Jiří Kotrba
Jiří Kotrba (born 28 February 1958) is a Czech football manager and former player.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 February 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Písek, Czechoslovakia | ||
Playing position(s) | Defender / Manager | ||
Youth career | |||
1964–1976 | ZVVZ Milevsko | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1981 | Bohemians Prague | 53 | (1) |
1981–1982 | → VTJ Tábor (loan) | ||
1982–1988 | Dynamo České Budějovice | ||
Teams managed | |||
1983–1989 | Dynamo České Budějovice (youth) | ||
1989–1991 | Dynamo České Budějovice | ||
1991–1993 | Union Cheb | ||
1993 | FK Jablonec | ||
1993–1995 | Viktoria Žižkov | ||
1995–1998 | FK Jablonec | ||
1998–2002 | Marila Příbram | ||
2002 | Sigma Olomouc | ||
2002–2004 | Sparta Prague | ||
2004–2005 | 1. FC Brno | ||
2007 | Marila Příbram | ||
2008 | Czech Republic U-21 | ||
2011 | Dynamo České Budějovice | ||
2014–2015 | Slovan Liberec | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
As a manager Kotrba led several Czech clubs, gaining success with some of them. In the 2002/2003 season he won the Czech First League with Sparta Prague. In 1994 Kotrba won the Czech Cup with Viktoria Žižkov, in 1998 he won the cup with FK Jablonec.
In June 2011, Kotrba returned to club management after a four-year break to replace Jaroslav Šilhavý as manager of České Budějovice.[1] His return was, however, short-lived, as after overseeing a winless start to the 2011–12 Czech First League during which his team took no points from the opening five games, he was replaced as head coach by František Cipro, with Kotrba staying at the club in the role of general manager.[2]
References
- "Kotrba se vrací k trénování, povede fotbalisty Českých Budějovic". idnes.cz (in Czech). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- "Na českobudějovickou lavičku se po čtyřech letech vrací trenér Cipro" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.