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Former attacker Jan Koller, nicknamed the “Czech control tower”, looks almost unchanged, at 52. The huge 2.02 m. Was present at Dunajska Streda for Czech U21 match with England, from the 2025 European Championship groups. At 14 years after withdrawal, Koller is still the best scorer in the history of its country's representative.
Withdrawn in 2011, after a career in which he impressed at Borussia Dortmund and the Czech national team, Jan Koller, also known as “Dino”, was an unmistakable figure in international football since the early 2000s, His imposing detention is still up to date today among the microbes.
On Wednesday night, Koller was present at Dunajska Streda for the Czech youth national duel with England. The former great Czech striker, who seems unchanged almost 15 years after the withdrawal, was accompanied by Zuzana Sophia Petzold, the partner who has been with him since 2019.
GSP photo -porter Ionuț Iordache surprised several frames with “Dino” Koller, who watched the match from one Dont the lodges on “Mol Arena”.
Koller beat Romania in 2004
It is certain that the Romanians do not remember with pleasure by Jan Koller. On October 9, 2004, Jan Koller enrolled the only goal of the Czech Republic in the limit with Romania, 1-0, in the preliminaries of CM 2006, pointing to Lobonț's gate from the penalty. The “tricolors” lost the fight for the second place in the group to the detriment of the Czech Republic, missing the presence at the World Cup.
At that time, Koller was the most prolific scorer in the group, with 9 successes, over Ruud Van Nistelrooy and Adrian Mutu (7), but also over Tomáš Rosický (6) and Milan Baros (5).
Jan Koller, what a career!
Jan Koller is still the best scorer in the history of the Czech national, He managed to pass in his account 55 goals in the 91 parties played in the “Nároďák” shirt. His first goal for the national team scored on February 9, 1999, in the 1-0 victory of the Czech Republic in front of Belgium.
At the club team, the most important is recorded in 2002, when he won the title in Bundesliga with Borussia Dortmund, for which he evolved between 2001 and 2006. He also played at Sparta Prague (Czech), Monaco (France), Lokeren, Anderlecht (Belgium), FC Nurnberg (Germany) Krylya Sovietov (Rusia) and Cannes (France).
