Tomáš Skuhravý

Football player infobox
playername = Tomáš Skuhravý


fullname = Tomáš Skuhravý
nickname = Bomber
height = height|m=1.93
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|9|7
cityofbirth = Český Brod
countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1971–1981
1982–1984
1984–1986
1986–1990
1990–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997

clubs = TJ Sokol Přerov nad Labem
Sparta Prague
RH Cheb
Sparta Prague
Genoa
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Viktoria Žižkov
Total
caps(goals) = 00? 00(0)
029 00(4)
058 0(17)
113 0(55)
164 0(59)
004 00(0)
00- 00(-)
368 (135)
nationalyears = 1985–1995
nationalteam = Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
nationalcaps(goals) = 049 0(17)
manageryears =
managerclubs =
pcupdate = December 1, 2006
ntupdate = December 1, 2006

Tomáš Skuhravý (born September 7, 1965 in Přerov nad Labem) is a Czech former football player.

At club level, he mostly played in the Italian Serie A in the early 1990s with Genoa, being signed from Sparta Prague, forming a prolific partnership with Uruguayan Carlos Aguilera. Tall and powerful Skuhravy usually attained full shape and proficiency later in the season while the smaller and quicker Aguilera gave his best in the early matches; together they managed to give Genoa a solid attack all-year round. In the 1990–91 season, the two players scored 15 goals apiece, good for tied-third in the scorers' standings, leading Genoa to a fourth place in the final standings, arguably the best result in the modern club history. The following year he helped his team reach the Semi-finals in the UEFA Cup, ultimately being eliminated by Ajax Amsterdam. Skuhravý scored a total of 57 goals with Genoa, becoming the best club goalscorer in the Serie A for the "rossoblu". He left Genoa in 1995 to join Sporting Clube de Portugal, where he ended his playing career.

He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing a total of 49 international matches, scoring 17 goals. For Czechoslovakia he played 43 matches and scored 14 goals, while for the Czech Republic he played six matches, scoring three goals. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he scored five goals to become the second highest scorer for the tournament. This included a hat-trick against Costa Rica. [ [http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=76/results/matches/match=129/report.html FIFA Match Report: Czechoslovakia - Costa Rica] ]

Today Skuhravý lives in Genoa, where he works as a night club owner and football pundit for a local TV channel.

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