Petr Čech
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type: Athlete
type: Person
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label: Чех, Петр @ru
label: Πετρ Τσεχ @el
label: Петр Чех @uk
label: 佩特·切赫 @zh
label: 페트르 체흐 @ko
label: بيتر تشيك @ar
label: ペトル・チェフ @ja
height: 196.0
subject: Category:UEFA Europa League–winning players
subject: Category:FK Chmel Blšany players
subject: Category:Belfast Giants players
subject: Category:Czech ice hockey goaltenders
subject: Category:Czech expatriate sportspeople in France
subject: Category:Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff
subject: Category:Recipients of the Silver Medal of Jan Masaryk
subject: Category:Chelsea F.C. players
subject: Category:Stade Rennais FC players
subject: Category:Ice hockey people from Plzeň
subject: Category:Premier League Hall of Fame inductees
subject: Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England
subject: Category:Czech expatriate ice hockey players in England
subject: Category:UEFA Champions League–winning players
subject: Category:Footballers from Plzeň
subject: Category:UEFA Euro 2004 players
subject: Category:Chelmsford Chieftains players
subject: Category:Czech expatriate sportspeople in England
subject: Category:Czech First League players
subject: Category:21st-century Czech sportsmen
subject: Category:Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers
subject: Category:Czech Republic men's international footballers
subject: Category:Czech men's footballers
subject: Category:Czech Republic men's youth international footballers
subject: Category:Czech expatriate men's footballers
subject: Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players
subject: Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players
subject: Category:UEFA Euro 2012 players
subject: Category:Premier League players
subject: Category:Arsenal F.C. players
subject: Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France
subject: Category:Ligue 1 players
subject: Category:FIFA Men's Century Club
subject: Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
subject: Category:Living people
subject: Category:UEFA Euro 2016 players
subject: Category:AC Sparta Prague players
subject: Category:1982 births
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alma mater: Longford International College
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birth place: Plzeň
birth date: 1982-05-20
birth place: Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
source: —Luke Brown of Independent in review of the Europa League final.
source: - Former Chelsea manager José Mourinho on Čech.
source: - Robert Huth, on Cech's character and leadership skills.
source: Čech, via open letter on Twitter, about his situation on Chelsea and his move to Arsenal
quote: [Cech] was quiet but when he did speak, everyone listened. Whenever the captain or the other leaders didn't know quite what to say, that's when he stepped up and took charge. He was one of those characters that I don't think anyone could dislike. He's humble, incredibly gifted, and works incredibly hard. You couldn't fall out with him even if you tried.
quote: "Last summer, things changed and I understood I was no longer the first-choice keeper, but I felt it was not the right time for me to go. During the season it became clear that my situation would not improve and, as I know I am not at the stage of my career where I want to be on the bench, I made my decision to move on and look for new challenges."
quote: "This was a final of farewells and absent friends and, if Hazard was its winner, Čech was its most unfortunate loser. He spent much of the final match of his glittering 20-year professional career turning around to retrieve the ball, starting dead-eyed into the row of green seats in front of him, having earlier made a sublime reflex save to deny Giroud. It was a cruel end."