Pavel Srníček

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Personal information
Pavel Srníček
Full name	Pavel Srníček
Date of birth	March 10, 1968 (age 39)
Place of birth	Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.84m
Nickname	Fab Pav, Pavel is a Geordie,
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Number	24
Youth clubs
1977–82 1982–85 1985–87 1987–88 1988–90	TJ Viktorie Bohumín TJ ŽD Bohumín Baník Ostrava VTJ Tábor Dukla Prag
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–91 1991–98 1998 1998–2000 2000–03 2003–04 2004 2004 2004–06 2006–present	Banik Ostrava Newcastle United Banik Ostrava Sheffield Wednesday Brescia Portsmouth → West Ham United (loan) West Ham United Beira-Mar Newcastle United	030 (0) 149 (0) 006 (0) 044 (0) 032 (0) 003 (0) 001 (0) 002 (0) 00? (?) 002 (0)
National team²
	Czech Republic	049 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:31, 2 October 2006 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 15:31, 2 October 2006 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Pavel Srníček (born March 10, 1968 in Ostrava) is a Czech football goalkeeper currently playing for Newcastle United.

He was signed by Newcastle United in 1991 from Banik Ostrava and established himself in the first team two years later. He later faced competition from Shaka Hislop for the number 1 jersey, however injury to Hislop enabled Srnicek to keep his place. In 1997, Newcastle signed Shay Given and after making only one appearance for the club that season, Srnicek returned to his old club before coming back to the Premiership with Sheffield Wednesday. He had relative success with Wednesday before being released by the club in 2000.

Since then he has had various spells at other clubs including Brescia, Portsmouth F.C., West Ham United and Beira-Mar.

He is also the only goalkeeper to receive a rating of 10/10, in the individual players ratings in British tabloid The Sun, despite being on the losing side in a 1996-97 season Premiership match against Liverpool.

Srnicek made an emotional return to Newcastle United in 2006, signing a short term deal until the end of the year as cover for the injured Shay Given.^[1]

Srnicek did not appear for Newcastle United until Saturday 23 December ^[2] (the last match before the end of his contract), when Newcastle defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-1. Srnicek was brought on for injured Shay Given who pulled his groin, in the 87th minute, and received a huge, tremendous reception from the Newcastle crowd; this was his 150th appearance for the Magpies. Pavel Srnicek has been voted one of the most popular Newcastle United players of all time. ^[3]

On 23 December 2006 after making his second debut for the club he signed a new contract until the end of the season.