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Jan Koller (born March 30, 1973 in Smetanova Lhota, Czech Republic) is a
Czech football player, who currently stars as a striker for the Czech
Republic national team and the French club AS Monaco. He is the all-time
leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former
Czechoslovakia, with 43 goals as of June 12, 2006.[1]
Koller has an impressive physical presence (height: 2.02 m, nearly 6'8" and
weight 103kg, about 227 pounds). Allegedly, Jan Koller is believed to have
lost 13lb during a single 90 minute game. Borussia Dortmund's physio refused
to comment on this phenomenon.
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Koller started his football training as a goalkeeper, but was converted to
striker by the time he started his professional career. His training as a
keeper saw some use in the 2002-03 season. In one Bundesliga match at Bayern
Munich, Borussia Dortmund's keeper Jens Lehmann was sent off about midway
through the second half, and Koller moved from striker to keeper after he
had already scored once in the first half. He kept a clean sheet for the
rest of the match against good opportunities by Michael Ballack and others,
and was named the Bundesliga's top keeper of the week for his performance.
Nevertheless Dortmund lost this important match.
He was bought from Anderlecht in 2001. He also played for Lokeren and
finished the 1998-99 season as Jupiler League topscorer for that club.
Koller suffered a hamstring injury during a World Cup game against the
United States on June 12, 2006, not long after the opening goal he scored.
Koller moved to French side AS Monaco on a free transfer in June 2006. |
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