Facts about Petr Cech

Known as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, the legend of 

 and 

, Petr Cech, holds the record for most clean sheets in the history of the English Premier League.

The tall goalkeeper is one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time and his generation. The Cech goalkeeping ability is admired by his Fellow goalkeepers, such as Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas. He is also a role model for young goalkeepers like Marek Rodak, Nathan Baxter, as well as Joao Virginia.

Apart from his success in football, the great goalkeeper has an IQ of 158, becoming one of the smartest footballers in the world. The intelligent Cech, who speaks five different languages, won four Premier League titles during his professional career.

Here are the most interesting 

facts about Petr Cech

you might want to know.

Facts you need to know about Petr Cech

Let's take a look at the top facts about Petr Cech. Facts like Petr Cech birthday, wife, Instagram, which may be fascinating to football lovers.

Petr Cech Age and Biography at point

• Full Name:

  Petr Cech

• Nickname:

  Big Pete, Cech Mate

• Date of Birth:

  20 May 1982

• Age:

  38 years

• Place of Birth:

  Pilsen, Czechia

• Nationality:

  Czech, Czechoslovak

• Wife:

  Martina Cechova (married 2003)

• Children:

  Adela Cechova, Damian Cech

• Occupation:

  technical and performance advisor and former footballer

• Playing Position:

  Goalkeepr

• Club(s):

  Viktoria Plzen, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, Rennes, Chelsea, Arsenal

• Net Worth:

  $36 million

Height and weight:

1.96 m

92 kg

Parents:

Vaclav Cech and

Libuse Cechova

Jersey/Kit Number:

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Petr Cech Childhood

The first part of our article on

facts about Petr Cech

is about his childhood.

Petr Cech birthday

is on 20 May 1982 in Pilsen, Czechia. The legend was born as a triplet. He was born along with a brother, Michal, and a sister, Sarka. When they were two years old, Michal passed away due to contracting an infection.

Petr Cech family

were sports lovers. His father, Vaclav Cech, was an athlete and his mother, Libuse Cechova, was also an athlete. When he was a child, he played in the Czech TV series. Little Petr played Honza in The Territory of White Deer. He shifted from acting to football because of Petr Cech family career.

When

Petr Cech age

was seven played for

; It is worth mentioning that at first, Petr played as a striker, but when he was 10, he switched his position after breaking his leg. During his recovery time, he was used as a goalkeeper, and then he loved the position and became a goalkeeper.

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Petr Cech Career Stats

After reviewing

Petr Cech childhood

, let's take a look at

Petr Cech career stats

, that is, one of the significant

facts about Petr Cech

.

In 1999 he joined Chmel Blsany when he was 17. In October 1999, he played his first game at

First League. The following year he moved to

, but until the end of the season, he continued playing for Chmel Blsany. Cech Mate broke Theodor Reimann's clean sheet record in the Czech professional league in November 2001 but, his record ended by conceding a goal from Marcel Melecky on 17 November 2001 after 903 minutes without conceding goals.

In 2002 Cech signed a four-year contract with

, for €5.5 million. Obviously, Rennes was not a big team in

, but it was brilliant for Cech as an experience in a foreign league.

After two years, Cech mate moved to Chelsea for £7 million, becoming the clubs' most expensive goalkeeper at that time. When he joined Chelsea, Carlo Cudicini suffered an injury that led Jose Mourinho to choose Cech as a first goalkeeper. "I am honoured to have been the manager that, at such an early age, gave Petr a top Premier League [starting berth]. After that day, it is all about him. All about his numbers, his performances, his clean sheets, his titles and his professionalism," said Mourinho.

In his first season, Big Pete set a new record in Premier League by not conceding a goal in 1,025 minutes. Later Edwin van der Sar,

's goalkeeper, broke Cech's record. At the end of the season, he won Premier League Golden Glove.

On 14 October 2006, in the competition between Chelsea and

, an incident happened to Petr Cech, which nearly cost his life. In the first minute of the game, Stephen Hunt's knee hit the head of Cech. The goalkeeper lost consciousness and couldn't remember anything for the next three days. He suffered a depressed skull fracture and underwent surgery for it. "I lost consciousness; then, I came round again. Some people did not like me too much because I was confused, and sometimes when you're confused, you try to fight!"

He continued: "I had a depressed skull fracture. A few pieces of bone went in quite deep, which was the biggest danger. The more they go in, the left side of the brain (where Cech was injured) is quite an important center of the movement. Anything could happen."

He returned after three months and wore a helmet. "I have to say a lot of people did not want me to return a quickly as I did. It was my decision and my will to come back to what I was used to doing and what I love. Once the surgeon said the skull is strong enough with the helmet on, I decided to return to training with the team," said Cech.

The Czech goalkeeper won the Premier League title on four occasions, FA Cup title four times, three Football League Cup titles, FA Community Shield two times, one UEFA Champions League title, as well as one UEFA Europa League title during 11 years with the Blues.

In the 2014-15 season, due to his long-standing injury, he was not the first-choice keeper. At the end of the season, he left the Blues and joined Chelsea's rival Arsenal for around £10 million.

"Last summer, things changed, and I understood I was no longer the first-choice keeper, but I felt it was not the right time for me to go. During the season, it became clear that my situation would not improve and, as I know I am not at the stage of my career where I want to be on the bench, I made my decision to move on and look for new challenges," he tweeted.

