Ivan Hašek (born 30 August 1987) is a Czech former

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who played as a

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Personal life

Hašek comes from a sporting family. His father

Ivan Hašek Ivan Hašek (born 6 September 1963) is a Czech professional football coach and former player who currently manages the Czech national football team. Hašek played as a central midfielder and spent a 11-year career with Sparta Prague, appearing ...

is a famous Czech footballer, who played for and later managed the

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, while his older brother,

Pavel Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People G ...

, also played in the Czech First League.

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* Czech men's footballers 1987 births Living people Czech First League players Bohemians 1905 players FK Čáslav players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Czech sportsmen {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub