Nedved: The Fifth Between Czech Players This Autumn
Midfielder Tomas Rosicky, who plays with Arsenal and the Czech national team, has predominantly won the Golden Ball poll for the best Czech soccer player in the autumn season, the poll organizer, Sports Journalists Association of Czech Republic, announced on Tuesday.
Goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea, who won the journalists' poll last year, is in the second place, followed by Tomas Ujfalusi playing with Italian Fiorentina.
The group of the first 11 includes only footballers from the Czech national team except for Pavel Nedved from Italian Juventus, who announced his departure from the national team this year.
The total winner of this year's Golden Ball will release next June.
The authorized Football Section, Sports Journalists Association of Czech Republic, has organized its own contest for the best football player in Czech since 1997. The first round of journalists' voting is announced after the end of the autumn season and the other voting round is after the spring part of the season.
The 11th Golden Ball best Czech soccer player poll's results for autumn season:
1. Rosicky (FC Arsenal) 1378 points
2. P. Cech (FC Chelsea) 941,
3. Ujfalusi (AS Fiorentina) 859,
4. Jankulovski (AC Milan) 615,
5. Nedved (Juventus Turin) 605,
6. Sionko (Glasgow Rangers) 383,
7. M.Cech (Slovan Liberec) 365,
8. Vlcek (Slavia Praha) 327,
9. Koller (AS Monako) 284,
10. Rozehnal (Paris St.Germain) 266,
11. Kovac (Spartak Moscow) 264,
12. Zapotocny (Slovan Liberec) 237,
13. Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam) 169,
14. Polak (1.FC Nuremberg) 162,
15. Kulic (FK Mlada Boleslav) 100,
16. Dosek (Sparta Praha) 88,
17. Lafata (FK Jablonec 97) 83,
18. D. Jarolim (Hamburger SV) 59,
19. Jiranek (Spartak Moskva) 58,
20. Jarosik (Celtic Glasgow) 55,
21. Galasek (1.FC Nuremberg) 53,
22. Pecka (FK Mlada Boleslav) 40,
23. Plasil (AS Monaco) 36,
24. Frejlach (Slovan Liberec) 30,
25. Repka (Sparta Praha) 19,
26. Baros (Aston Villa), Matejovsky (FK Mlada Boleslav) oba 17,
28. Blazek (Sparta Praha) 11,
29. Matusovic (Sparta), Abraham (Ml. Boleslav) oba 9,
31. Kinsky (Saturn MO) 8,
32.Papousek (Liberec), Kolousek (Tirol Innsbruck) 7 each,
34. Kostal (Liberec) 6,
35. Skacel (FC Southampton) 5,
36. Horvath 4,
37. Sivok (both Sparta), Heinz (AS St.Etienne), Kucera (Arminia Bielefeld) 3 each,
40. Stajner (Hannover 96), Mares, Sirl (both Zenit Petersbourg), Bednar (Heart of Midlothian), Fort, Latka (both Slavia), Lejsal (1.FC Brno), Volesak (Dynamo C. Budejovice), Snozik (Bohemians 1905) 1 each.
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