While his stamina won him early admirers at Slavia Prague, the tall midfielder has added goals to his all-round game and has become a real force at West Ham
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Tomas Soucek’s career was not quite going in the direction he and his father, Frantisek, had hoped. While playing for Slavia Prague against Vysocina Jihlava he stood on the ball, fell over, and his clumsiness led to the opponents scoring.