Dear Pavel

One great player ever to don the colors for Bianconeri celebrates his 39th birthday today.
Ever since 2003, i was a fan of Juventus, knowing the fact that the club has a rich tradition and a great reputation both nationally and internationally. Among the players i grew up watching, Alessandro Dep Piero, David Trezguet,Pavel Nedved and Gianluig Buffon were my favorite players.

Pavel Nedved, arguably the best player to emerge from Czech Republic has won numerous accolades and is a recipient of the prestigious Ballon d'Or in 2003, thereby becoming only the second Czech Republic to win the prestigious accolade. He will be best remembered for his 8 long years he played at Juventus. Being brought to Turin in 2001 as a direct replacement for Zinedine Zidane, he proved to be one of the few players capable of assuming the "trequartista" role of his French predecessor.

Over his time at Turin, he was instrumental in leading Juventus into UCL final against Milan in 2003. He eventually missed the match as he was booked in the semi-finals. However, Nedved won the European Player of the Year. He's one of the very few players who stood by the team when they were relegated in 2005 following Juventus involvement in Calciopoli. He helped them return back to Serie-A and extended his stay till 2008-09 season dispelling rumours of moving to J-League. He stated that he will retire in February,2009 after playing almost 327 games for Bianconeri and scoring 65 goals. His retirement has caused a void on the left wing which Juventus had problem. I hope that Marcelo Estigarribia can fill the void.
Nedved returned to Turin as one of the directors of the club.

Dear Pavel,
Juventus may miss your brilliant runs, crosses and spectacular goals, but it will never see Pavel playing again. Happy Birthday once again.

love
One among your millions of fans.