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Tomáš Skuhravý
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Skuhravý in September 2008
Personal information
Full name Tomáš Skuhravý
Date of birth (1965-09-07) 7 September 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Český Brod, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.93 m
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1971–1980 Sokol Přerov nad Labem
1980–1982 Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1984 Sparta Prague 29 (4)
1984–1986 RH Cheb 58 (17)
1986–1990 Sparta Prague 113 (55)
1990–1995 Genoa 164 (59)
1995–1996 Sporting CP 4 (0)
1996–1997 Viktoria Žižkov 0 (0)
Total 368 (135)
National team
1985–1993 Czechoslovakia 43 (14)
1994–1995 Czech Republic 6 (3)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Tomáš Skuhravý (born 7 September 1965) is a Czech former footballer who played as a striker. He is famous for scoring 5 goals for Czechoslovakia in 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Club career

At club level, Skuhravý mostly played in the Italian Serie A in the early 1990s with Genoa, being signed from Sparta Prague, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera. Tall and powerful Skuhravy usually attained full shape and proficiency later in the season while the smaller and quicker Aguilera gave his best in the early matches; together they managed to give Genoa a solid attack all-year round. In the 1990–91 season, the two players scored 15 goals apiece, good for tied-third in the scorers' standings, leading Genoa to a fourth place in the final standings, arguably the best result in the club's modern history. The following year he helped his team reach the semi-finals in the UEFA Cup, ultimately being eliminated by eventual champions Ajax Amsterdam. Skuhravý scored a total of 57 goals with Genoa, becoming the best club goalscorer in the Serie A for the rossoblu. He left Genoa in 1995 to join Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he ended his playing career.

International career

At international level, Skuhravý played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing a total of 49 international matches, scoring 17 goals. For Czechoslovakia he played 43 matches and scored 14 goals, while for the Czech Republic he played six matches, scoring three goals. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he scored five goals to become the second highest scorer for the tournament. This included the opening goal against Team USA, and a hat-trick against Costa Rica, in which all goals were scored by headers, the first time in World Cup history.

Post-playing career

In September 2018, Skuhravy was announced to have made a return into football as the new club manager of Serie C club Cuneo. He left Cuneo in June 2019 following the club's exclusion from the Italian football leagues due to financial problems.

Personal life

After retirement, Skuhravý moved back to Liguria; he currently lives in Celle Ligure, where he works as a restaurant owner and football pundit for a local TV channel. His cousin Roman Skuhravý is a former football player and currently a football manager.

Career Statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Czechoslovakia 1985 1 0
1986 3 0
1987 5 0
1988 5 0
1989 6 4
1990 13 7
1991 2 1
1992 5 1
1993 5 1
Total 45 14
Czech Republic 1994 3 1
1995 3 2
Total 6 3
Career total 51 17
  • Skuhravy 's team's score listed first, score column indicates score after each Skuhravy goal.
International goals by Tomáš Skuhravý
No. Team Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1  Czechoslovakia 9 May 1989 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Luxembourg 2–0 4–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 4–0
3 7 June 1989 Wankdorf Stadion, Bern, Switzerland  Switzerland 1–0 1–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 25 October 1989 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia  Switzerland 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
5 25 April 1990 Wembley Stadium, London, England  England 1–0 2–4 Friendly
6 10 June 1990 Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Italy  United States 1–0 5–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
7 4–1
8 23 June 1990 Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy  Costa Rica 1–0 4–1 1990 FIFA World Cup
9 2–1
10 4–1
11 13 October 1990 Parc des Princes, Paris, France  France 1–2 1–2 UEFA Euro 1992 qualification
12 18 December 1991 Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil  Brazil 1–2 1–2 Friendly
13 25 March 1992 Great Strahov Stadium, Prague, Czechoslovakia  England 1–0 2–2 Friendly
14 27 October 1993 Všešportový areál, Košice, Slovakia  Cyprus 3–0 3–0 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
15  Czech Republic 17 August 1994 Parc Lescure, Bordeaux, France  France 1–0 2–2 Friendly
16 26 April 1995 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic  Netherlands 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualification
17 6 September 1995 Stadion Letná, Prague, Czech Republic  Norway 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualification

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