Freedom for the Czech representative. He got his dream job

The long-time member of the Czech national team waved to the fans and disappeared for a new football adventure. A big career start awaits him. He even accepted the role of substitute.

Lots of sunshine and warmth, warm fans, lots of millions. According to the Greek media, football goalkeeper Jiří Pavlenka got a good job. He left Werder Bremen after seven years and heading to the PAOK Thessaloniki team. He was supposed to sign a one-year contract with a championship team option. And he’s off to a huge career restart.

He got 221 games for Werder

Thirty-two-year-old Pavlenko, who has 21 starts for the Czech national team, had his contract expire after last season in Bremen. He last scored a goal for Werder in the Bundesliga in Octoberthen he was injured in the national team and Michael Zetterer, who was his replacement until then, took the opportunity. Then Pavlenka started only twice in the German Cup.

The 196-centimeter tall native of Hlučín came to Bremen in 2017 from Slavia Prague and has been the team’s number one for six years. He played 221 games for Werder. He remained loyal to the club even after relegation from the top flight in 2021 and helped them bounce back quickly.

Pavlenka as a replacement?

Pavlenka has struggled in recent months. Thus Greece will be a salvation. Czech goalkeeper said that he still accepts the truth that he will start as the number 2 goalkeeper. The former mainstay played the last match of the national team in the qualification for Euro on October 12, 2023 in Albania (0:3). He was ravaged by a series of injuries and, because of that, was also in miserable shape.

The German media first wrote about his departure to Saudi Arabia. Bild newspaper pointed out that such a partnership good for the Czech goalkeeper. The Al Nassr club, where Cristiano Ronaldo plays, is also looking for a goalkeeper. Pavlenka then rejected a return to the Czech league, where he got 67 games for Baník Ostrava, 36 for Slavia.

In SportechŽiva, we also wrote about the difficulties of the former Czech national team player, who lost millions.