Pavel Vrba
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pavel Vrba | ||
| Date of birth | 6 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Přerov, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Anzhi Makhachkala (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1973–1979 | FC Přerov | ||
| 1979–1981 | Baník Ostrava | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Železárny Prostějov | ||
| 1982–1984 | RH Cheb | ||
| 1984–1985 | Baník Ostrava | ||
| 1985–1993 | Baník Havířov | ||
| 1993–1994 | FC Přerov | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994–1996 | FC 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 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Pavel Vrba (born 6 December 1963) is a Czech football manager and former player. Vrba is currently coaching Anzhi Makhachkala. 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 Gambrinus liga 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]
Managerial career
Early career
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 Gambrinus liga 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 2006-2007 season and led the team to second place the following season.[5]
Plzeň
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 2010/2011 season of the Gambrinus liga, 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]
Honours
Managerial
- Žilina
- Slovak Super Liga (1): 2006–07
- Slovak Super Cup (1): 2007
- Viktoria Plzeň
- Gambrinus liga (2): 2010–11, 2012–13
- Czech Cup (1): 2009–10
- Czech Supercup (1): 2011
Individual
- Czech Coach of the Year (5): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 1 December 2016.
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Present | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 38.89 |
| Career totals | 431 | 229 | 94 | 108 | 774 | 470 | +304 | 53.13 | ||
References
- ^ iDNES.cz: Komňacký, Koubek, Psotka. Kdo je nejlepším trenérem? - 14 May 2010
- ^ "Vrba: I couldn't imagine a better ending". UEFA. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ "Sedm slávistů dalo Ostravě sedm branek". idnes.cz (in Czech). 5 May 2003. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Muž, který stvořil plzeňský zázrak. Ovšem v lize začínal porážkou 0:7". idnes.cz (in Czech). 17 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Žilina bank on Vrba dexterity". UEFA.com. 25 July 2008. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Fotbalovým králem je opět brankář. Čech vyhrál pošesté a má rekord". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 4 February 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Vrba definitivně k reprezentaci nepůjde, Plzeň ho neuvolní". Česká televize (in Czech). 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ "Vrba to become national soccer coach after huge success with Plzeň". Czech Radio. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Kratochvíl, Marek. "Na tohle budu vzpomínat celý život, hodnotil postupovou rozlučku Pavel Vrba" (in Czech). Gambrinusliga.cz. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
External links
- Template:Cs icon Profile at Viktoria Plzeň website
- Template:Cs icon Profile at www.Fotbal24.cz website
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- Use dmy dates from January 2011
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Czech footballers
- Czechoslovak footballers
- FK Hvězda Cheb players
- FC Baník Ostrava players
- Czech football managers
- Czech Republic national football team managers
- Czech First League managers
- MŠK Žilina managers
- Slovak Super Liga managers
- FC Baník Ostrava managers
- FC Viktoria Plzeň managers
- FK Púchov managers
- Expatriate football managers in Slovakia
- UEFA Euro 2016 managers
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala managers
- Expatriate football managers in Russia
- Czech expatriates in Slovakia
- Czech expatriates in Russia
- Russian Premier League managers