Jaroslav Drobný (footballer)

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Jaroslav Drobný
Personal information
Full name	Jaroslav Drobný
Date of birth	October 18 1979 (1979-10-18) (age 30)
Place of birth	Počátky, Czech Republic
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Hertha BSC Berlin
Youth clubs
?-1999	SK Chrudim, FC Vitkovice
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1999-2001 2001-2005 2005-2006 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007 2007-	SK České Budějovice Panionios Fulham F.C. ADO Den Haag Ipswich Town F.C. → VfL Bochum (loan) Hertha BSC Berlin	46 (0) 101 (0) 0 (0) 12 (0) 0 (0) 17 (0) - (-)
National team2
?	Czech Republic U21	18 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 9, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of April 24, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jaroslav Drobný (born October 18 1979 in Počátky, Czech Republic) is a Czech football goalkeeper. He is playing for German side Hertha BSC Berlin in the season 2007/08.

Drobný's first club was local side SK Chrudium. (Czech second division) In his first season he was transferred to concurrent FC Vitkovice. The next step was First Division club SK České Budějovice. In the beer city he spent his first professional years from 1999 till 2002.

The next step in his career was a transfer to Panionios in the Alpha Ethniki, the Premier Division of Greek football. "Nea Smyrni", the stadium of Panionios became his new home for the next four years. Drobný calls this period the most happy period of his life till now.

In 2005, he was spotted by Fulham, and in the summer, having sold Edwin van der Sar, he was bought by the West London club. However, Drobný was injured shortly after his arrival, and upon returning to fitness failed to get into the team. So he was loaned for a half season to Dutch side Ado Den Haag. When he returned his contract was terminated by mutual consent in August 2006, without Drobný having played a first-team game for the club.

On October 27 2006 he joined Ipswich Town on a short term deal, but failed to make a first team appearance. On January 23 2007 he was loaned to VfL Bochum.

Drobný immediately took over the position on goal from the unlucky Danish keeper Peter Skov-Jensen. On January 27 2007 he made his Bundesliga debut with VfL Bochum against Mainz. ^[1] Drobný played a good season. So after this season the financial stronger club Hertha BSC Berlin made him an offer he couldn't refuse. In the season 2007/08 he will play in the German capital.

He has played 18 times for the Czech national team's Under-21 side, but his opportunities have been limited in the full squad, due to the presence of Petr Čech, the highly rated goalkeeper who plays for Chelsea, Fulham's rivals.

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• Jaroslav Drobný career stats at Soccerbase

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1 Drobný • 3 Friedrich • 4 von Bergen • 5 Chahed • 6 Gilberto • 7 Mineiro • 8 Dárdai • 9 Pantelić • 12 Fiedler • 14 Šimunić • 16 Lucio • 19 Schmidt • 20 Ebert • 21 Okoronkwo • 22 Grahn • 24 Cubucku • 26 Piszczek • 27 Wallschläger • 28 Lustenberger • 29 Fathi • 30 Gäng • 33 André Lima • 36 Bieler • 37 Müller • 38 Traore • 39 Ede • Manager: Favre

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