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RoadEnd
09-11-09, 09:29 PM
http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/November/09/smicer-hangs-up-boots/



AFP - 9 November 2009
Former Czech international star and Slavia Prague veteran Vladimir Smicer, seen here in 2006, said on Monday he was hanging up his boots at the age of 36 after a spate of injury problems.

"I am not able to help Slavia on the field. I can no longer give it 100 percent," explained Smicer, who won the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool.

"My head and my heart want me to carry on but my body says no," added Smicer ruefully after playing the first half of a goalless draw with Viktoria Pilsen.

Smicer scored 27 goals in 81 games for the Czech national side from 1993-2005, featuring for the squad which finished runners up to Germany at Euro 2006.

In 1998 he won the French league title with Lens and after joining Liverpool won the 2001 UEFA Cup before the "miracle of Istanbul" in 2005.

Two years ago he returned home to Slavia, with whom he had won the 1996 league title before adding two more in his second spell.

But recurrent cartilage problems this year has restricted him and he will now join the national side's backroom staff under new coach Michal Bilek.
javier_monsterano
09-11-09, 10:07 PM
Liverpool legend.:respect:
Reece
09-11-09, 10:08 PM
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/79649059.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1935121260197D6DE78163C05729E7E6586

:respect:
johnp
09-11-09, 10:17 PM
Smicer :respect:

I know he wasn't the greatest in the world, but he certainly played a part in one of the greatest games ever played :rock:
Mike
09-11-09, 10:35 PM
He loves Liverpool and Liverpool love him.

Legend

:respect:
Exiled_red
09-11-09, 11:16 PM
For that 2005 Champions League goal Smicer :respect:
Marky
10-11-09, 12:23 AM
What about him kissing the badge after scoring the pen in Istanbul?

Still brings a tear to the eye.
Guest
10-11-09, 12:27 AM
What about him kissing the badge after scoring the pen in Istanbul?

Still brings a tear to my jap's eye.

:eyebrow:
dave edwards
10-11-09, 08:59 AM
:eyebrow:

:haha::haha::haha:
Tee
10-11-09, 09:37 AM
I was always a fan of Vlad, even when he was being hounded on certain inetrent forums.

Istanbul has sealed his status as a legend - YNWA Vladi!!
Harv
10-11-09, 09:42 AM
Chernobyl Baby :rock:
lickedlollipop
10-11-09, 11:11 AM
Good luck in your life, Vlado!!!
DannyMan2006
10-11-09, 11:45 AM
He wasn't very good for Liverpool FC if I'm being honest, but respect for Istanbul. He stepped up when it really counted.
PTP
10-11-09, 01:18 PM
One of liverpools greatest ever players...








when playing 5-a-side in training, apparently :haha: :crackoff:

For the goal and the penalty in Istanbul alone though he has wrote his name into our History for ever, good luck Paddy Berger's mate
Kenneth
10-11-09, 01:39 PM
I was always a fan of Vlad, even when he was being hounded on certain inetrent forums.

Istanbul has sealed his status as a legend - YNWA Vladi!!
He was consistently crap though. Istanbul created his status as a legend and hurray to that.
Tee
10-11-09, 02:12 PM
He was consistently crap though. Istanbul created his status as a legend and hurray to that.

But better than much of what we have at the moment IMO.
dave edwards
10-11-09, 02:22 PM
Always like the guy :handshake:

good luck :handshake:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8352694.stm
The Erectile Banana
10-11-09, 03:56 PM
Vlad

:rock:

Best of luck with the management role Mr. Impaler.
Shaggy
10-11-09, 06:21 PM
But better than much of what we have at the moment IMO.

Disagree. He was painfully crap the vast majority of time - not as good as Yossi, Riera, Kuyt...anyone you care to mention who plays in the wide areas or off the front.

Still love him though. Have a great retirement Vladi :respect:
Assassin
10-11-09, 06:56 PM
Smicer.......Istanbul :respect:

good luck in the future :handshake:
Marky
10-11-09, 07:30 PM
YouTube- Vlad The Lad in Bordeaux

:rock:
meffin
10-11-09, 08:04 PM
shittest player ever to be a legend! 1 game made his whole career
Shaggy
10-11-09, 08:14 PM
One swing of the boot!
Mattshark
10-11-09, 08:36 PM
Vlad is now manager of the Czech Republic. That is insane.
Exiled_red
10-11-09, 09:20 PM
Vlad is now manager of the Czech Republic. That is insane.

:jaw:
Kenneth
10-11-09, 09:25 PM
One swing of the boot!

Well two. One for his goal and one for the pen.
MrsB
10-11-09, 09:32 PM
Vlad is now manager of the Czech Republic. That is insane.

Is he? :jaw:

He was always their talisman. I always liked him.
PC Plod
11-11-09, 11:56 AM
Given his status in the squad at the time & the state of that squad as whole, his goal, celebration & penalty are one of the most iconic moments of that whole campaign.

Carra's tackles, Dude's dance, the post Xabi goal chaos, Luis' goals against Juve & Chavs, Igor's setting up of the Leverkusen goal, Gerrard's Olympiakos goal- Marky is dead right, I can't think of those things without getting all emotional.
Tee
11-11-09, 12:04 PM
Given his status in the squad at the time & the state of that squad as whole, his goal, celebration & penalty are one of the most iconic moments of that whole campaign.

Carra's tackles, Dude's dance, the post Xabi goal chaos, Luis' goals against Juve & Chavs, Igor's setting up of the Leverkusen goal, Gerrard's Olympiakos goal- Marky is dead right, I can't think of those things without getting all emotional.

:handshake: :respect: