Arsenal’s Petr Cech, has been named as the Czech Player of the Year for a record ninth time.
The Arsenal goalkeeper topped a poll of players, coaches, officials and journalists, with Hertha Berlin’s Vladimir Darida in second, and Borek Dockal in third.
Cech retired from international football after Euro 2016 after making 124 appearances for the Czech Republic.
Zdenek Pfeifer, 49, was detained at his apartment on the island of Phuket on Tuesday evening, Thai Interpol said in a statement.
His arrest came after reports warning of his presence in the popular holiday nation went viral on Thai social media this week.
“Thai police will contact Czech Interpol once he has been prosecuted for local violations,” Thai Interpol said, adding he was arrested for illegally overstaying his visa.Czech media reports said Zdenek fled the country in June 2015 after he was charged with deliberately infecting more than a dozen men with HIV, including a minor.
Colonel Krissana Pattanacharoen, Thailand deputy national police spokesman, said Pfeiffer faced “sex offence” charges back home.
He first entered Thailand in June 2015 on a tourist visa which ran out in August of that year.
“Along the way we received the red notice from Interpol and police arrested him yesterday for overstaying,” he told AFP.
Lieutenant-General Nathathorn Prousoontorn, commander of Thailand’s immigration police, told reporters that there was currently no complaint filed locally that Pfeiffer had knowingly infected anyone with HIV.
Phuket is a hugely popular southern Thai island known for its many resort hotels as well as a seedy red-light district centred around Patong Beach.
There are ongoing discussions between Nigerian government and Czech Republic over the former’s interest in acquiring three ‘fairly used’ aircrafts from the country as part of its efforts to tackle terrorism currently tearing the nation apart.
Czech ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Pavel Mikes, made this disclosure yesterday when he led a delegation, including the Deputy Commander of Czech Airforce, Brigadier General Sebesta Jeromir, to the office of Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro in Abuja.
He said the warplanes, which are designed with GPS that is active both in the day and night, will help Nigeria in tackling the insurgents and monitor its borders.
