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Jan Suchopárek
Czech footballer (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jan Suchopárek (born 23 September 1969) is a Czech football coach and former defender, who is head coach of the Czech Republic U21 national team.
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1969-09-23) 23 September 1969 (age 54) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Kladno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1974–1988 | Poldi Kladno | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1988–1991 | Dukla Prague | 66 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1991–1996 | Slavia Prague | 132 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
1996–1999 | Strasbourg | 76 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Slavia Prague | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2003–2005 | Kladno | 51 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1991–1993[1] | Czechoslovakia | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1994–2000[1] | Czech Republic | 48 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2010 | Kladno (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2016 | Dukla Prague (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Czech Republic U18 | ||||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2019–2020 | Czech Republic U18 | ||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
2021– | Czech Republic U21 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing a combined total of 61 international matches, scoring 4 goals. Suchopárek was a participant at UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal. He scored in the group stage against Russia and played in the UEFA Euro 1996 Final, where the Czech Republic lost to Germany.
At club level, Suchopárek played for Prague teams Dukla and Slavia before moving to France, where he played for RC Strasbourg. He finished his career in the Czech Second League, where he played for Kladno.