Tomas Rosicky

Tomas Rosicky captained the Czech Republic for a decade and played club football for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal. The stock behind this page follows that path almost exactly, with one era missing.

Arsenal and Dortmund in equal measure

Fourteen of the 31 items are Arsenal shirts, #7, from seasons between 2006 and 2016. Thirteen are Borussia Dortmund shirts, #10, from 2000 to 2005. Four are Czech Republic shirts, wearing #11 in the early 2000s and #10 by 2012 — again, the number dates the shirt.

No Sparta Prague

The club where he came through and where he is now sports director leaves nothing in this catalogue. Czech league shirts from the late 1990s barely circulate in the second-hand trade this stock is drawn from, printed or otherwise.

Two Player Issue shirts

A 2009-10 Arsenal third shirt and a 2004-05 Dortmund away long-sleeve are both marked Player Issue: first-team specification, allocated to the squad rather than sold in shops, and cut differently from the replica. They are the two most expensive items here, at around £420 and £300. The rest range from about £30 to £240 with a median near £107, and grades run 4/10 to 10/10 with a median of 6.