Milan Baroš ( czechoslovakian pronunciation : [ ˈmɪlan ˈbaroʃ ] ; born 28 October 1981 ) is a czech football player who plays as a striker. He presently plays for FK Vigantice at amateur horizontal surface. In 2005, he was depart of the Liverpool team which won the UEFA Champions League. He went on to win Ligue 1 with Lyon in 2007, the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008 and the Süper Lig with Galatasaray in 2012. He besides had spells with Baník Ostrava, where he started his career, and English club Aston Villa, before retiring from professional football in 2020 following the fourthly while at Baník Ostrava.
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Born in Valašské Meziříčí, Baroš represented the Czech Republic external team in 93 matches, scoring on 41 occasions. He won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the Euro 2004 tournament, where his state reached the semi-finals. He went on to play in three more major international tournaments. His 41 goals for the Czech Republic is second behind alone Jan Koller .
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
As a boy, Baroš played for youth clubs in Vigantice and Rožnov pod Radhoštěm before joining the youth team of Baník Ostrava at the age of 12. [ 3 ] In 1998, he made his introduction for the baseball club in the Czech First League, the top division of Czech football, becoming a regular over the next few seasons. [ 4 ] In 2000, he won the endowment of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the year awards. [ 5 ] He was described by the Czech News Agency in the 2000–01 season as “ possibly the biggest leading of the [ Czech ] football league ”. [ 6 ] He played his final game for the clubhouse on 2 December 2001, in a 1–0 passing at Viktoria Žižkov. [ 7 ] During his time in Ostrava, he scored 23 league goals in 76 appearances. [ 7 ]
liverpool [edit ]
Baroš joined Liverpool in 2002 in a transfer deserving £ 3.2 million, [ 8 ] although he did not move straightaway away due to delays in obtaining a employment allow for him. [ 9 ] He made his club debut in a UEFA Champions League tie away to Barcelona on 13 March ; [ citation needed ] he played the concluding 16 minutes in place of Emile Heskey as the match finished scoreless. [ 10 ] It was his only appearance of the 2001–02 season. [ citation needed ] In the 2002–03 season, Baroš scored twice on his premiership introduction away to Bolton Wanderers on 14 September 2002, as Liverpool won 3–2 away. [ 11 ] Baroš was a substitute in the 2003 Football League Cup Final against Manchester United. He entered the game in the second half, but did not play to the end of the game, being substituted himself a moment before the end of the bet on. [ 12 ] Liverpool won the game 2–0 to win the cup, the inaugural major trophy of Baroš ‘ career. [ 12 ] Towards the end of the temper, he scored doubly in a 6–0 away win over already-relegated West Bromwich Albion in April 2003. [ 13 ] He ended his beginning temper in the Premiership with 12 goals for the club. Baroš broke his ankle in a September 2003 match against Blackburn Rovers, a couple which besides saw teammate Jamie Carragher sustain a transgress leg. [ 14 ] Baroš subsequently missed five months of football and scored barely two goals in the 2003–04 season. [ 15 ] His beginning goal came in a league match against Leeds United in February 2004, [ 16 ] while his other finish was in March in a 1–1 Champions League draw against Marseille. [ 17 ] Baroš would subsequently claim that had director Gérard Houllier stayed at the club after the summer of 2004, he would have put in a transfer request. [ 15 ] As it was, Houllier left the club and was replaced by Rafael Benítez. [ 18 ] Baroš entered the 2004–05 season having been the top goalscorer in the summer ‘s Euro 2004 [ 19 ] tournament. With Michael Owen and Emile Heskey having been sold and new signing Djibril Cissé out with a long-run wound, Baroš was now Liverpool ‘s only senior striker. [ 19 ] Despite being the club ‘s joint top scorer with 13 goals, including a hat-trick against Crystal Palace, [ 20 ] Spaniard Fernando Morientes was preferred to Baroš in Liverpool ‘s starting lineup for the League Cup Final, a match they lost to Chelsea. [ 21 ] however, he did start the 2005 Champions League Final, being substituted after 85 minutes as the game finished 3–3 in convention time. [ 22 ] Liverpool went on to win the match on penalties. Baroš reportedly dropped the trophy during the team ‘s celebration, leaving a incision, but Liverpool decided not to mend it because it “ added to the character ” of the trophy. [ 23 ] He finished the season with 13 goals, becoming the joint-top scorekeeper for the clubhouse. [ 24 ] Baroš besides received his first red card during the political campaign, being sent off for a high challenge on Everton ‘s Alan Stubbs in the Merseyside bowler hat on 20 March. [ 25 ] In June 2005, former coach Gérard Houllier, then with french golf club Lyon, made an approach to sign Baroš. The actor rejected the access, [ 26 ] but only made two substitute appearances for Liverpool in the 2005–06 season before leaving the club. He left Liverpool with league figures of 19 goals in 68 appearances. [ 27 ]
