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Key facts
- 2004
- Grazer AK
- Full name
- Libor Sionko
- Date of birth
- ( 1977-02-01 ) 1 February 1977 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Ostrava , Czechoslovakia
- Height
- 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Position
- Right winger
- 1984 1986
- TJ Vítkovice
- 1986 1993
- Baník Ostrava
- Years
- Team
- 1993 1994
- Banik Ostrava
- 1994 1996
- TŽ Třinec
- 1996 1997
- VTJ Znojmo
- 1997 1999
- Banik Ostrava
- 1999 2004
- Sparta Prague
- 2004 2006
- Austria Wien
- 2006 2007
- Rangers
- 2007 2009
- F.C. Copenhagen
- 2010 2012
- Sparta Prague
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Libor
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czech Republic
- Place of birth
- Ostrava
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Participant in
- 2006 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Czech Republic national under-20 football team
- Position played
- wing half
- Country for sport
- Czech Republic
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Libor Sionko 2013.JPG
- Height
- 178
- Residence
- Vysoký Újezd
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Encyclopedic overview
Libor Sionko (born 1 February 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. At club level he started in his home town of Ostrava, playing for the youth teams of TJ Vítkovice and Baník Ostrava. Professionally, he played in his native country until 2004, featuring for clubs including Ostrava and Sparta Prague. He then went abroad, playing in Austria for Grazer AK and Austria Wien before heading to Scotland where he played for Rangers. He subsequently had a spell in Denmark with F.C. Copenhagen before returning to the Czech Republic to finish his career with Sparta, where he last played before retiring in 2012.
Internationally Sionko made his debut for the Czech Republic in 1999 and took part in three tournaments, in particular the 2000 Olympics, the 2006 World Cup and Euro 2008. He played sporadically until 2010, finishing his career with 8 goals from 41 games.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Libor Sionko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.