Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:44:17 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-republics-footballers-unofficial-ambassadors-eu-8077382© 2026 Radio Prague International You may recall that Radio Prague ran a competition earlier this year in which we asked who you considered the most interesting Czech, living or dead. Someone from our Russia section told me something interesting: they got a few letters in which people chose the Czech football captain, Pavel Nedved. As almost every single player on the Czech national team plays abroad, it occurred to me that many people's only connection with the Czech Republic might be that their favourite team features a Czech player, be it Petr Cech at French club Rennes, or Patrik Berger at Portsmouth. Indeed when Vladimir Smicer joined Liverpool - Berger's old club - the fans had a song which went "he's Czech, he's great, he's Patrik Berger's mate". encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/fotbal_mic.jpg?timestamp=1591443092 https://english.radio.cz/czech-republics-footballers-unofficial-ambassadors-eu-8077382 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9