Aston Villa [edit ]
Baroš moved to Premiership side Aston Villa for a tip of £6.5 million in August 2005, signing a four-year shrink. [ 24 ] He was given the count 10 shirt. [ 28 ] Just ten minutes into his Aston Villa debut, he scored the only finish in his new team ‘s league victory over Blackburn. [ 29 ] He played a crucial character in Villa ‘s League Cup second cycle victory against Wycombe Wanderers in September. [ 30 ] With Villa trailing 3–1 at half time, Baroš scored shortly after the beginning of the second base half and won a penalty, which Gareth Barry converted. [ 30 ] He besides provided the cross for Barry ‘s irregular finish of the game as Villa scored seven goals in the second one-half, resulting in a final score of 8–3, their biggest succeed in over 40 years. [ 30 ] He set up the first Aston Villa finish in a November match against Sunderland in doubtful circumstances ; back-heeling the ball, which “ looked to have gone out of play ” to Aaron Hughes. [ 31 ] Hughes ‘ pass found Kevin Phillips, who opened the scoring against his old club. He late scored a goal himself in the same crippled, which ended 3–1 to Villa. [ 31 ] In the Boxing Day match against Everton, Baroš was involved thoroughly in the proceedings. He opened the score in the 35th moment, having handled the ball immediately advance. [ 32 ] This was not punished and the referee awarded a goal. [ 32 ] Baroš subsequently celebrated in battlefront of the travelling Everton fans, making a gesture as if to listen to them. [ 33 ] A number of missiles from the crowd were subsequently thrown in Baroš ‘ guidance. [ 33 ] The goal was precisely his third in what Glenn Moore of The Independent described as “ an indifferent temper ” for Baroš. [ 34 ] He went on to score his second base goal of the game, and Villa ‘s fourth, earning him homo of the match honor. [ 34 ] Baroš scored twice in January 2006 ‘s fourth round FA Cup win against Port Vale, [ 35 ] and added another in the come round off ‘s 1–1 draw with Manchester City. [ 36 ] Late in the season, he scored two goals in the Second City bowler hat against Birmingham City at Villa Park, marking his 11th and 12th goals of the season and winning another man of the match award. [ 37 ] He would score no far goals that season. Baroš failed to score at the beginning of the 2006–07 season, leading modern coach Martin O’Neill to challenge him in October to prove himself before the January transmit window. [ 38 ] He subsequently scored his first goal of the season in December 2006, eight months since scoring his last one, with a close-range counterweight against Sheffield United in a 2–2 pull. [ 39 ] Although he besides managed to score for Aston Villa in a 2–1 loss to Manchester United in the FA Cup, [ 40 ] he left the club in January 2007, having scored merely once in 17 league matches that season. [ 41 ]
lyon [edit ]
On 22 January 2007, Baroš signed with french side Lyon, signing a three-and-a-half year contract and reuniting with early director Gérard Houllier from his clock at Liverpool. [ 42 ] The deal swapped Baroš with Lyon striker John Carew, who joined Aston Villa on a three-and-a-half-year deal. [ 43 ] Just two days after joining the club, he made his Lyon debut in a league meet against Bordeaux. He appeared as a stand-in, as league leaders Lyon lost 2–1 for their beginning home kill of the season. [ 44 ] Baroš took separate in that year ‘s Champions League, featuring as a substitute in a 0–0 draw in Rome against Roma. [ 45 ] He played no far separate in that season ‘s Champions League crusade, as he remained on the bench in the render leg as Lyon were eliminated. [ 46 ] In May 2007, Baroš was accused of making a racist gesticulate towards his cameroonian adversary Stéphane Mbia during Lyon ‘s match against Rennes on 18 April. [ 47 ] After having been fouled by Mbia several times, Baroš held his nose in front of Mbia and waved his hand as if to waft away an unpleasant smell. [ 47 ] In the result controversy, Baroš insisted that his gesture was not intended to be racist in any way, and he was only trying to tell Mbia to get out of his confront and leave him alone. [ 47 ] Baroš