Juventus' Pavel Nedved celebrates after scoring a second goal against Lecce during their Italian Serie A soccer match at the Olympic stadium in Turin May 3, 2009. [File Photo]

Former Juventus winger Pavel Nedved won the Golden Ball trophy for the best Czech footballer in 2008-2009 awarded by Czech journalists, the organizers said Thursday.

The 36-year-old beat Chelsea keeper Petr Cech and Galatasaray striker Milan Baros to win the trophy.

Cech took the trophy four times in a row before last season. Nedved, the France Football Golden Ball winner from 2003, has won the Czech trophy six times.

(Xinhua News Agency July 31, 2009)