1982 - Today
Petr Čech (Czech pronunciation: [ˈpɛtr̩ ˈtʃɛx] ; born 20 May 1982) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper and current ice hockey player who plays as a goaltender for Oxford City Stars. He has been described as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, and, by some, as the greatest goalkeeper, alongside Peter Schmeichel, in Premier League history. Čech began his senior career at Chmel Blšany in 1999, where he played sporadically for two seasons prior to relocating to Sparta Prague in 2001. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petr Čech has received more than 6,258,470 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia. Petr Čech is the 366th most popular soccer player (up from 505th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 214th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Czech Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Petr Čech ranks 366 out of 16,880. Before him are Saburo Shinosaki, Antonio Carbajal, Gary Lineker, Guy Roux, Toninho Cerezo, and Fabien Barthez. After him are Julen Lopetegui, Masafumi Hara, Marcelo, Wesley Sneijder, Branko Zebec, and Alessandro Nesta.
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 360
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 361
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 362
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 363
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 364
1971 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 365
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 366
1966 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 367
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 368
1988 - Present
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 369
1984 - Present
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 370
1929 - 1988
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 371
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 372
Among people born in 1982, Petr Čech ranks 8. Before him are Kaká, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Lil Wayne, Kirsten Dunst, and Eddie Redmayne. After him are Sultan Kösen, Víctor Valdés, Jessica Biel, Yelena Isinbayeva, Hyun Bin, and Nick Vujicic.
1982 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 2
1982 - Present
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 5
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 6
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 7
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 10
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 12
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 13
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 14
Among people born in Czechia, Petr Čech ranks 193 out of 973. Before him are Otfried Preußler (1923), Libuše Šafránková (1953), Adolf Schärf (1890), Ivo Viktor (1942), Petr Ginz (1928), and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (1567). After him are Otto Kittel (1917), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), Franz Bardon (1909), Sigfried Held (1942), Jan Syrový (1888), and Jiří Trnka (1912).
1923 - 2013
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 187
1953 - 2021
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 188
1890 - 1965
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 189
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 190
1928 - 1944
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 191
1567 - 1640
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 192
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 193
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 194
1322 - 1375
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 195
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 196
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 197
1888 - 1970
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 198
1912 - 1969
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 199
Among soccer players born in Czechia, Petr Čech ranks 9. Before him are Matthias Sindelar (1903), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), František Plánička (1904), Jan Koller (1973), and Ivo Viktor (1942). After him are Sigfried Held (1942), Antonín Puč (1907), Zdeněk Zeman (1947), Hugo Meisl (1881), Viliam Schrojf (1931), and Adolf Scherer (1938).
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 4
1909 - 1990
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 5
1904 - 1996
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 7
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 10
1907 - 1988
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 11
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 12
1881 - 1937
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 13
1931 - 2007
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 14
1938 - 2023
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 15