Tomáš Votava (born 21 February 1974) is a Czech former

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who played as a defender. In his native country, he won five league titles with

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, before moving to

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in 1999. His time in

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was marred by injury, and he only managed 49 league games in four years, leaving for APOEL in 2003. After one year in Cyprus, he returned to Germany, joining SpVgg Greuther Fürth, then moving on to

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eighteen months later. He retired in 2008.

Honours

* UEFA Under-16 Championship: 1990 *

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: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999 *

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: 1996 *

Cypriot First Division The Cypriot First Division (), also known as the Cyprus League by Stoiximan for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Cyprus and the highest level of the Cypriot football league system. Operated by the Cyprus Fo ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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* * 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav Czech men's footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Czech Republic men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Dukla Prague footballers AC Sparta Prague players TSV 1860 Munich players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players APOEL FC players Dynamo Dresden players Czech First League players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Cypriot First Division players Czech expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Czech expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region {{CzechRepublic-footy-defender-stub