| Name: | Petr Cech |
| Nationality: | Czech |
| Date of Birth: | 20/05/1982 |
| Height: | 6' 5" (196cm) |
| Weight: | 14st 6lbs (91.71kg) |
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| Clubs: | Sparta Prague, Stade Rennais |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
In 2009/10 Cech further enhanced his own reputation with a solid season and a major contribution towards a first Premier League and FA Cup Double.
It started in perfect fashion with two penalty saves in the shootout against Manchester United, sealing the Community Shield in Carlo Ancelotti's first game in charge, and was followed by seven straight wins.
A mistake at Stoke was highlighted, however, and was followed a fortnight later by a red card, the first of his Chelsea career at Wigan in our first defeat of the season.
He returned to the side at Villa Park but again came under scrutiny - two goals conceded at set-pieces, the second after he had missed another cross - as we suffered successive away defeats.
Cech bounced back to concede just two more in the next eight games as we entered the Christmas period on top of the league, and while a calf injury at the San Siro prevented him from participating in our Champions League second leg defeat against Inter, causing him to miss five games, he returned for the run-in and had a big say in the direction of the major silverware, earning the Premier League's Golden Glove on the final day of the season with his 17th clean sheet from 34 games.
Cech kept perhaps his most important saves for last. In the FA Cup Final with the scores at 0-0, he first pulled off an amazing instinctive save to prevent Frederic Piquionne from opening the scoring, and then kept out Kevin-Prince Boateng's spot-kick with his feet, moments before Didier Drogba went up the other end and scored a superb free-kick. Just the reminder everyone needed about the goalkeeper's credentials that had come under question in a decidedly mixed season the year before, even though he came through it with yet another medal and his place never in question.
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