Milan Baroš

Milan Baroš
Baroš with Baník Ostrava in 2018
Personal information
Full name Milan Baroš
Date of birth (1981-10-28) 28 October 1981
Place of birth Valašské Meziříčí, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1987–1991 Vigantice
1991–1993 Rožnov p. Radhoštěm
1993–1998 Baník Ostrava
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2001 Baník Ostrava 76 (22)
2001–2005 Liverpool 68 (19)
2005–2007 Aston Villa 42 (9)
2007–2008 Lyon 24 (7)
2008Portsmouth (loan) 12 (0)
2008–2013 Galatasaray 93 (48)
2013 Baník Ostrava 12 (5)
2013–2014 Antalyaspor 13 (2)
2014–2015 Baník Ostrava 11 (2)
2015–2016 Mladá Boleslav 21 (6)
2016–2017 Slovan Liberec 24 (5)
2017–2020 Baník Ostrava 58 (16)
2020 FK Vigantice 8 (12)
Total 454 (141)
International career
1996–1997 Czech Republic U15 7 (3)
1997–1998 Czech Republic U16 5 (1)
1998 Czech Republic U17 4 (1)
1998–2000 Czech Republic U18 19 (5)
1999–2002 Czech Republic U21 19 (9)
2001–2012 Czech Republic 93 (41)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
2004 Portugal
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner2002 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Milan Baroš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪlan ˈbaroʃ]; born 28 October 1981) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.

In 2005, he was part of the Liverpool team which won the UEFA Champions League. He went on to win Ligue 1 with Lyon in 2007, the FA Cup with Portsmouth in 2008 and the Süper Lig with Galatasaray in 2012. He also had spells with Baník Ostrava, where he started his career, and English club Aston Villa, and retired from professional football in 2020 following his fourth spell at Baník Ostrava.

Born in Valašské Meziříčí, Baroš represented the Czech Republic international team in 93 matches, scoring on 41 occasions. He won the Golden Boot as top scorer of the Euro 2004 tournament, where his nation reached the semi-finals. He went on to play in three more major international tournaments. His 41 goals for the Czech Republic is second behind only Jan Koller.