How West Ham’s Tomas Soucek is following in the footsteps of Arsenal and Chelsea heroes

Fans of Czech Republic soccer have voted for his or her males’s and girls’s Players of the Year for 2020 and West Ham duo Tomas Soucek and Katerina Svitkova have topped the polls.

Soucek has gained the males’s award for the second 12 months in succession following his 2019 Player of the Year awards, for Svitkova it is her third consecutive time taking residence the award and fourth in complete since her first win in 2015.

Soucek joined West Ham in January 2020 on a six-month mortgage earlier than finishing a everlasting switch to the Hammers in July of that 12 months for a mixed mortgage and switch price in the area of £19 million.

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The central midfielder turns into simply the third Czech man to win the Player of the Year award on multiple event, becoming a member of legendary goalkeeper Petr Cech, former Juventus and Lazio star Pavel Nedved and Tomas Rosicky as soon as of Arsenal as a a number of winner.

Speaking to the Czech FA web site about the award Soucek stated:

“I actually recognize it. The Footballer of the Year ballot is the largest particular person award in the Czech Republic and it is an important honor for me to win it for the second time in a row.

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“I’ve at all times been the one who values staff awards extra, however the staff is made up of people. I’m very blissful that individuals voted for me and I thank them for that.”

Soucek obtained greater than double the quantity of votes from his Hammers teammate Vladimir Coufal who was runner-up in the polls, making it a West Ham one, two in the males’s award.

The midfielder celebrated his award in superb type scoring an ideal hat-trick for the nationwide staff in a 6-2 FIFA World Cup qualifier in opposition to Estonia, the first time he has ever netted three for his nation.

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Katerina Svitkova of West Ham United celebrates with Laura Vetterlein

The Hammer’s domination of the proceedings continued with Svitkova’s prize. The West Ham Women’s no.10 moved to England from Slavia Prague in the summer season of 2020 and has as soon as once more proven herself to be the star feminine participant in the Czech Republic.

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Svitkova obtained 14.5% of all votes as she narrowly edged out Juventus Turin participant Andrea Staskova for the award. Svitkova’s prolific goalscoring for her nation, 17 objectives in 31 appearances has helped her lead the Czech Women’s staff to subsequent summer season’s European Championships that happen in England.

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