Petr Čech

Petr Čech (born 20 May 1982) is a retired Czech football player who is the technical and performance advisor as well as an emergency backup goalkeeper for Chelsea. He is thought by some players, journalists and managers as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the Premier League [nb 1] and, by many, as the greatest goalkeeper to have played for Chelsea.[nb 2] Currently, he plays as a goaltender for the London based ice hockey club Guildford Phoenix.[34]

Petr Čech[1]
Arsenal players training before 2019 UEFA Europa League final 07 (cropped).jpg
Čech with Arsenal in 2019
Born (1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 41)[2]
Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[3]

Association football career
Playing positionGoalkeeper[4]
Youth career
1989–1999Viktoria Plzeň
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2001Chmel Blšany27(0)
2001–2002Sparta Prague27(0)
2002–2004Rennes70(0)
2004–2015Chelsea333(0)
2015–2019Arsenal110(0)
National team
1997–1998Czech Republic U153(0)
1998–1999Czech Republic U1615(0)
1999Czech Republic U173(0)
1999–2000Czech Republic U1813(0)
2000–2001Czech Republic U207(0)
2001–2002Czech Republic U2115(0)
2002–2016Czech Republic124(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Ice hockey career
PositionGoaltender
Played forGuildford Phoenix
Playing career2019–2020

Čech was thought to be one of the best goalkeepers in the world. He had the record of the least losses in his first season playing for Chelsea and in the same season, he helped Chelsea to win the title of Premier League. He also helped Chelsea to win the same title the next year.

His first club was in his native country of Czech Republic. He stayed there for two years before moving to Sparta Prague. He stayed there for one season. His first overseas club was Rennes of Ligue 1. He played there from 2002 to 2004 before moving to Chelsea. He became a Chelsea player in June 2004. After a very successful 11-year career at Chelsea, he joined Arsenal in June 2015. He retired after playing for four years with Arsenal in 2019. Afterwards, Čech re-joined Chelsea as their Technical and Sporting Director.[35]

He won many titles during his career which consists of: four English Premier League, five FA Cup, one UEFA Champions League and one UEFA Europa League title. Due to these achievements, he is also named amongst one of the most successful goalkeepers in football history.[36]

Personal life

Petr Čech was born as a triplet (due to which he had a weak skull) to father Václav Čech and mother Libuše Čechová. They were both retired athletes.

In his childhood, he was an actor rather than an athlete and also played the role of Honza in the Czech TV series - The Territory of White Deer around 1991. He also had interest in ice hockey but his family could not afford the gear (equipment) required to play it,[37] and hence he switched to football. At the start of his career, Čech played as a forward (left winger) but after suffering a leg fracture at the age of 10, he turned towards goalkeeping.[38]

In 2003 he married Martina Čechova, whom he met while he was in high school. Petr and Martina have two children named Adéla and Damián.[39] Adéla was born in 2008 and Damián in 2009.

Outside football, Čech has interests in Rock music,[40] Ice Hockey,[41] Gardening,[39] Table Tennis,[42] Tennis,[43][44] Drumming,[45] Acting etc. He has an account on YouTube through which he publishes videos of his drum covers of various rock songs from rock bands like Coldplay, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Radiohead etc. This led Čech to provide percussion for the Czech Republic's official Euro 2016 tournament anthem. Further, he has also released a charity single with Queen's drummer Roger Taylor for the Bob Wilson Foundation. On being quizzed later about how he learned drumming, Čech told that he learned it by playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero (video games) with his goalkeeping friend Carlo Cudicini, in an interview.[40][46] He is, currently, a drummer for the London-based folk rock band Wills and the Willing.[47][48]

Club career statistics

Sources:[49][50][51]

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other [lower-roman 1] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blšany 1999–2000 Czech First League 2 0 1 0 3 0
2000–01 Czech First League 25 0 0 0 25 0
Total 27 0 1 0 28 0
Sparta Prague 2001–02 Czech First League 27 0 3 0 12 0 42 0
Total 27 0 3 0 12 0 42 0
Rennes 2002–03 Ligue 1 37 0 4 0 0 0 41 0
2003–04 Ligue 1 33 0 3 0 1 0 37 0
Total 70 0 7 0 1 0 78 0
Chelsea 2004–05 Premier League 35 0 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 48 0
2005–06 Premier League 34 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 42 0
2006–07 Premier League 20 0 6 0 2 0 8 0 0 0 36 0
2007–08 Premier League 26 0 1 0 3 0 9 0 1 0 40 0
2008–09 Premier League 35 0 6 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 54 0
2009–10 Premier League 34 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 43 0
2010–11 Premier League 38 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 50 0
2011–12 Premier League 34 0 7 0 2 0 13 0 0 0 56 0
2012–13 Premier League 36 0 5 0 3 0 15 0 4 0 63 0
2013–14 Premier League 34 0 1 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 46 0
2014–15 Premier League 7 0 2 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 16 0
Total 333 0 33 0 17 0 103 0 8 0 494 0
Arsenal 2015–16 Premier League 34 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 1 0 42 0
2016–17 Premier League 35 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 0
2017–18 Premier League 34 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 38 0
2018–19 Premier League 7 0 2 0 2 0 11 0 0 0 22 0
Total 110 0 5 0 3 0 19 0 2 0 139 0
Career total 567 0 49 0 21 0 134 0 10 0 781 0

