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Vladimir Smicer

One of Czech Republic's brightest football stars. Smicer was a success in France with Lens after leaving his native country. He was a key player as Lens captured the French title in 1997/98 making 28 appearances and scoring seven goals. Truly the nicest guy you could ever meet but Smicer's progress at Liverpool was certainly not helped by the numerous injuries he picked up that disrupted his run in the side, but on the whole he lacked consistency. Of the 184 matches he played he was substitute on no less than 74 occasions and he was taken off...

Born:
24 May 1973
Born in:
Verneřice, Czech Republic
Other clubs:
Slavia Prague (1987-96), Lens (1996-99), Bordeaux (2005-07), Slavia Prague (2 / 2007-09), Dolni Chabry (2010-11)
Signed from:
Lens
Joined Liverpool:
£3.75m, 24.05.1999
Debut:
07 Aug 1999
Final appearance:
25 May 2005
Debut goal:
15 Jan 2000
Last goal:
25 May 2005
Contract until:
13.06.2005
Honours:
FA Cup 2001; League Cup 2001, 2003; Champions League 2005; UEFA Cup 2001
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
121 / 10 / 24
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
184 / 19 / 31
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 121 10 15 37 1 184
1999-2000 21 2 2 0 0 25
2000-2001 27 5 6 11 0 49
2001-2002 22 1 1 11 0 35
2002-2003 21 1 5 6 1 34
2003-2004 20 1 1 3 0 25
2004-2005 10 0 0 6 0 16
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 10 1 5 3 0 19
1999-2000 1 0 0 0 0 1
2000-2001 2 1 4 0 0 7
2001-2002 4 0 0 1 0 5
2002-2003 0 0 0 1 0 1
2003-2004 3 0 1 0 0 4
2004-2005 0 0 0 1 0 1

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Anfield | Saturday 14 Feb 2026

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"The injuries didn't help me. Every time I got fit I'd get another injury. It was just non-stop for four years. When I was fit I didn't play too many games. I was a bit disappointed with Souey when he took the club captaincy off me and gave it to Mark Wright. I'd worn the number five shirt for so many years and when the names and squad numbers were introduced I got number 12. It doesn't make you think you're wanted that much in the team. All in all it wasn't great for me the last few years."

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Won against Brighton & Hove Albion14 February 2026
Drew with Burnley17 January 2026
Lost to Manchester City08 February 2026
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Lost to Bournemouth24 January 2026
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