and Mbia were brought before an official corrective hearing of the Ligue de Football Professionnel ( LFP ), which ruled that Baroš was innocent of racist behavior, but he was however suspended for the remaining three games of the season for cheating demeanor. [ 47 ] The end of the season saw Lyon win the league style, but however coach Houllier left the club. [ 48 ] Baroš scored in Lyon ‘s first step crippled of the 2007–08 season as his club won 2–0 against Auxerre. [ 49 ] however, he played importantly less under new director Alain Perrin, making just six starts and scoring a total of three league goals. [ 50 ] In mid-November, Baroš revealed a break down in his relationship with Perrin and hinted at a move to another cabaret. [ 51 ]
portsmouth [edit ]
Baroš joined Premier League side Portsmouth on lend from Lyon in January 2008 until the end of the season, with the choice of making the be active permanent wave at the end of the loanword. [ 50 ] Baroš played a significant character in the golf club winning the 2008 FA Cup. He won Portsmouth ‘s match-winning penalty kick in the quarter-final at Manchester United and assisted Nwankwo Kanu ‘s deciding goal in the semifinal concluding couple against West Bromwich Albion with a suspect handball that went unnoticed by both the referee and his adjunct. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] The final match of Baroš ‘ loan spell was the 2008 FA Cup Final victory over Cardiff City at Wembley Stadium, where he appeared as an 87th-minute substitute for Kanu. [ 54 ] By the end of the season, Baroš had played 16 matches for Portsmouth, including seven as a alternate, although he failed to score. [ 54 ] He was one of a number of Portsmouth players to be absent at the team parade after the club won the FA Cup, leading to speculation he could have played his concluding game for the club. [ 55 ] At the end of the season, Baroš returned to Lyon. [ 56 ]
Galatasaray [edit ]
Baroš playing for Galatasaray in 2011 In August 2008, Baroš joined turkish champions Galatasaray from Lyon for a fee of €4.7 million. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] He made his beginning appearance against Kayserispor, playing the last 15 minutes. Baroš scored his first base two goals for the club in the UEFA Cup first rung, first leg game against Bellinzona. [ 58 ] Three days late, in his first league start, he once again scored two goals against Kocaelispor, with Galatasaray going on to win the match 4–1. [ 59 ] On 21 December 2008, Baroš scored a hat-trick in the 4–2 Süper Lig derby win against Beşiktaş, converting two penalties and scoring one from open bring. [ 60 ] He scored another hat-trick subsequently in the season against Hacettepe. [ 61 ] He finished the 2008–09 temper as the Süper Lig top scorer with 20 goals. [ 62 ] Baroš scored his first goal of the 2009–10 season in his third league game when he scored doubly in a 4–1 win against Kayserispor. [ 63 ] His next two goals came on 13 September where Galatasaray played rivals Beşiktaş. Galatasaray won the match 3–0, with Baroš scoring his one-third and fourthly goals of the season. [ 64 ] He scored a total of five times in ten-spot matches before breaking his left foot in two places after a tackle by Emre Belözoğlu in the Fenerbahçe–Galatasaray bowler hat on 25 October 2009. [ 65 ] He returned to action four and a half months subsequently on 14 March 2010 for a game against Ankaragücü, scoring a goal on his rejoinder. [ 66 ] During the season, he scored his third hat-trick for the clubhouse in a match against Diyarbakirspor. [ 61 ] He finished the temper with league figures of 11 goals in 17 matches. [ 67 ] In August 2010, a workweek before the start of the 2010–11 Süper Lig, he extended his narrow with Galatasaray for two seasons, keeping him contracted to the club until the end of the 2012–13 season. [ 67 ] Although he had been injured during pre-season train, [ 67 ] Baroš appeared as a alternate in his cabaret ‘s UEFA Europa League reservation peer against Karpaty Lviv, scoring twice as Galatasaray returned from 2–0 down to draw the peer. [ 68 ] At the goal of September, he scored his fourthly hat-trick for the club against Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, although he failed to complete the game due to an wound. [ 61 ] He scored two more goals in a 4–2 loss against Ankaragücü on 17 October, but was injured again. [ 69 ] Baroš was suspended for three matches in March 2011 after insulting referee Fırat Aydınus in a match against Beşiktaş. [ 70 ] By the end of the temper, Baroš had appeared in 17 league games and scored 9 goals. [ 71 ] Galatasaray started the 2011–12 season well and were acme of the league