Tomáš Skuhravý (born 7 September 1965) is a Czech former

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who played as a striker. He scored five goals for Czechoslovakia in

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at international level.

Club career

On 28 September 1983, Skuhravý debuted for

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against

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at the

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, coming as a substitute to Vítězslav Lavička in the 60th minute. Skuhravý signed for

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club

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from Sparta Prague in 1986, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera. Tall and powerful, Skuhravý usually attained full shape and proficiency later in the season while the smaller and quicker Aguilera gave his best in the early matches. They gave Genoa a solid attack all-year round. In the 1990–91 season, the duo scored 15 combined goals for tied-third in the scorers' standings, leading Genoa to a fourth place in the final standings. At

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, Skuhravý helped Genoa reach the semi-finals in the

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until the club was eliminated by eventual champions

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. He scored a total of 57 goals with Genoa, becoming the best club goalscorer in the Serie A for the ''Rossoblu''. Skuhravý left Genoa in 1995 to join Portuguese club

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, where he suffered a knee injury and was sidelined until the end of

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. He retired from playing career at the age of 32 due to health issues.

International career

At international level, Skuhravý played for

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and the newly-formed

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, playing a total of 49 international matches, scoring 17 goals. He represented Czechoslovakia with 43 matches and scored 14 goals, as well as six matches and three goals for the newly-formed Czech Republic. In 1985, Skuhravý debuted for Czechoslovakia during a

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against

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, replacing

Václav Daněk Václav Daněk (born 22 December 1960) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played 22 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored nine goals. At club level in total, Daněk scored 197 league goals in 402 games. Club ...

. He participated in the

, scoring five goals to become the second highest scorer for the tournament. This included the opening goal against

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and a hat-trick against

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, in which all goals were scored by headers, the first time in World Cup history.

Personal life

Skuhravý is divorced twice and has two daughters, one of whom – Michaela Skuhravá – works as a fashion designer. After retirement, Skuhravý lives in

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, where he works as a restaurant owner and football pundit for a local TV channel. His cousin Roman Skuhravý is a former footballer and football coach who has managed

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since 2024. In September 2018, Skuhravý was announced to have returned football as coach of

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club

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. He left Cuneo in June 2019 following the club's exclusion from the Italian football leagues due to financial problems.

Career Statistics

International

:''Club scores are listed first, with score column indicating score after each of Skuhravý's goal.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Skuhravy, Tomas 1965 births Living people People from Český Brod Czechoslovak men's footballers Czech men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) Serie A players Serie B players Genoa CFC players Primeira Liga players Sporting CP footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 1990 FIFA World Cup players AC Sparta Prague players FK Hvězda Cheb players FK Viktoria Žižkov players Nightclub owners Czechoslovak expatriate men's footballers Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Italy Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Czech expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Men's association football forwards Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region