Jan Stejskal

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Jan Stejskal
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1972–1981 Zbrojovka Brno
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1982–1983 RH Cheb 22 (0)
1983–1990 Sparta Prague 190 (0)
1990–1994 Queens Park Rangers 107 (0)
1994–1999 Slavia Prague 104 (0)
1998–1999 Viktoria Žižkov 4 (0)
Total427(0)
International career
1986–1992 Czechoslovakia 29 (0)
1994 Czech Republic 2 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2011 Sparta Prague (goalkeeper coach)
2012– Jablonec (goalkeeper coach)
Medal record
SK Slavia Prague
WinnerGambrinus liga1995–96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Stejskal (born 15 January 1962) [1] is a former Czech footballer and goalkeeper coach. In a 17-year playing career as a goalkeeper, he set a Czechoslovak First League record for clean sheets in a season, and spent four years in England at Queens Park Rangers. Stejskal played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also has served of mayor of Jevany since 2023.

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Playing career

Stejskal began his career with Sparta Prague, where he equalled the league record of 19 clean sheets in the 1986–87 season. [2] He later moved to England, where he had a successful spell at Queens Park Rangers from 1990 to 1994. He was one of only 13 foreign players to play on the opening weekend of the FA Premier League along with Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Robert Warzycha, Roland Nilsson, Eric Cantona, Hans Segers, John Faxe Jensen, Anders Limpar, Gunnar Halle, Craig Forrest, Michel Vonk and Ronnie Rosenthal.[ citation needed ] After returning to the Czech Republic, Stejskal played for Slavia Prague and Viktoria Žižkov before retiring in 1999.[ citation needed ]

At international level, Stejskal made 31 appearances for Czechoslovakia from 1986 until 1992 and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. [3] Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, he played twice for the newly-formed Czech Republic national football team in 1994. [4]

Coaching career

Stejskal worked as a goalkeeping coach the Czech Republic national football team until his departure in 2009. [5] He was also appointed the same position in Sparta Prague in 2011, but left later that December and replaced by former national team goalkeeper Pavel Srníček. [6] Stejskal became goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic again, this time at UEFA Euro 2012. [7] He joined FK Jablonec as a goalkeeping coach later that same year. [7]

Personal life

Stejskal has two granddaughters. [8] He is also a qualified mechanic, a trade learned whilst serving on national duty for the former Czechoslovakia. [8]

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  6. ↑ "Hřebík je novým sportovním manažerem Sparty". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Jablonecký asistent Stejskal: Na Spartu nemyslím, chci vyhrát s každým". Mladá fronta Dnes . Mafra. 1 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  8. 1 2 Hrabě, Stanislav (5 January 2023). "Gólman přenechal místo královně krásy a teď dohlíží na rozhodčí". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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