Pavlína Ščasná Explained

Pavlína Ščasná
Fullname:Pavlína Ščasná
Birth Date:1982 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Roudnice nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
Height:1.65 m
Position:Striker
Years1:1997–2001
Years2:2001–2002
Years3:2003
Years4:2004–2006
Years5:2006–2007
Years6:2008–2010
Clubs1:Sparta Prague
Clubs2:Bayern Munich
Clubs3:Philadelphia Charge
Clubs4:Bayern Munich
Clubs5:KIF Örebro DFF
Clubs6:LdB Malmö
Caps2:30
Caps3:2
Caps4:53
Caps6:56
Goals2:18
Goals3:0
Goals4:27
Goals5:7
Goals6:18
Nationalyears1:1998–2001
Nationalyears2:1998–2008
Nationalteam1:Czech Republic U19
Nationalteam2:Czech Republic
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalcaps2:51
Nationalgoals1:9
Nationalgoals2:24

Pavlína Ščasná (born 3 April 1982) is a Czech former football striker who last played for Swedish champion LdB Malmö.[1]

Career

She played four years in Sparta Prague before earning Bayern Munich attention. In her first season at Bayern she was the team's top scorer with 14 goals. At the age of 20 she moved to WUSA's Philadelphia Charge, becoming the first Czech player of women's football in the United States.[2] The WUSA folded in September 2003,[3] so Ščasná returned to Bayern. She played a few more seasons in the Bundesliga before moving to Damallsvenskan in 2006.[4] She spent two years in KIF Örebro DFF and then signed for LdB Malmö, with which she won the 2010 league, her first national title since she left the Czech league.[5] She was drafted by Atlanta Beat in the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft, but she decided to remain in Malmö. After knee injury in March 2011 she ended with football.[6]

She was an international player for a decade, scoring 24 goals in 50 games for the Czech national team. She retired from international football in Autumn 2008. She was named Czech Footballer of the Year (women) five times, in 1998, 2004,[7] 2006,[8] 2007[9] and 2008.[10]

Personal life

Ščasná is the daughter of manager and former international player Zdeněk Ščasný.[2] She began playing football in the junior teams of her father's last two teams as a player, Anagennisi Dherynia in Cyprus and SK Roudnice nad Labem. Her brother Michal is also a professional footballer.[2] In August 2011, Ščasná married footballer Rostislav Novák at the Vrtba Garden in Prague.[11]

Honours

Club

Sparta Prague

1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01

LdB Malmö / FC Rosengård

2010

Individual

1998, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://int.soccerway.com/players/pavlina-scasna/7618/ Profile
  2. Web site: Ian. Willoughby. Move to US professional league dream come true for Czech woman footballer. Czech Radio. 19 February 2003. 23 March 2013.
  3. Web site: Confident, yes, but can new league survive?. 2 March 2009. sportsbusinessdaily.com. 15 April 2011.
  4. http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/pavlina-scasna/ Profile
  5. News: Ščasná má titul: Byly jsme jak princezny. Czech. sport.cz. 27 October 2010. 19 September 2012.
  6. News: Ščasná: Hrála přes bolest. Teď ale řekla Konec!. Czech. sport.cz. 27 March 2011. 19 September 2012.
  7. Web site: Nejlepším českým futsalistou je Kamenický, fotbalistkou Ščasná. Czech. sportovni.net. 6 January 2005. 27 February 2012. dead. https://archive.today/20130112031136/http://www.sportovni.net/futsal/zpravy/?op=show&polozka=1963. 12 January 2013.
  8. News: Exsparťanka Ščasná je královnou českého fotbalu pro rok 2006. Czech. fotbalpraha.cz. Prague Football Association. 8 January 2007. 27 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064334/http://www.fotbalpraha.cz/zpravodajstvi/exspartanka-scasna-je-kralovnou-ceskeho-fotbalu-pro-rok-2006-2130/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  9. News: Fotbalistkou roku 2007 je Ščasná, dorostencem Zeman ze Sparty. Czech. sport.cz. 6 January 2008. 27 February 2012.
  10. News: Ščasná vyhrála popáté anketu o nejlepší českou fotbalistku. Czech. sport.cz. 12 January 2009. 27 February 2012.
  11. Web site: Česká fotbalová královna Ščasná se vdala. Vzala si fotbalistu z "pralesa"!. Czech. blesk.cz. 24 August 2011. 16 August 2015.