in January, having won eight straight league matches. [ 72 ] Baroš did not start a match for his baseball club for four weeks, [ 73 ] but scored an important goal against Samsunspor in the eighth match of the mottle. [ 72 ] The club won a ninth-straight game, with Baroš scoring his seventh goal of the temper, in the 5–1 win against Kardemir Karabükspor, although he left the game with an injury. [ 74 ] He returned from wound in a February pit against Antalyaspor, coming on as a substitute, but was on the field of play just 15 minutes before receiving a red card. [ 75 ] His judgment of dismissal resulted in a three-match suspension. [ 76 ] Baroš scored his final goal for the cabaret in April 2012 in the last match of the regular temper against Manisaspor. [ 77 ] In 2012, Baroš was told by then-coach Fatih Terim that he would not play for the golf club any more. [ 78 ] He played no competitive football after Euro 2012 and ultimately left the club in February 2013. [ 7 ]
return to Baník Ostrava [edit ]
On 18 February 2013, Czech club Baník Ostrava announced that Baroš had rejoined the club where he started his career, signing a one-and-a-half-year contract. [ 79 ] Under the terms of the contract, his wage was donated to support the youth club of the team. [ 7 ] Having not played a competitive couple since 21 June of the previous class, [ 7 ] he played his beginning equal of the season on 23 February, coming on as a substitute in the 0–0 home drawing card with Dynamo České Budějovice. [ 80 ] He scored a hat-trick in Ostrava ‘s 3–0 league victory against Hradec Králové on 9 March 2013, his first hat-trick in the top fledge of Czech football. [ 81 ]
Antalyaspor [edit ]
On 16 July 2013, Baroš agreed a annual contract with turkish club Antalyaspor. [ 82 ] He made his club debut in August, appearing as a ersatz in a 0–0 Süper Lig trace against Kayseri Erciyesspor. [ 83 ] He scored his first goal for Antalyaspor against Bursaspor in August, then his second against Rizespor in October. [ 84 ] He suffered price to his front tooth cruciate ligament ( ACL ) in December 2013, ruling him out of action for the rest of the season. Baroš returned to the Czech Republic for discussion in January 2014. [ 85 ]
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rejoinder to the Czech league [edit ]
24 September 2014 saw Baroš re-join Ostrava ; he signed a sign until the end of the 2014–15 temper. [ 86 ] Following the end of the 2014–15 season, Baroš left Ostrava and signed a biennial contract with Mladá Boleslav. [ 87 ] Following the end of the 2015–16 season, Baroš left Mladá Boleslav and signed a biennial contract with Slovan Liberec. [ 88 ] He only spent one of the two years at Liberec before returning to Baník Ostrava in 2017. [ 89 ] On 3 July 2020, 38-year-old Baroš announced that he would retire from professional football at the end of the Czech temper, due to haunting injuries. [ 90 ]
International career [edit ]
Baroš posing for a team photograph before an international match in 2009 Baroš started representing the Czech Republic in 1997, at under-15 flat. [ 4 ] Over the adjacent three years he moved up to play at higher age groups, specifically under-16, 17 and 18. [ 4 ] Baroš played in the 2000 Olympic tournament, making three appearances for the team. [ 4 ] He took function in two other major tournaments at junior level : the 2000 UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship, at which the Czech Republic placed second, and the 2002 UEFA european Under-21 Football Championship, which the Czech Republic won. [ 4 ] Baroš made his first gear appearance for the senior national side on 25 April 2001 in a friendly meet against Belgium, [ 91 ] scoring on his introduction. [ 92 ] Baroš and national teammate Pavel Nedvěd were both shown the crimson batting order in a November 2001 qualification couple for the comply year ‘s World Cup, as the Czech Republic were eliminated by Belgium. [ 93 ] At UEFA Euro 2004, Baroš scored the beginning goal for the Czech Republic in their beginning game of the tournament, a come-from-behind 2–1 victory over Latvia. [ 94 ] With the finish he became the youngest goalscorer at the European Championships for the Czech Republic. [ 94 ] His second gear finish of the tournament came against the Netherlands ; the Dutch team had taken a two-goal run over the Czechs before Jan Koller scored from a Baroš pass. [ 95 ] Baroš then scored before Vladimír Šmicer completed the marking, as the Czechs won the game 3–2. [ 95 ] The third group equal saw the Czech Republic make nine changes to their start batting order, having already qualified for the quarter-finals. [ 96 ] Baroš appeared as a substitute and scored the