Jiri Yaroshik is a footballer familiar to many Russian football fans, especially fans of CSKA Moscow. Now he has already completed his career, so you can safely consider his career as a whole. Jiri Jaroszek played for many clubs in various countries, thereby collecting a sufficient number of trophies.
Carier start
Jiri Jarošik did not immediately find himself in his first club - he changed several football schools in various Czech cities before being in Prague Sparta. Then the budding junior was 13 years old, and he gradually developed in the club, which offered him his first professional contract in 1996.
The first season for the young central defender was far from the best way - he practically did not receive playing practice, which was unprofitable both for him and his club. Therefore, at the age of 20, Jiri Yaroshik went on loan to the Slovan club, which was much less eminent than Sparta, so he was allowed to play there. The player spent two years in the club, for which he managed to play 39 matches.
He returned to Sparta as a ready-made footballer and immediately began to receive game practice, becoming a key player in the club. As a Sparta player on loan, he was able to collect six league titles in seven years (the only time in 2002 that Sparta took the championship was the very Slovan in which Jiri spent his first years).
Transition to Russia
In the winter of 2003, the best club of Russia CSKA appealed to Sparta with a transfer request - three million euros were paid for Yaroshik, and he signed a contract with the Moscow club. However, it cannot be said that he spent a lot of time there - only two years, during which he developed at an impressive pace, which led to the fact that in the winter of 2005, after 56 matches and 12 goals, many leading European clubs were interested in such a football player as Jiri Yaroshik. Photos of this defender were already in all sports magazines, so it is not surprising that in the winter of 2005 he ended up in one of the strongest clubs in England and Europe, Chelsea. With CSKA, Yaroshik managed to win one league title, and also won the Russian Super Cup.
Development in Britain
The 28-year-old defender naturally wanted to play at the highest level, but he couldn’t find a place in Chelsea. Then the club was only bought by Roman Abramovich, so Chelsea could afford to pay 12 million for a player whom he didn’t really want to use. As a result, six months later, in the summer, Yaroshik went on loan to Birmingham. There, in a year, he played in 24 matches and scored five goals. Performances of a Czech in a club of a lower order did not convince the management of the London club, so it was decided to get rid of Yaroshik. As a result, in 2006, the 29-year-old defender moved to the Scottish Celtic, who paid three and a half million euros for it - Chelsea lost eight and a half million euros on this player.
Sunset career
It became clear that Jiri’s career came to an end - in Celtic, he went out at the base and even played 33 matches in a year and a half, but still he wasn’t needed as much as both sides would like. Therefore, in the winter of 2008, Yaroshik returned to where he was best able to play - in Russia. Naturally, the age defender was not interested in his former CSKA club, but Wings of the Soviets agreed to lay out one million euros per player. There, Yaroshik spent two years becoming an important part of the team, but in the winter of 2010 went to conquer Spain with the Real club from Zaragoza.
As a result, in the summer of 2011, Yaroshik decided to return to his homeland in the Czech Republic, where he was gladly received by Sparta. There, an experienced defender spent another two years before challenging himself - in 2013, 36-year-old Yaroshik signed a two-year contract with the Spanish Deportivo. But over the last clubs, he could not win a single trophy, so his last conquests can be considered the champion title and the Scottish Cup in 2007 for the “Celtic”.
Personal life
Jiri found his wife Zlata in Russia when he performed there. And the reason that he ended his football career in 2015 was the fact that they had a daughter. Jiri Yaroshik and his wife now want to spend more time together. And now a football career does not prevent the Czech from doing this. Jiri Yaroshik, whose wife is extremely happy that her husband will be able to be with her all the time, has completely finished football and has no plans so far in this area.