International career statistics

Source:[52][53]

Czech Republic national team
YearAppsGoals
2002 7 0
2003 8 0
2004 13 0
2005 10 0
2006 10 0
2007 8 0
2008 9 0
2009 7 0
2010 6 0
2011 10 0
2012 10 0
2013 8 0
2014 6 0
2015 6 0
2016 6 0
Total 124 0

Records held

Čech holds many records, out of which the most notable ones are:[54]

  1. A national record for not having a goal scored against him in 855 minutes of game play.
  2. English Premiership record of not having a goal scored against him in 1,025 minutes. (Edwin van der Sar later broke the record by not conceding a single goal for 1,032 minutes.)
  3. 25 games without letting a goal be scored in Chelsea's 2004/05 title-winning season.
  4. A record of the most number of games ever played for chelsea by a non-Englishman.
  5. Least number of matches played to get 100 clean sheets in premier league.
  6. Least number of matches played to get 200 clean sheets in premier league.
  7. The most number of clean sheets (202) in premier league history.
  8. The only goalkeeper to get 200 clean sheets in premier league.
  9. The footballer to win the most number of Czech Footballer of the Year and Czech Golden Ball awards.
  10. Has played the most number of matches in the history of Czech Republic.
  11. Most number of clean sheets in a single season (Football season) and in first season in premier league.
  12. The only goalkeeper to win Premier League Golden Gloves with two teams.
  13. Winner of the golden gloves for the most number of times in premier league history.
  14. 4th highest number of matches played by a goalkeeper in Champions League History.[55]
  15. A record of winning the premier League title 4 times, more than any other goalkeeper in Premier League history, except Peter Schmeichel.
  16. He has done the second-most no. of saves (1136) among all the goalkeepers in the history of premier league.[54]
  17. Of all the goalkeepers who have made 500 or more saves, he has the best saves-to-shots ratio (the number of saves done per 100 shots) in premier league history.
  18. He is the 6th highest appearance-maker in Chelsea history.
  19. A record of having conceded the least no. of goals (15) in a season (2004/05) in Premier League history.[36]
  20. Most clean sheets at one club by any goalkeeper in premier league history.
  21. Highest save percentage recorded in Champions League for a decade (2010-2019).
  22. Highest minutes-goal conceded ratio in premier league history for any goalkeeper to have played 6000 or more minutes in the competition.[54][56]
  23. Highest minutes per goal conceded in a single season of premier league (242 minutes per goal in 2004/05 season).[57]
  24. Highest save percentage ever recorded in premier league for a single season (91% in 2007).[58]
  25. Joint most no. of premier league seasons finished with a save percentage of 80% or higher (5, tied with Edwin van der Sar).[58]
  26. Second highest no. of Best European Goalkeeper award wins (4, tied with Oliver Kahn)
  27. 2nd most no. of penalty saves in Champions league history (5, behind only Iker Casillas).[59]
  28. The longest game time without conceding in Czech league (1025 min).[60]
  29. He has the 4th highest no. of clean sheets in European competitions history.[61]
  30. Third-most clean sheets (391) among all the goalkeepers since 2000.[62]

Awards and Titles

Club

International

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player: 2002[83]
  • Czech First League Most clean Sheets: 2001–02[84]
  • Best Goalkeeper of French League: 2003–04[85]
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2004[86]
  • Premier League Golden Glove: 2004–05, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2015–16[87]
  • PFA Team of the Year: 2004–05 Premier League,[88] 2013–14 Premier League[89]
  • Czech Footballer of the Year: 2005,[90] 2008,[91] 2009,[92] 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016[93]
  • Golden Ball (Czech Republic): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017[94]
  • IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2005[95]
  • Best European Goalkeeper: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012[96]
  • UEFA Club Football Awards Best Goalkeeper: 2005, 2007, 2008[97]
  • UEFA Team of the Year: 2005[97]
  • ESM Team of the Year: 2004–05, 2005–06[98]
  • Premier League Player of the Month: March 2007[99]
  • Chelsea Player of the Year: 2010–11[100]
  • FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2013[101]
  • National Ice Hockey League 2 South Player of the Month: January 2020[102]

Petr Čech Media

Notes

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