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Chára was born in Trencin, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). His father was an Olympic wrestler. He was drafted 56th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1996 NHL entry draft . He was a promising but not spectacular player in New York. During the 2001 draft , was traded to the Senators as part of a package with Bill Muckalt and the second overall pick (used to draft Jason Spezza) in exchange for disgruntled superstar Alexei Yashin.

Chára quickly became one of the core players on Ottawa blueline constantly being number two in minutes played after Wade Redden. Over the last two seasons he has been one of the top plus in the league in terms of plus/minus. While not the best skater his reach and weight make him a formidable opponent. He is often placed in the slot, where it is extremely difficult for other players to move him.

In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U Chára made his first appearance at the NHL All-Star game , and in the skills competition recorded the second hardest shot after Al MacInnis.

Chára has played for Slovakia in two World CupsFor other hockey World Cups, see World Cup (hockey) for disambiguation The World Cup of Hockey is the successor to the Canada Cup ice hockey tournament. It was first held in 1996, when the national team of the United States defeated Canada to win the cham. Note that his name is pronounced [xa:ra] in SlovakThe Slovak language slovencina slovensky jazyk is an Indo-European language, more precisely a West Slavic language (together with mainly the Czech, Polish, and Sorbian languages). Slovak is spoken in Slovakia (by 5 million people), the USA (500,000, emigr.