{"id":63708,"date":"2023-05-04T00:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T00:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/04\/petr-cech-inducted-into-premier-league-hall-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T00:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T00:43:33","slug":"petr-cech-inducted-into-premier-league-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/04\/petr-cech-inducted-into-premier-league-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Petr Cech inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Goalkeeping great\u00a0Petr Cech\u00a0has become the latest former player to join the Premier League Hall of Fame, the highest individual honour awarded by the League.<\/p>\n

The former\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0and\u00a0Arsenal\u00a0goalkeeper was selected by fans through an online public vote and by the Premier League Awards Panel.<\/p>\n

Cech joins\u00a0Rio Ferdinand, his former Arsenal boss\u00a0Arsene Wenger, and\u00a0Sir Alex Ferguson, who have already been announced, as Hall of Fame inductees for 2023.<\/p>\n

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The Hall of Fame recognises and celebrates individuals who have an exceptional record of success and have made a significant contribution to the Premier League since its inception in 1992.<\/p>\n

Cech holds the record for most Premier League clean sheets as a goalkeeper, with 202 shutouts in 443 appearances for Chelsea and Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Career in numbers<\/p>\n

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Category<\/th>\nPetr Cech<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Appearances<\/td>\n443<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clean sheets<\/td>\n202<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assists<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PL titles<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Golden Glove<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

He became a Premier League Champion four times with Chelsea, helping the Blues to back-to-back titles in 2004\/05 and 2005\/06 in his first seasons in English football.<\/p>\n

In his debut campaign, the team conceded only 15 goals, with Cech keeping 24 clean sheets in 35 appearances, both records for a single season.<\/p>\n

Two further titles followed in 2009\/10 and 2014\/15 as Chelsea dethroned\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0and then\u00a0Manchester City.<\/p>\n

A phenomenal save-maker, but also renowned as an organiser of his defence, with the ability to communicate in eight languages, Cech notably returned from a potentially life-threatening injury sustained in 2006 and ended his career with four Premier League Golden Gloves, which is another record.<\/p>\n

He becomes the second goalkeeper inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining\u00a0Peter Schmeichel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was a child growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, playing in the Premier League was an unimaginable dream,\u201d Cech said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look back to where I started, diving on rock solid pitches with stones like golf balls, it has been an amazing journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to be known as someone who showed effort, commitment, and consistency. Making a great save feels the same as scoring a goal and I\u2019m proud of my clean sheet record, but I was even more happy when those clean sheets won matches and points for the team and contributed to titles!<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour for me to be voted into the Hall of Fame in the best league in the world. That\u2019s really a special recognition and leaves a legacy. I\u2019m proud that fans voted for me and appreciated the way I performed over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

All inducted players receive a medallion engraved with their name and the year of their induction, with a \u00a310,000 donation made by the Premier League to a charity of their choice.<\/p>\n

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