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Vratislav Lokvenc Vratislav Lokvenc ( , born 27 September 1973 ) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker . After playing youth football for Náchod and Hradec Králové , he began his senior club career with the latter team . After moving to Sparta Prague he won five league titles and one cup , as well as the 1999–2000 league top scorer award . He subsequently played abroad , playing club football in Germany , Austria and Switzerland for 1 . FC Kaiserslautern , VfL Bochum , Red Bull Salzburg , FC Basel and FC Ingolstadt 04 . He retired in 2009 . Lokvenc played international football for the Czech Republic . He played at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup before going on to take part in three major competitions . He made three substitute appearances at Euro 2000 and played in one game at Euro 2004 . His last international tournament was the 2006 World Cup , where he played in two group matches before missing the third through suspension . The Czech Republic did not qualify for the next round of the competition and Lokvenc subsequently retired from international football in 2006 . Club career . Early success . Lokvenc was born into a football family ; his father , also named Vratislav Lokvenc , played club football for FK Ústí nad Labem in the second football league of Czechoslovakia and later Náchod . Born in 1973 , Lokvenc started his professional career during the 1992–93 season with Hradec Králové , joining Sparta Prague in October 1994 . He featured in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup for Sparta , scoring the first goal and providing the pass for the second in a 2–1 win against Danish club Silkeborg IF , whereby Sparta qualified on the away goals rule for the second round . He scored a goal shortly after entering the game as a substitute in a first round match of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup Winners Cup against Austrian side Sturm Graz ; the match finished 2–2 . Lokvenc spent six seasons at Sparta Prague , with whom he won five league titles and the 1995–96 Czech Cup . In March 2000 , in a match against České Budějovice , Lokvenc scored four times for Sparta as the match finished 4–1 . In doing so he became the third player in the Czech era to score four times in the same match , after Josef Obajdin and Robert Vágner . Lokvenc scored twice in the Prague derby match against Slavia Prague in May 2000 , in a 5–1 win which secured the league title for Sparta . He was top scorer of the Czech First League in the 1999–2000 season with 22 goals , tying the league record , which stood until David Lafata scored 25 goals during the 2011–12 season . Germany . Lokvenc joined 1 . FC Kaiserslautern of the German Bundesliga in 2000 , agreeing to the move before the 2000 European Championship . Around the same time , a daughter was born to Lokvenc in May 2000 . He scored six goals in an 11–1 friendly match win against an amateur side before the start of the season . In December 2000 Lokvenc scored in the UEFA Cup against Rangers , helping his team qualify for the last 16 of the competition . In the following round Kaiserslautern were paired with Slavia Prague ; after the first match had finished goalless , Lokvenc scored the only goal in the second leg of their two-legged tie to eliminate the Czech team . He scored a hat-trick in the 2002–03 DFB-Pokal quarter-final against Bochum , a game which finished 3–3 but was won by Kaiserslautern after a penalty shoot-out . Lokvenc played in the final of the competition at the end of May 2003 , but his side were beaten 3–1 by league winners Bayern Munich as the latter claimed the double . Kaiserslautern announced that Lokvenc would be sold in April 2004 , citing his salary demands as reasons for his sale . He joined VfL Bochum of the Bundesliga in the summer of 2004 , agreeing the transfer before the European Championships . Bochum were relegated from the league after 33 games of the 34-game season , with Lokvenc scoring his tenth goal of the season in a 2–0 win at third placed Stuttgart . Late career . Lokvenc signed for Red Bull Salzburg in the summer of 2005 , rejecting offers from Portsmouth and Hertha Berlin . He described his move to Salzburg as the best transfer of my life , arriving around the same time as Germany national team players Thomas Linke and Alexander Zickler . Lokvenc only played four league matches in his first season with the club before requiring surgery on an injury to his right knee in November . He returned to the team in May 2006 , taking part in a match for the first time since July 2005 , as he made an appearance as a substitute in a 2–1 home loss against Pasching . The club finished the season as league runners-up , behind Austria Vienna . Lokvenc scored his first league goal of the 2006–07 Austrian Football Bundesliga in a December match against Altach , levelling the scores as the game finished 1–1 . The club went on to win the league in April 2007 with five matches of the season remaining . In October 2007 Lokvenc scored the only goal in Salzburgs 1–0 UEFA Cup first round win against AEK Athens This was not enough for his team to advance , having lost 3–0 in the first leg of their two-legged tie . Lokvenc featured less for Salzburg in the 2007–08 season , prompting him to join Swiss Super League team Basel on loan in February 2008 for the remainder of the season . He scored in Basels 1–0 semi-final Swiss Cup victory against Thun . The club went on to win the 2008 league championship title and the 2008 Swiss Cup . Lokvenc returned to Germany in the summer of 2008 , joining Ingolstadt of the 2 . Bundesliga . On August 17 , 2008 , the Czech played his first competitive match for FC Ingolstadt in a 3–2 victory against SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the first matchday of the second German Bundesliga . Lokvenc scored his first two goals on 5 October 2008 in a 4–2 win on the seventh matchday against Hansa Rostock ( a relegated team from the Bundesliga ) . Vratislav Lokvenc played in 23 games and scored six goals . Nevertheless , FC Ingolstadt relegated from the second German Bundesliga at the end of the season . After the relegation , Lokvenc left the Bavarians and retires . Post-playing career . After finishing his professional playing career , Lokvenc worked as a scout in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for his former team , Basel . He also played football in the amateur Czech Fourth Division for Union Čelákovice . He continued to be physically active after his football career , taking part in the 2010 Prague Half Marathon in the same field as former international teammate Pavel Nedvěd . He was again involved in the Prague Half Marathon in 2015 , taking part in a relay alongside Nedvěd , fellow footballer Tomáš Hübschman and 2014 Miss Czech Republic , Tereza Skoumalová . International career . Lokvenc represented his country at under-21 level , scoring seven goals in 13 matches between 1993 and 1995 . He first played for the senior Czech national team in 1995 . Lokvenc was part of the Czech Republic squad at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia . He took part as a substitute in the group stage match against United Arab Emirates and started the third place play-off game versus Uruguay , which the Czech Republic won to finish third overall in the tournament . Euro 2000 . At Euro 2000 , Lokvenc made a substitute appearance in the Czech Republics opening game against the Netherlands , replacing Pavel Nedvěd after 89 minutes as the match resulted in a 1–0 win for the Dutch . He replaced Radek Bejbl in the second group match , against France , coming on after 49 minutes in the 2–1 loss . Lokvenc appeared in the third group match against Denmark , although due to both teams having lost both of their previous matches , neither team could advance to the next round of the competition . He came on after 79 minutes , replacing Vladimír Šmicer in a 2–0 win for his nation . Euro 2004 . Lokvenc scored twice as a substitute in a June 2003 qualification match against Moldova , scoring both goals with his head in a 5–0 win for his country . He played in one match at Euro 2004 . He started the group match against Germany among a group of players which was described by the BBC as very much a Czech second string , but failed to score and was replaced by Milan Baroš after 59 minutes . The Czech Republic won the match , 2–1 . 2006 World Cup . During the qualification process for the forthcoming World Cup , Lokvenc scored five goals for his country . In a November 2004 match , away at Macedonia , he entered the game in the 76th minute as a substitute for Zdeněk Grygera with the game goalless . He scored the first goal of the game with his head , before Jan Koller made the score 2–0 to win the match . In March 2005 , Lokvenc again scored the deciding goal , this time against Finland in Teplice . In a game in which the Czechs had led 3–1 , Finland scored twice to level the scores , however Lokvenc made the score 4–3 with three minutes remaining . Four days later , Lokvenc scored another goal , heading in a cross from Baroš , in a 4–0 away win against Andorra . In June of the same year , Lokvenc scored the first and last goals for his nation in an 8–1 home win , also against Andorra . At the 2006 World Cup , Lokvenc replaced the injured Jan Koller as a substitute in the first group match , against the USA . He didnt score but received a yellow card as his nation won 3–0 . He started the second group match , against Ghana , in the absence of fellow strikers Koller and Baroš due to injury . He received another yellow card in the match , which Ghana won 2–0 . Due to having received two yellow cards , he was suspended for his countrys final group match , against Italy . The Czech Republic lost to Italy and therefore failed to progress to the next stage of the competition . Lokvenc announced his retirement from international football in September 2006 , becoming the third player from the World Cup team to retire after Karel Poborský and Pavel Nedvěd . He finished his international career with figures of 14 goals in 74 matches . Style of play . Lokvenc was particularly noted for his height , being referred to as a towering forward , and having a similar aerial threat to international teammate Jan Koller . His strength was noted as another of his assets . Honours . Club . - Sparta Prague - Czech First League : 1994–95 , 1996–97 , 1997–98 , 1998–99 , 1999–2000 . - Czech Cup : 1996 - Kaiserslautern - DFB-Pokal Runner-up : 2002–03 - Salzburg - Austrian Football Bundesliga : 2006–07 ; Runner-up : 2005–06 - Basel - Swiss Super League : 2007–08 - Swiss Cup : 2007–08 Country . - Czech Republic - FIFA Confederations Cup : Third place 1997 Individual . - Top scorer of the Czech First League : 1999–2000