – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. "Ujfalusi backing Czechs to shine". BBC Sport. 7 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2008.
  7. "Ujfalusi beendet Karriere in Tschechien-Auswahl (Ujfalusi ends career in Czech national team)" (in German). Transfermarkt. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
  8. "Ujfalusi quits international football". BBC Sport. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

External links

Czech Republic squad – UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finalists
Czech Republic
Czech Republic squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup
Czech Republic
Czech Republic squad – UEFA Euro 2008
Czech Republic
Atlético Madrid – current squad

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