victorious goal, as opponents Germany failed to advance to the future stage of the tournament. [ 96 ] Baroš added two goals in two minutes of the second half of the Czechs ‘ quarter-final gain over Denmark, [ 97 ] and finished as the tournament ‘s Golden Boot winner with five goals. [ 98 ] In qualification for the 2006 World Cup, Baroš scored five goals for his state, including four in consecutive matches in 2005. [ 99 ] An injury to his animal foot, picked up in a meet on 3 June, kept him out of 2006 FIFA World Cup games against the United States and Ghana. [ 100 ] He did appear in the Czechs ‘ final examination group game against Italy, [ 101 ] but appeared unfit and left the game after 64 minutes to be replaced by David Jarolím. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] In the run astir to UEFA Euro 2008, Baroš had not scored an external finish since March 2007. [ 27 ] He started the Czech Republic ‘s second group game against Portugal, but Portugal won 3–1 and Baroš failed to score. [ 27 ] Jan Koller was preferred to Baroš in the originate batting order for the adjacent match, against Turkey. [ 104 ] Despite neither dally in the match nor even being on the gear, Baroš suffered the indignity of receiving a scandalmongering circuit board during arrest time at the end of the match. [ 104 ] Baroš was banned indefinitely from playing for his national side in April 2009 after a breach of discipline, having attended a bar deep at night. [ 105 ] however, he was recalled to the national side after the appointee of Ivan Hašek as principal coach. [ 106 ] On 12 August 2009, he marked his return to international duty with a goal from the penalty spot in the 3–1 home gain against Belgium in a friendly catch. [ 107 ] The following calendar month, Baroš scored a career high of four goals against San Marino, in a World Cup modifier which the Czech Republic won 7–0. [ 108 ] In doing so, he became only the second musician from the Czech Republic to score four goals in an international match. [ 108 ] He was selected as region of the police squad for Euro 2012. After the tournament, during which he failed to score, Baroš announced his retirement from international football, having scored a total of 41 international goals in 93 matches. [ 109 ] His full of 41 external goals for his nation is second only to strike partner Jan Koller, who holds the phonograph record with 55. [ 7 ]
style of play [edit ]
Baroš gained the nickname “ the Ostravan Maradona ” in his native Czech Republic due to sensed similarities with the Argentine football player of the lapp name. [ 110 ] He was noted particularly for being a quick musician with good dribble skill. [ 91 ]
personal liveliness [edit ]
Baroš was born in the Czech township of Valašské Meziříčí. [ 12 ] He grew up in the village of Vigantice. [ 111 ] In 2009, he married Tereza Franková, [ 112 ] whom he started dating in 2005. [ 113 ] Their son Patrik was born on 1 September 2009. [ 114 ] On 1 November 2007, Baroš was arrested in France while driving at 271 kilometers per hour ( 168 miles per hour ) in his black Ferrari F430, on a expressway limited to 130 km/h ( 81 miles per hour ). Stopped by french police between Lyon and Geneva in the region of Ain, the local authorities said the radar reading of 271 kilometers per hour was the fastest amphetamine always recorded in the region, surpassing the previous score of 248 km/h ( 154 miles per hour ) set by a motorcyclist in 2000. As a solution, Baroš had his cable car and license confiscated and had to return to Lyon in a taxi. [ 115 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
beginning : League matches ; [ 116 ]
Cup and League Cup matches ; [ 117 ]
Liverpool European matches ; [ 118 ]
european club matches from 2006 [ 71 ]
International stats [edit ]
Baroš made his debut opposed to Belgium in April 2001, [ 119 ] netting his first finish as the match ended in a 1–1 hook. [ 120 ] Baroš has merely scored a hat-trick once, which came against San Marino in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification match in September 2009, [ 121 ] where he accomplished a career score by scoring four times .
- Czech Republic score listed first, score column indicates score after each Baroš goal. Updated as of final match played 21 June 2012.[122]
Czech Republic
Year
Goals
2001
8
4
2002
6
4
2003
7
4
2004
13
9
2005
11
5
2006
8
4
2007
8
1
2008
9
1
2009
8
6
2010
1
0
2011
7
1
2012
7
2
Total
93
41
Honours [edit ]
club [edit ]
Liverpool
Olympique Lyon
Portsmouth
Galatasaray
Mladá Boleslav
International [edit ]
Czech Republic Youth
individual [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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