Player: Jan Suchopárek

• Nationality: Czech Republic
• Position: Centre-back (also played as defensive midfielder at times)
• Date of birth: 1 February 1969
• Place of birth: Kladno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
• Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Club career (highlights)

• Dukla Prague — youth and early professional years
• Slovan Liberec — notable domestic performances
• RC Strasbourg (France) — played in Ligue 1
• 1. FC Nürnberg (Germany) — stints in Bundesliga/2. Bundesliga
• Return to Czech clubs later in career including Viktoria Žižkov

International career

• Represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic at senior level.
• Earned over 60 caps for the Czech Republic national team.
• Key member of the Czech Republic squad that finished runners-up at UEFA Euro 1996; scored from the penalty spot in the semi-final shootout win over France (he converted his penalty in the shootout).
• Also part of squads for other international competitions in the 1990s.

After playing career

• Moved into coaching and youth development roles, including work with Czech youth national teams and club coaching positions.

Notable traits: Strong aerial ability, leadership in defense, experience across top European leagues, and a key contributor to the golden mid-1990s Czech national team.