Kamil Jaša
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Kai Havertz, a German soccer expertise, made his debut for the U16 nationwide group in November 2014 throughout a pleasant in opposition to the Czech Republic. Since then, his profession has skyrocketed, culminating in a transfer to Chelsea after which Arsenal. What had been his beginnings and the way did his journey to the highest develop?
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An fascinating have a look at the composition of the Czech Republic and Germany within the U16 class ten years in the past | Video: Diary/ Kamil Jáša
Kai Lukas Havertz is an enormous star of the German nationwide group. He was born on June 11, 1999 in Aachen. His profession within the huge golf equipment might be well-known to the followers. We managed to search out the primary hint of Havertz within the German nationwide group.
In November 2014, he made his debut for the German under-16 nationwide group. It was throughout a pleasant match with the Czech nationwide group, which was performed in Prague and which the Germans received 3:1. Havertz performed from the start of the match till the 57th minute, when he was changed by Tom Baack. Havertz obtained a yellow card within the match. “We had been like on a merry-go-round,” remembers Mikuláš Jáša, who performed your entire match in protection of the Czech nationwide group, with a smile.
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Ladislav Krejčí was on the substitutes’ bench on the time, who solely got here on within the seventieth minute and is presently representing the Czech Republic on the 2024 European Championship.
Havertz had nice years in London. The transfer to Chelsea was introduced on 4 September 2020, with Havertz signing a five-year contract. He turned the second costliest signing within the membership’s historical past after goalkeeper Kep (2018), the switch charge ought to have risen to £71 million if the bonuses had been activated.
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Havertz scored the one objective within the UEFA Champions League last between Chelsea and Manchester Metropolis on 29 Could 2021, scoring within the first half to assist his membership win 1–0. For Havertz, a maiden objective within the competitors in his twentieth Champions League recreation gave Chelsea essentially the most prestigious continental trophy. Kai Havertz turned Arsenal’s first summer season signing in June 2023.
The composition of the Czech under-16 nationwide group in 2014: Letáček – Tvaroh, Burda, Jáša, Ondráček (55. Dudl) – Fortelný (41. Frýdek), Sedláček, Mrzlý (55. Zitný), Šípek (63. Huf) – Rusek (70. Krejčí), Kubala.