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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 |
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