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Vaclav Drobny was briefly on Aston Villa's books. Tony O'Brien/EMPICS Sport
Tragedy

Former Czech Republic and Aston Villa footballer dies in sledding crash

Vaclav Drobny was capped two times for his country.

FORMER CZECH REPUBLIC and Strasbourg defender Vaclav Drobny died in a sledding accident, in the early hours of this morning, at the age of 32, Czech media said.

Drobny, who played twice for the Czech Republic, skidded off a piste and crashed into a tree in the Czech winter resort of Spindleruv Mlyn, some 140 kilometres northeast of Prague.

“The accident occurred shortly after 2:00am… despite the physicians’ efforts, the young man succumbed to his injuries early in the morning,” said a report on the local police website.

Drobny was the captain of the Czech Republic’s under-21 team that won the European Championships in 2002.

Made made his senior debut against Japan but failed to make the Czech squad for Euro 2004.

After the tournament, Drobny moved from the Czech top league to Strasbourg for which he played 42 games before being loaned to Aston Villa, but he never played for the Birmingham side.

He then moved to Sparta Prague with whom he won the Czech league title in 2007 before switching to play in a Prague regional league.

- © AFP, 2012

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