Tomáš Pekhart

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Tomáš Pekhart
Full name	Tomáš Pekhart
Date of birth	May 26, 1989 (1989-05-26) (age 19)
Place of birth	Sušice, Czechoslovakia
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Tottenham Hotspur
Youth clubs
2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-	TJ Susice TJ Klatovy Slavia Praha Tottenham Hotspur
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2006-	Tottenham Hotspur	00 (0)
National team²
	Czech Republic U21	05 (5)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 08:53, 05 July 2007 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of October 16, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Tomáš Pekhart (born May 26, 1989) is a Czech footballer currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur. He has represented the Czech Republic at U-16, U-17, U-18, U-20 and U-21 level, and plays as a striker.

Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, he began his career with his hometown club TJ Sušice and also played for TJ Klatovy before joining Slavia Praha in 2003. Pekhart played in the final of the UEFA Under-17 Championship in Luxembourg for his country against Russia.^[1] He scored seven times in 18 appearances at that level in 2005-06 competition.

Pekhart joined Tottenham during the summer of 2006 from Slavia.^[2]A fine first season for the young Czech striker in 2006-07 yielded 19 goals in 20 matches for Tottenham Academy and a further 12 appearances for the reserves. Only injury denied him the chance to improve that strike record. He also scored in Tottenham's Reserves' friendly win against RC Lens in November, 2006.

In 2007 he represented his country in the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada as the youngest player in the squad having just turned 18. He played in all seven matches of the tournament, including the final against Argentina in which the Czechs finished runners up after Mauro Zarate scored the winning goal four minutes from full time for Argentina.^[3] Recently he has been picked for the U-21s and despite being younger than most others in the squad he has managed to score 5 goals in 5 matches.