![]() Vrba in 2013 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Pavel Vrba | ||
Date of birth | 6 December 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Přerov, Czechoslovakia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1973–1979 | FK Přerov | ||
1979–1981 | Baník Ostrava | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Železárny Prostějov | ||
1982–1984 | RH Cheb | ||
→ TJ RH Sušice (loan) | |||
→ TJ Nýrsko (loan) | |||
1984–1985 | Baník Ostrava | ||
1985–1993 | Baník Havířov | ||
1993–1994 | FK Přerov | ||
Managerial career | |||
1994–1996 | FK Přerov | ||
1996–2004 | Baník Ostrava (Assistant) | ||
2003 | Baník Ostrava | ||
2004–2006 | Púchov | ||
2006–2008 | Žilina | ||
2006–2008 | Slovakia (Assistant) | ||
2008–2013 | Viktoria Plzeň | ||
2014–2016 | Czech Republic | ||
2016 | Anzhi Makhachkala | ||
2017–2019 | Viktoria Plzeň | ||
2019–2020 | Ludogorets Razgrad | ||
2021–2022 | Sparta Prague | ||
2022 | Baník Ostrava | ||
2022–2023 | Zlín | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Pavel Vrba (born 6 December 1963) is a Czech football manager and former player. He is known for applying an offensive football philosophy in the teams he coaches. [1]
As a player, Vrba played for several clubs including Baník Ostrava. As a coach, he led several Czech and Slovak clubs, including a Czech First League record of five seasons in charge of FC Viktoria Plzeň, whom he led to two league titles, one cup title, and three consecutive seasons of participation in the UEFA Europa League knockout stage – a record for any Czech club. [2]
Having been assistant to manager Erich Cviertna, Vrba took charge of FC Baník Ostrava for a short time towards the end of the 2002–03 Czech First League after Cviertna's departure. [3] His first match in charge resulted in a 7–0 loss for Ostrava away to Slavia Prague. [4]
He won the Slovak Superleague with MŠK Žilina in the 2006–07 season and led the team to second place the following season. [5]
In 2010, he led Viktoria Plzeň to the victory in the Czech Cup for the first time in the club history. He was voted the Czech Coach of the Year for 2010. In the 2010–11 season of the Czech First League, he won the league with Viktoria Plzeň for the first time in the club history. Vrba was awarded the title "Czech Coach of the Year" for 2012, symbolising the third consecutive year he had won the award. [6] He led Plzeň to a second league title in 2013. In October 2013 Vrba led Plzen for a 152nd consecutive top-flight match, setting a league record. [7] Despite having a contract with Plzeň until June 2015, [7] the Czech Football Association activated a buy-out clause, paying his club 8 million Czech koruna and he was announced as the new manager of the Czech Republic national football team in November 2013. [8] His last game in charge of the club was the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League group stage tie against CSKA Moscow which Plzeň won 2–1 with a last-minute goal from Tomáš Wágner, thus earning them a place in the Europa League knockout stage. At the end of the match, the fans unfurled a banner reading "always remember that it wasn't wasted time". [9]
On 16 December 2019, Vrba became manager of Bulgarian Ludogorets Razgrad. [10]
On 3 February 2021, Vrba became manager of Sparta Prague. [11]
On 28 November 2022, Vrba became manager of Trinity Zlín. [12]
Žilina
Viktoria Plzeň
Ludogorets Razgrad
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Ostrava | 3 May 2003 | 17 June 2003 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 40.00 |
Púchov | 18 June 2004 | 7 April 2006 | 65 | 18 | 14 | 33 | 54 | 91 | −37 | 27.69 |
Žilina | 1 July 2006 | 24 September 2008 | 87 | 58 | 17 | 12 | 200 | 68 | +132 | 66.67 |
Plzeň | 8 October 2008 | 15 December 2013 | 231 | 134 | 51 | 46 | 453 | 247 | +206 | 58.01 |
Czech Republic | 1 January 2014 | 30 June 2016 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 41 | 36 | +5 | 40.00 |
Anzhi Makhachkala | 30 June 2016 | 30 December 2016 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 19 | +0 | 36.84 |
Plzeň | 1 July 2017 | 17 December 2019 | 117 | 69 | 22 | 26 | 204 | 131 | +73 | 58.97 |
Ludogorets Razgrad | 18 December 2019 | 25 October 2020 | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 53.57 |
Sparta Prague | 3 February 2021 | 9 May 2022 | 73 | 44 | 11 | 18 | 152 | 95 | +57 | 60.27 |
Baník Ostrava | 18 June 2022 | 10 October 2022 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 25.00 |
Zlín | 28 November 2022 | 23 October 2023 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 65 | −20 | 25.71 |
Career totals | 697 | 369 | 149 | 179 | 1,249 | 807 | +442 | 52.94 |
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