Petr Kouba

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Petr Kouba
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Kouba in 1996
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-01-28) 28 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1983 FC Bohemians Praha
1983–1985 Slavoj Vyšehrad
1985–1988 FC Bohemians Praha
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1988–1990 FC Bohemians Praha 54 (0)
1991–1996 Sparta Prague 152 (1)
1996–1997 Deportivo La Coruña 4 (0)
1997–1998 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0 (0)
1998–1999 Viktoria Žižkov 23 (0)
1999–2001 Deportivo La Coruña 2 (0)
2001–2002 FK Jablonec 19 (0)
2002–2005 Sparta Prague 3 (0)
Total257(1)
International career
1991–1993 Czechoslovakia 14 (0)
1994–1998 Czech Republic 26 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1996 England
AC Sparta Prague
WinnerGambrinus liga1993–94
WinnerGambrinus liga1994–95
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petr Kouba (born 28 January 1969) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper as well as assistant coach for the Czech under-20 and under-21 national teams. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, played a total of 40 matches between 1991 and 1998. [1]

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Biography

The son of fellow goalkeeper Pavel Kouba, Kouba became interested in football after his father took him to a proper club when he was 12 years old. [2] Kouba also played rugby until the age of 15. [3] He began his playing career with Bohemians and Sparta Prague, [4] scoring a goal from a penalty kick for the latter club in a national league match against SK České Budějovice in the 1994–95 season. [5]

Kouba participated in UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic was runner-up. [6] On 27 March 2004, he retired from football after Sparta Prague lost 0–2 against 1. FC Slovácko, resulting in the dismissal of coach Jiří Kotrba. [2] Upon ending his playing career, Kouba became a goalkeeper coach for the Czech Republic national football team in 2022. [7]

References

  1. ↑ Slavík, Jiří (30 November 2003). "Petr Kouba | International Appearances". RSSSF .
  2. 1 2 Švéd, Jan (17 April 2013). "Sladký příběh s hořkým koncem Petra Kouby, brankářské hvězdy 90. let". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra . Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Madl, Luděk (1 February 2019). "Ve Španělsku Kouba slavil titul, byť jako náhradník. V neděli bude hostem přenosu Televize Seznam". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Počty startů hráčů v I. Československé lize: K". JFK-Fotbal (in Czech). Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  5. ↑ Hořejší, Michal (29 March 2011). "Útočníci závidí. Brankář dal sto gólů". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra . Retrieved 18 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Rokyta, Václav (28 January 2019). "Vícemistr Evropy z roku 1996 a brankář, který za Spartu vychytal Barcelonu. Petr Kouba slaví 50. narozeniny". Czech Radio (in Czech). Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Štěpánek, Jakub; Černá, Lucie (23 January 2022). "Petr Kouba: Stříbrný hoch a sparťanská legenda". Novinky.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
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