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My Take
Poborský will forever be that lob over Vitor Baia at Euro 96, a goal so audacious it relaunched a tournament. But I appreciate that he was more than one highlight: a genuinely technical winger with real pace who earned a Manchester United move off that summer. The detail I love is that he began and ended his career at Dynamo Ceske Budejovice, and they retired his number 8 there. That kind of loyalty to a home club is rare. He never quite settled at United, yet his Czech and Lazio years showed a player who understood width better than most. A proper craftsman of the flank.
Overview
Karel Poborský (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈpoborskiː] ; born 30 March 1972) is a Czech former professional association football player. Poborský played as a winger, and was most noted for his technical ability and pace. Poborský began and finished his club career at Dynamo České Budějovice, where his kit number 8 is retired in his honour.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Karel Poborský
- Name (Japanese)
- カレル・ポボルスキー
- Reading
- かれる・ぽぼるすきー
- Born
- March 30, 1972 (age 54)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Jindřichův Hradec, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 175 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / color commentator / athlete / entrepreneur
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.