Notable Players
The best known Slavia player of all time is perhaps forward Josef "Pepi" Bican, one of the most prolific goalscorers in the history of football. Other famous players include forward Antonín Puč, goalkeeper František Plánička (both of them members of the Czech national team in two World Cups) and midfielder František Veselý. Other big names in club history are: Čestmír Vycpálek, Jan Košek, František Svoboda, Alexander Bokšay, Vlasta Kopecký, Ota Hemele, Jiří Hildebrandt, Jan Lála, František Veselý, Luboš Kubík and Ivo Knoflíček.
Players for Slavia in the 1990s include Vladimír Šmicer (2005 UEFA Champions League winner), Patrik Berger, Karel Poborský, Radim Nečas, who became the most expensive player in the league in 1992, Radek Bejbl, Jan Suchopárek, Ivo Ulich, Pavel Kuka, who ended his career in 2005 and Croatian player Slađan Ašanin. Notable players of the 2000s include Radek Černý, Pavel Horváth, Martin Vaniak and Mickael Tavares or young players like Tomáš Necid, Marek Suchý, Michal Švec. Among current notable players are forward Stanislav Vlček, midfielder Adam Hloušek and defender Ondřej Čelůstka and Martin Latka.
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