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In August 2015, Cech made his debut in the Premier League against

. On 11 March 2018, Cech didn't let

scoring a goal and reached 200 league clean sheets, becoming the first goalkeeper in the Premier League history to set this record.

The legend won one FA Cup title, as well as FA Community Shield title on two occasions during four seasons with the Gunners. In 2019 he announced his retirement but returned to the Blues as a technical and performance advisor.

At the national level, Cech also displayed brilliant performances. In November 1997, he was called up to the Czech under-15 team. In U-21 European Championships Czech, became Champion with Cech brilliant performance in 2002. 

In the penalty shoot-out, 20-year-old Cech just conceded one penalty kick, leading the Czech Republic to its first title at the youth level. Big Pete earned 124 caps for the Czech Republic; in the history of the Czech Republic, the goalkeeper is the most capped player.

His individual achievements:

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Player (2002), Czech First League Most Clean Sheets (2002), Premier League Golden Glove (four times), Czech Footballer of the Year (nine times), Golden Ball/Czech Republic (twelve times), IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper (2005), Best European Goalkeeper (four times), as well as UEFA Club Football Awards/Best Goalkeeper (three times).

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Petr Cech Net worth & Salary

In this part, we will take a look at

Petr Cech salary

and net worth, which is one of the fascinating

facts about Petr Cech

.

Widely known as a Cech Mate, Petr Cech, was one of the best goalkeepers in the football world. Petr Cech was Chelsea's most expensive goalkeeper in 2004. As of 2020,

Petr Cech net worth

is estimated at around $36 million.

Petr Cech salary is $8 million per year as a Chelsea technical and performance advisor.

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Petr Cech Children & Wife

Petr Cech fell in love with Martina Cechova back in high school. Petr and Martina got married in 2003. Once Cech said, "falling love with Martina was one of the most exciting, rewarding, scariest things that have ever happened to me." 

Petr Cech wife

was born on 26 January 1982. One of the fascinating facts about Petr Cech wife is that she comes from a sporting family. Her father is a former Judo player, and the Blonde loved aerobics and modern gymnastic.

In the case of

Petr Cech children

, you might know that the goalkeeper has two children. The couple welcomed their first child, Adela, on 23 January 2008, and in June 2009, their son, Damian, was born and Adela became an elder sister.

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Facts about Petr Cech you did not know about

• Petr Cech nickname

Petr Cech nickname is given to him by his fans. He is known as Big Pete, Cech Mate.

• Petr Cech tattoo

The most fascinating fact about Petr Cech tattoo is that unlike many well-known footballer, he has yet to have any tattoos on his body.

• Petr Cech Instagram account

Petr Cech Instagram account (@petrcech) has around 2 M followers.

• Petr Cech height

Petr Cech height is 1.96, and his weight is 92 kg.

In October 2019, Cech announced that he had joined the Guildford Phoenix, an ice hooky team in the National Ice Hockey League as a goaltender. “After 20 years of professional football, this is going to be a wonderful experience for me to play the game I loved to watch and play as a kid,” said Petr Cech.

He also wrote on Instagram, "Some people seem to think I changed my job. No I didn’t. Luckily my job as the Technical and Performance adviser at Chelsea FC doesn’t stop me in my spare time from playing the game I loved as a kid and which I’ve been playing for years. While being professional footballer I couldn’t play the games for obvious reason. now I can."

One of the most important facts about Petr Cech is that the goalkeeper's name entered the Guinness Book of Records 2017. With 181 clean sheets, Petr Cech became the goalkeeper with the most clean sheets ever in the history of the Premier League. Cech Mate also was the only footballer to win the Golden Gloves with two different clubs (Chelsea and Arsenal).

"Great to be in the Guinness World Records for the most clean sheets in @premierleague & Golden Gloves with two clubs," Cech tweeted.

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Petr Cech Quotes

One of the most amusing parts of SportMob's article on facts about Petr Cech is a look back at his most controversial quotes.

On Jose Mourinho

"

His style is very different from other managers and he makes training fun," he said. "We are working with the ball the whole time and that makes it more enjoyable for the players. I think that is one of the reasons we are so happy to be at Chelsea working with him. To win the UEFA Cup and then the Champions League in two years [with FC Porto] is a tremendous achievement.

"

On his helmet

"

I'm amazed people talk about my helmet - saying it makes me feel psychologically better. I would love to play without it, but I'm not allowed to by the doctor. As long as I'm told by the doctor I'm running too much risk to play without it, I'll play with it. There's no other way for me

."

On Buffon

"

Buffon may be a bit smaller, but he has everything that you want from a great goalkeeper. He relays his confidence to his defence, and they feel that they have a great keeper behind them. Everybody can make mistakes, but his consistency level is amazing. You never see him have a bad game."

On the effect of playing tennis after his surgery

"I played tennis a lot when I had the skull injury. For the first two months of my preparation, it was all I could do. It is a great sport for me because it helps my hand-eye coordination, and you need quick feet, which is a good exercise for a keeper."

On his ability to speak five languages

"

I speak five languages, which actually makes it easier when you join a new team. You can settle much quicker because you can help team-mates much faster and better. People need to be careful around me, though - I can understand everything

."

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Petr Cech Transfer Market

One of the important facts about Petr Cech is his transfer market. According to the

Petr Cech transfer market

, he played a total of 754 times for six clubs and conceded 661 goals.

On the international level, the legend earned 124 caps for the Czech Republic.

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