Šmicer My Second Life

A recap of Vladimír Šmicer's last 14 years, or Štístko's story

An eternal smile, the nickname Šmíca or Štístko (Lucky), and success with clubs and the national team. This is the Vladimír Šmicer everyone knows. However, after his rich playing career ended, he began to realise that his 'second life' was often more complicated. And paradoxically, most of all when he was trying to help Czech football... In this book-length confession from the deník Sport series, published for his fiftieth birthday, he mainly recaps the last fourteen years: he opens the door to the Slavia dressing room, with whom he won two titles after returning from abroad, he describes his time as the manager of the national team, he recalls how he helped save the red-and-whites in the top flight and how he was there at the start of its new era under Jiří Šimáně and Jaroslav Tvrdík, but he also describes the fight to change the state of football after the fall of Roman Berbr. In addition, he exclusively invites you on his travels in the service of Liverpool and offers a glimpse into his private life.