| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1960-03-07)7 March 1960 (age 65) | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Czechoslovakia Olympic | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 52 | (4) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960)[1] is a former professionalfootballer and manager. He took part in two major tournaments: the1990 FIFA World Cup as a player for Czechoslovakia andUEFA Euro 2000 as manager of the Czech Republic.
As a footballer, Chovanec spent most of his career atSparta Prague.[2] He moved to theNetherlands to play briefly forPSV Eindhoven in 1988. At international level, Chovanec representedCzechoslovakia 52 times, scoring four goals, and played at the1990 FIFA World Cup.[3]
Chovanec coachedSparta Prague, with his first match being on 6 September 1996, Sparta were bottom of the league after seven games but Chovanec oversaw a turnaround, leading Sparta to win the league title the same season. He stayed in his role until December 1997,[4] before leaving to become manager of theCzech Republic in 1998. The team qualified to theUEFA Euro 2000 throughcorresponding qualification with a perfect record of ten wins from ten matches to reachUEFA Euro 2000.[5] Chovanec did not lead the team to2002 FIFA World Cup, being eliminated by Belgium in a play-off at the end of qualifying,[6] thus resigned from his position in November 2001. His final record as Czech national team manager was 27 wins, seven draws, and 11 losses from 45 matches.[7]
Chovanec briefly led Sparta in May 2008 for the final league match of the2007–08 Czech First League as well as thecup final, which he won. In October 2008, Chovanec returned toSparta Prague for his third spell as manager, going on to finish the 2008–09 season in second place.[4] He parted from the club in December 2011. He was appointed head coach ofUAE Pro-League sideBaniyas SC on a one-year contract on 19 June 2012.[8] In March 2014, he became manager ofRužomberok of theSlovak First Football League until the end of the2013–14 season.[9]
Chovanec was born in Dolné Kočkovce near Púchov.[10] He was married to a woman named Jitka, who died at only 53 years old in 2018.[10] They had two daughters and four grandchildren.[11]
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