Milan Baroš
Czech footballer (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Milan Baroš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪlan ˈbaroʃ]; born 28 October 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer.
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Full name | Milan Baroš[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1981-10-28) 28 October 1981 (age 42)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1991 | Vigantice | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Rožnov p. Radhoštěm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1998 | Baník Ostrava | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2001 | Baník Ostrava | 76 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2005 | Liverpool | 68 | (19) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Aston Villa | 42 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2008 | Lyon | 24 | (7) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | → Portsmouth (loan) | 12 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2013 | Galatasaray | 93 | (48) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013 | Baník Ostrava | 12 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Antalyaspor | 13 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Baník Ostrava | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | Mladá Boleslav | 21 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Slovan Liberec | 24 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Baník Ostrava | 58 | (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | FK Vigantice | 8 | (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 454 | (141) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Czech Republic U15 | 7 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Czech Republic U16 | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998 | Czech Republic U17 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2000 | Czech Republic U18 | 19 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2002 | Czech Republic U21 | 19 | (9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2012 | Czech Republic | 93 | (41) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
In 2005, he was part 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 also had spells with Baník Ostrava, where he started his career, and English club Aston Villa, before retiring from professional football in 2020 following the fourth spell at Baník Ostrava.
Born in Valašské Meziříčí, Baroš represented the Czech Republic international team in 93 matches, scoring on 41 occasions. He won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the Euro 2004 tournament, where his nation 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 only Jan Koller.