Václav Kotal

Václav Kotal
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-10-02) 2 October 1952
Place of birth Náchod, Czechoslovakia
Playing position Forward
Youth career
1960-1972 TJ Náchod
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974–1982 Sparta Prague 167 (31)
1982–1987 FC Hradec Králové 87 (21)
1987–1988 Omonia Aradippou
1988–1993 1. SV Appel Vitis
Teams managed
1995-1998 FC Hradec Králové (sports director)
1998-2002 FK Kolín
2000-2001 Baumit Jablonec
2001–2003 AC Sparta Prague (reserve manager)
2003–2004 FC Dinamo Moscow (assistant)
2005–2006 AC Sparta Prague (reserve manager)
2006–2007 AC Sparta Prague (scout)
2007–2008 SK Kladno (assistant)
2008 FC Viktoria Plzeň (assistant)
2009–2012 FC Hradec Králové
2012–2013 Baumit Jablonec
2013–2016 FC Zbrojovka Brno

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Václav Kotal (born 2 October 1952) is a Czech former football player and current manager, in charge of FC Zbrojovka Brno. As a player he spent ten seasons at Sparta Prague, playing 167 matches in the Czechoslovak First League and winning two Czechoslovak Cups.[1]

He was announced as the new manager of Hradec Králové on 24 March 2009, replacing manager Oldřich Machala.[2] In his first full season, the 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga, Kotal led Hradec Králové to the Czech 2. Liga title and therefore promotion to the top flight. In two seasons of the Gambrinus liga, Hradec finished in 8th and 13th place. In 2012 Kotal moved to fellow Gambrinus liga outfit FK Jablonec.[3] He was sacked before the end of the 2012–13 season with the club lying in fifth place in the league after a 5–1 defeat against Slavia Prague.[4] Kotal returned to management in September 2013 as the new manager of FC Zbrojovka Brno.[5]

Honours

Player

Sparta Prague

Czechoslovak Cup (2): 1975–76, 1979–80

Managerial

Hradec Králové

Czech 2. Liga (1): 2009–10

References

  1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  2. "Trenér Kotal vystřídal v Hradci Králové odvolaného Machalu". idnes.cz (in Czech). 24 March 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  3. "Hradec od léta povede Plíšek, nahradil Kotala. Ten jde do Jablonce" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  4. "Trenér Kotal končí v Jablonci, klub ho kvůli špatným výsledkům odvolal" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 5 May 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  5. "Trenér Grmela u fotbalistů Brna skončil, vystřídá ho Kotal". idnes.cz (in Czech). 3 September 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/15/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.