Tomáš Skuhravý

Tomáš Skuhravý was born in Český Brod, in what was then Czechoslovakia, on September 7, 1965. A 1.93 m tall striker, he developed his professional football career at Sparta Prague, played for RH Cheb, and returned to Sparta in 1986, scoring 55 goals in 113 league matches in that second spell. International recognition came at the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Skuhravý scored 5 goals and was the second-highest scorer of the tournament, notably with a hat-trick of headers against Costa Rica. After the World Cup, he transferred to Genoa, where he remained until 1995, with 59 goals in 164 league matches, and reached the semi-finals of the 1991-92 UEFA Cup. He was voted the best player in Czechoslovakia in 1991. He represented Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, accumulating 49 matches and 17 goals for the national teams according to the most cited count.