Ivan Kopecký

Ivan Kopecký
Personal information
Date of birth	29 January 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1959–1962	SK Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team
1963–1971	Slavia Prague
1972–1980	VP Frýdek-Místek
Managerial career
1983–1984	Bohemians Praha (assistant)
1985–1988	TJ Vítkovice
1988–1989	Slavia Prague
1990–1992	Czechoslovak Olympic team
1992	FC Baník Ostrava
1993–1998	Czech Republic U-21
1998–1999	Petra Drnovice
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivan Kopecký (born 29 January 1946) is a Czech football manager and former player.

As a player, Kopecký played five seasons in the Czechoslovak First League for Slavia Prague and one season for Frýdek-Místek, making a total of 137 league appearances and scoring 4 goals.^[1]

As a coach, Kopecký led several Czech football clubs. His biggest success as a coach was with TJ Vítkovice. Kopecký led the club in the 1985/1986 season to the Czechoslovak First League championship.^[1] Thanks to this achievement, he was selected by the football association as the Czechoslovak Coach of the Year in 1986.

References

^ ^a ^b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

External links

(in Czech) SK Slavia Praha profile

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[jerabek-1] Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubu (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.

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