Václav Svěrkoš

Václav Svěrkoš in portrait

Václav Svěrkoš [ svjɛrkɔ̹ʃ ] ( born 1 November 1983 in Třinec, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football player.

Career

In the club

Svěrkoš began at the age of seven years at the VP Frýdek- Místek playing football. As a 14 -year-old, he moved in 1998 to Banik Ostrava. 2003, the offensive player went for 1.5 million euros to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

During the winter break of the season 2005/ 06 he moved on loan to Hertha BSC, but he remained there successful and goalless. On 1 July 2006 he returned to Mönchengladbach. When Borussia it but he failed again to earn a regular place.

In January 2007 he was loaned for half a year at Austria Wien. With the Austrians, he won the OFB Cup. For the season 2007/ 08 Svěrkoš moved to his former club Banik Ostrava. With 15 goals, he was top scorer of the Gambrinus League 2007/08. From 2009, he plays in the French Ligue 1 for FC Sochaux. In January 2011 he was loaned for six months to June 2011 to Panionios Athens. For the 2011/12 season Svěrkoš changes again back to Banik Ostrava, he signed there a 5- year contract.

In the National Team

Svěrkoš went through all the national teams of the Czech Republic, of the U-15 juniors up to the U- 21 team, where he was team captain. In the senior national team, the striker made ​​his debut on 27 May 2008 in the match against Lithuania. In the second half, he played for the exchanged Milan Baroš. Svěrkoš scored on 7 June 2008 in the 1-0 victory against Switzerland in Basel 's first goal of the European Football Championship 2008.

Private

In April 2008, his partner Jana gave birth to a daughter.