Jiří Novotný (; born 7 April 1970 in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

) is a former Czech professional

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defender. He played for

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and later the

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, for both he played total 33 matches and scored 2 goals. Novotný was a participant in the

2000 UEFA European Championship The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. The finals tournament was ...

. In his country he played for most of his career with

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

.Pro Spartu už nepracuju – Jiří Novotný
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International career

International goals

:''Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first.''

References

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Interview with Jiri Novotny
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