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    Smicer retires through injury

    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.
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    Liverpool legend.

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        #4
        Smicer

        I know he wasn't the greatest in the world, but he certainly played a part in one of the greatest games ever played
        Last edited by johnp; 09-11-09, 11:26 PM.
        Well, here we are in a room with two manky hookers and a racist dwarf. I think I'm heading home.

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          #5
          He loves Liverpool and Liverpool love him.

          Legend

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            #6
            For that 2005 Champions League goal Smicer
            The only gracious way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can't ignore it, top it; if you can't top it, laugh at it; if you can't laugh at it, it's probably deserved.

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              #7
              What about him kissing the badge after scoring the pen in Istanbul?

              Still brings a tear to the eye.
              "Let me say for the record, I am not a gangster and never have been. Im not the thief who grabs your purse. Im not the guy who jacks your car. Im not down with the people who steal and hurt others. Im just a brother who fight back."
              Tupac

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                #8
                Originally posted by Marky View Post
                What about him kissing the badge after scoring the pen in Istanbul?

                Still brings a tear to my jap's eye.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by PeteBest View Post
                  "The main thing wrong with this site is I haven't banned enough people yet, despite having acquired banning powers. I shall be putting this right in the next couple of days. If you haven't yet been banned, you soon will be." - Neil Young

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                    #10
                    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!!
                    "Its not about the long ball or the short ball, its about the right ball." Bob Paisley

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                      #11
                      Chernobyl Baby
                      "When a man insults my country I insult him, by taking his woman" Tony Yeboah

                      "looking through your posts since 2007 and what you have consistently written about my football team I have come to the conclusion that if you had 1 more brain cell you would be a plant .. your father was a hamster and your mother smells of elder berries, I fart in your general direction ..." Nicey

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                        #12
                        Good luck in your life, Vlado!!!

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                          #13
                          He wasn't very good for Liverpool FC if I'm being honest, but respect for Istanbul. He stepped up when it really counted.
                          Forwards.......

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                            #14
                            One of liverpools greatest ever players...








                            when playing 5-a-side in training, apparently

                            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
                            i own everton fans on the internet....that's what i do

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Tee View Post
                              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.
                              Trey Nyoni: countdown to stardom- 2 years 1year 0.5 years

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