4–0 victory against Sigma Olomouc B in his first match. He retired on 28 May 2007 after a match against another former side, Slavia Prague. International career Poborský's first international appearance, against Turkey on 23 February 1994, was also the first match for the Czech team after the partition of Czechoslovakia. He played for his country at Euro 96, where he was one of the most valuable players of the entire tournament, Euro 2000, and Euro 2004, and was also in the nation's squad for the 2006 World Cup. After the 2006 World Cup, Poborský retired from international competition. Following his 2007 club retirement, Poborský started working as a technical leader for the national team. Poborský lob Poborský's name is often attached to his performance in Euro 96, where during the quarter-final match against Portugal, he chipped the ball and lobbed it over the advancing Vítor Baía. The goal became a trademark shot for Poborský, as that shooting style was soon attributed to him. In 2008, it was voted the best individual goal in the Carlsberg goal of the day poll on Euro2008.com. As a club player, Poborský scored a similar goal against Porto (again with Vítor Baía as the goalkeeper) while at Benfica. Personal life In 2016, Poborský was put into a medically-induced coma after contracting a brain infection that left the muscles in his face paralysed and with a hypersensitivity to light. He spent three weeks quarantined in hospital before making a full recovery, but he said if he had arrived at the hospital a day later, he might have died. Career statistics Club Notes International Scores and results list Czech Republic's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Poborský goal. Honours Slavia Prague Czech First League: 1995–96 Manchester United FA Premier League: 1996–97 FA Charity Shield: 1996, 1997 Sparta Prague Czech First League: 2002–03, 2004–05 Czech Cup: 2003–04 Czech Republic UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1996 FIFA Confederations Cup third place: 1997 Individual Czech Footballer of the Year: 1996 (shared with Patrik Berger) Czech First League Best eleven of the season: 1995–96, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 UEFA Team of the Tournament: UEFA Euro 1996 Top assist provider: UEFA Euro 1996 (3 assists, shared with Youri Djorkaeff), UEFA Euro 2004 (4 assists) Czech Footballer of the Year personality of the Czech First League: 2003, 2004, 2005 See also List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps