Yaroshik, Jiri

In 2003 he became a player in the club CSKA (Moscow) . It was bought by the army team for a record then for Russia amount to $ 3.7 million ^[2] . He played for the club until 2005 and became the champion of Russia in 2003. Winner of the 2004 Russian Super Cup ^[3] . The lists of 33 best players of the championship of Russia: No. 2 (2003, 2004) ^[4] . June 30, 2003 played for the national team of the legionnaires of the championship of Russia .

In 2005, he moved to London Chelsea for € 8 million, and the football player’s salary was about € 2 million per year ^[5] . At the end of the season, the Czech together with the team became the champions of England ^[6] , but spent only three matches for the “ blue ” in the English Premier League. In this regard, I was giving a lease to the Birmingham club ^[7] . For this English club, he scored 5 goals in 24 matches, and after he flew to the second division, he returned to London to immediately go to the Scottish Celtic ^[8] . Yaroshik scored in the first match for the “ Celts " ^[9] . According to the results of 2007, he became the champion of Scotland ^[10] . Together with the club he was able to break into the Champions League playoffs, having beaten the Moscow Spartak in the preliminary round ^[11] .

From February 2008 to December 2009, he played for the club of the Russian Premier League “Wings of the Soviets” (Samara) , which on January 31 issued the transfer of Yaroshik from the Scottish “ Celtic ” for € 1 million ^[12] and signed a two-year contract with the player ^[13] . On May 2, 2008 he made his debut as part of Wings in the Russian Championship match with the Amkar team, which ended in a 2-0 victory for the Samara team. Being a Samara player, he gave a scandalous interview to the Sport Express newspaper, in which he said that the club players were not paid salaries and bonuses for several months ^[14] , for which he was fined by the club $ 400 thousand ^[15] with the threat of a break contract ^[16] . At the end of the season, he left the Samara club ^[17] , which remained to him owed almost $ 1 million.

In the 2010/11 season, Yaroshik played for Zaragoza ^[18] . But he left the club because the club owed him about 80% of his salary (according to the Spanish media, at least € 171 thousand) ^[19] .

On August 12, 2011, the footballer signed a contract with Prague Sparta for 2 years with the possibility of extension for another season ^{[20] [21] [22]} . The Czech club reached the 1/16 finals of the Europa League 2012/13, where they lost to the former club Yaroshik and the future triumph of the tournament - Chelsea ^[23] . In the summer of 2013, the management of the Prague club did not renew the contract with the 35-year-old Czech base midfielder and gave him the opportunity to look for a new club ^[24] .

As a result, Yaroshik returned to Spain, where he played for Alaves in Segund ^[25] . April 29, 2014, Jiri Yaroshik and his wife Zlata had a daughter, Sofia. December 31, 2016 they had a daughter, Victoria.

Team

• Czech Champion (4): 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003
• Champion of Russia : 2003
• Champion of the English Premier League : 2004/05
• Champion of Scotland : 2007
• Winner of the Russian Super Cup : 2004

Personal

• The lists of 33 best players of the championship of Russia (2): No. 2 ( 2003 , 2004 )
• As part of the Golden Horseshoe Prize, he was awarded the Bronze Horseshoe (2003) and the Silver Horseshoe (2004).

• Profile on the official website of FC “Wings of the Soviets”
• Player profile and coach profile on the Transfermarkt website
• Player profile on soccerbase.com
• Profile on Sportbox.ru
• Yaroshik: “I washed for the older boots, wore the gates. Young people wouldn’t hurt ” RBC, August 4, 2015