He was born in Prague, a city in the Czech Republic.
I am referring to none other than Tomas Rosicky.
We were all carried away with the win over United yesterday that even Rosicky would forgive us for forgetting his birthday.
Although, injured and out from the team, that win over United had to be the perfect birthday present for Rozza. That is assuming no one got him a planet or an Island as a birthday present.
After causing trouble in the Czech league with his hometown club Sparta Prague and later on in Germany, at Dortmund, Arsenal just had to sign the Czech midfielder.
He ended up getting nicknamed ‘Little Mozart’ for his ability to orchestrate the midfield.
Don’t get me wrong, by saying trouble up there, I meant doing really good stuff in their midfield and scoring some wonderful goals too.
Rozza signed for Arsenal in 2006, May 23 to be precise.
He made his competitive debut for the team in a 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb on August 8 in a champions league qualifier, yes the same one that beat us some weeks ago.
Rozza didn’t take long to get his first goal tho, scoring as early as September 13 against Hamburg in a game we won 2-1.
Then on January 6 2007, he got two goals against Loserpool in a 3-1 FA Cup win.
His first goal in the league tho had to wait, it finally came against Wigan on the 11th of February 2007.
By the end of his first season, Rozza got 6 goals from 37 appearances.
Sadly for him though, since then his career has been stop-start thanks to different injuries he has had to encounter. The most notable of them that Tendon injury which made him miss the whole of 2008/09 season.
The latest injury picked up during the summer while away on international duty has kept him out since June till now.
Even in all this, he has still remained a crowd favourite at Arsenal.
Match winning goals against local rivals Spuds have played a huge part in the love the fans have for him.
Personally, I miss having Rosicky in the team.
In my opinion he is the only one who can match that drive and pace that Sanchez plays with, not that am saying he is as good as the Chilean tho.
I really would love to see him back soon and maybe get a chance in the team.
At 35 years of age, he could retire any time soon especially as the injuries don’t seem to be holding back, they just keep coming.
Turning 35 yesterday, Tomas Rosicky has amassed a whooping 243 appearances for Arsenal and scored 28 goals.
We can’t argue that some of those goals have come in very important times tho, like that 1-0 win against Spuds and many more.
With the way the team is set up now, everyone seems to forget he still plays for us, I remember you Tomas and wish you the quickest of recoveries.
Who knows, maybe he could get atleast 2 more goals to take that goal tally to 30 before he calls it quits.
To be honest, I smell retirement soon.
#GetWellSoonRosicky
Am out.
