Richard Žemlička (born 1964) is a Czech former professional

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left winger.

Playing career

Žemlicka began his career with HC Slavia Praha and

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, becoming a regular member of Sparta's roster in 1987. He was drafted 185th in the

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by the

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but never made the move to North America and remained with Sparta Praha before moving to the

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for TPS during the 1991-92 season. He then moved to

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in 1992 to play in the

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and later the

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for

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, Eisbären Berlin and ESG Sachsen Weißwasser before returning to Sparta Praha in 1995. Žemlicka stayed with Sparta for the next eight seasons, becoming the team's captain in 2001. In 2003, he joined

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and in 2004, he moved to the Slovak Extraliga for spells with HK Poprad and

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. From 2006 until his retirement in 2010, Žemlicka played for HC Roudnice nad Labem. Žemlicka was a member of the Czechoslovakia national team and later the Czech Republic national team following the split of Czechoslovakia in 1993. He played at the

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and helped Czechoslovakia win the bronze medal. He also played in the

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for the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

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* * 1964 births Living people Czech ice hockey left wingers Czechoslovak ice hockey left wingers Edmonton Oilers draft picks EHC Freiburg players Eisbären Berlin players HC Litvínov players HC Slavia Praha players HC Sparta Praha players HC TPS players HK Poprad players Lausitzer Füchse players MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš players Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1994 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Prague Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Finland Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Slovakia {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub