Jakub Řezníček is a member of the League Cannoneers Club, he scored his 100th goal for Pardubice

Footballer Jakub Řezníček joined the League Cannonballers Club, which includes players with 100 or more goals in the top competitions. The thirty-six-year-old Dukla Prague forward scored the jubilee goal in the 12th round of the Chance League against Pardubice, winning 2-1. He has played 342 games in the Czech top flight and scored 98 goals. He also scored one goal each for Ružomberok in Slovakia and Lokeren in Belgium.

He scored the jubilee goal in the 67th minute. Muris Mešanović, the author of the first goal, passed it to him, then Řezníček, who was completely unavailable, beat goalkeeper Jan Stejskal with a shot from close range.

"The ball rather skipped to me under the defender. I didn't see much, but luckily I hit it and it went into the net. As for the waiting for the hundred, it was enough, maybe I was getting tired of it. I'm glad it's behind me and it won't be an issue anymore," He said Jakub Reznicek at a press conference.

The native of Příbram headed to Juliska during the autumn from Brno, where he was captain of Zbrojovka. He was only two goals away from 100. "A hundred was one of the goals I had when I made the move. I wanted to play in the league and Dukla showed interest. I was happy that we came back home to Pribram and I can come here," Řezníček said.

"I was pleased that the coach needed me. It was strange in Brno, I wouldn't go back to it. I was glad for the chance. I believed I could score goals, I can do it. It didn't matter when I'd get my 100th. The primary thing was to help Dukla," Řezníček added.

He kept his jersey from the game and received a ball from the team as a souvenir of the goal he scored. During the celebration of the goal, it was clear how much his teammates wanted him to score. "It's also to their credit that we managed the match. A hundred is something extra, I guess it was meant to be. A lot of things flashed through my mind when the goal was scored. Big emotions. I've never been a technical player, I've been through worse clubs, I haven't played in better ones." Řezníček recalled a career with a lot of engagements.

"I'm not a saint, but since a while I started to appreciate football and my family more. Today it rewarded me. My wife and I recently reckoned that when I met her I had 26 goals. It's been 11 years, so I've come some way. Both as a father of a family and on the field. There are critics, but I feel I can still play." Řezníček said.

And the coach Petr Rada he wished the striker a jubilee goal: "I'm glad he scored his 100th goal for us. But he's not a player that the wait for the jubilee goal has bothered him. He deserved the goal with the work he did. He keeps the balls, he worked it off. He's got it in his head a bit, he's got somewhere where the big personalities are, he'll be there forever. He knew he was going to score a hundred, he wasn't so hungry that he was shooting from everything."

"That I'd give him the day off to celebrate? He wouldn't even want it, at his age he'd just get all worked up. He should give me something for taking him to the Dukla. He wouldn't have scored his 100th goal in Brno." Rada joked.

"Coach's gift to me is that he married me and that I can be here," Řezníček agreed and added: "I'll put a nice treat in the booth, just meatloaf is not enough for such a milestone. I'm thrilled to be in the company of such big names at the club."

The last time the prestigious Club of League Cannonballers of Gól magazine was expanded was last March, when a member of the Czech national team, Legia Warsaw forward Tomas Pekhart, reached the 100-goal mark.

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