Jozef Chovanec
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| Date of birth | 7 March 1960 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dolné Kočkovce, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, defender | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1970–1978 | Púchov | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Sparta Prague | 47 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | RH Cheb | 27 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 1981–1988 | Sparta Prague | 208 | (30) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | PSV Eindhoven | 33 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 1991–1995 | Sparta Prague | 99 | (15) | |||||||||||
| Total | 414 | (61) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 52 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Czech Republic | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Marila Příbram | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Slovan Bratislava | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Kuban Krasnodar | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | Sparta Prague | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Baniyas | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Ružomberok | |||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Slovan Bratislava | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager.
Playing career
[edit]As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV Eindhoven. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Coaching career
[edit]Chovanec coached the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2001. He managed to qualify his team to Euro 2000 but then failed to do so for the World Cup 2002, being eliminated by Belgium in the play-off matches two times by 1–0.
On 8 October 2008, Chovanec returned to Sparta Prague for his fourth spell as manager and parted from the club in December 2011.
On 19 June 2012, Chovanec was appointed head coach of UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC.
External links
[edit]- Jozef Chovanec at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
- Profile at idnes.cz (in Czech)
- Trenéři v celé historii Sparty at sparta.cz (in Czech)
- Jozef Chovanec at WorldFootball.net
- Jozef Chovanec coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jozef Chovanec coach profile at Soccerway
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