Pavlína Ščasná
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Pavlína Ščasná is a Czech
football striker
who plays for Swedish
champion LdB Malmö.
She played four years in Sparta Prague before earning Bayern Munich attention. In her first season at Bayern she was the team's top scorer with 14 goals. She then moved to WUSA
's Philadelphia Charge
, but WUSA folded following the end of the season so Ščasná returned to Bayern. She played a few more seasons in the Bundesliga before moving to Damallsvenskan
in 2006. She spent two years in KIF Örebro and then signed for LdB Malmö, with which she won the 2010 league, her first national title since she left the Czech league. She was drafted by Atlanta Beat
in the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft
, but she decided to remain in Malmö.
She was an international player for a decade, scoring 24 goals in 50 games for the Czech national team
. She retired from international football in Autumn 2008. She was named Czech Female Footballer of the Year twice, in 1998 and 2004.
Ščasná is the daughter of manager and former international player Zdeněk Ščasný
. She began playing football in the junior teams of his father's last two teams as a player, Anagennisi Dherynia
in Cyprus
and SK Roudnice. Her brother Michal
is also a professional footballer.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
football striker
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
who plays for Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
champion LdB Malmö.
She played four years in Sparta Prague before earning Bayern Munich attention. In her first season at Bayern she was the team's top scorer with 14 goals. She then moved to WUSA
Women's United Soccer Association
The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...
's Philadelphia Charge
Philadelphia Charge
The Philadelphia Charge was an American women's professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association.The team played at Villanova Stadium on the campus of Villanova University near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team began play in 2001. The league announced on September...
, but WUSA folded following the end of the season so Ščasná returned to Bayern. She played a few more seasons in the Bundesliga before moving to Damallsvenskan
Damallsvenskan
The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ladies' all-Swedish, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred as to the women's Allsvenskan, this term being used alone to refer to the men's division....
in 2006. She spent two years in KIF Örebro and then signed for LdB Malmö, with which she won the 2010 league, her first national title since she left the Czech league. She was drafted by Atlanta Beat
Atlanta Beat
The Atlanta Beat is a professional soccer team that played in the Women's United Soccer Association. The team played at Bobby Dodd Stadium on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in their first year of operation before moving to Herndon Stadium, on the campus of Morris Brown College in...
in the 2010 WPS Dispersal Draft
2010 WPS Dispersal Draft
When the Los Angeles Sol folded on January 28, 2010 after a potential sale of the team fell through at the last minute, WPS, which had been running the team after AEG backed out, announced that the nineteen players under contract to the Sol would be dispersed to the remaining WPS teams in a...
, but she decided to remain in Malmö.
She was an international player for a decade, scoring 24 goals in 50 games for the Czech national team
Czech Republic women's national football team
The Czech Republic women's national football team are the official football women's team for the Czech Republic, they are currently ranked 26th in the world . At the moment, the captain of the team is Eva Šmeralová, who plays for Sparta Prague....
. She retired from international football in Autumn 2008. She was named Czech Female Footballer of the Year twice, in 1998 and 2004.
Ščasná is the daughter of manager and former international player Zdeněk Ščasný
Zdenek Šcasný
Zdeněk Ščasný is a Czech football manager and former player.Ščasný has won the Czech league championship six timesfour times as a player and twice as a coachand the Czech Cup three timestwice as a player and once as a coach....
. She began playing football in the junior teams of his father's last two teams as a player, Anagennisi Dherynia
Anagennisi Dherynia
Anagennisi Deryneia is Cypriot football team based in Deryneia, Famagusta. The club was founded in 1920 and they joined the Cyprus Football Association in 1972. The team will play in the Cypriot First division in 2011. It has participated in the first and second divisions and Cypriot Third...
in Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
and SK Roudnice. Her brother Michal
Michal Ščasný
Michal Ščasný is a Czech footballer currently under contract for Slovak side 1. FC Tatran Prešov.He is the son of Zdeněk Ščasný and the brother of Pavlína Ščasná.-External links:*...
is also a professional footballer.