| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1954-07-25)25 July 1954 (age 71) | ||
| Place of birth | Prague,Czechoslovakia | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1962–1974 | Slavoj Vyšehrad | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1976 | Dukla Tachov | ||
| 1976–1985 | Bohemians Prague | ||
| 1985–1987 | Slavia Prague | 30 | (0) |
| 1987–1988 | Veria FC | 12 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Bohemians Prague | 35 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | SC Wacker Vienna | ||
| 1990–1992 | Floridsdorfer AC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1977–1983 | Czechoslovakia | 24 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992 | Floridsdorfer AC (player-manager) | ||
| 1992–1995 | Bohemians Prague (assistant) | ||
| 1995 | Bohemians Prague | ||
| 1996 | FC Turnov | ||
| 1996–1997 | VT Chomutov | ||
| 1997–1998 | Slovan Liberec (co-manager) | ||
| 1999–2001 | Tennis Borussia Berlin (co-manager) | ||
| 2001–2003 | FSC Libuš | ||
| 2003 | Bohemians Prague | ||
| 2004– | FSC Libuš | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Zdeněk Hruška (born 25 July 1954 inPrague[1]) is a former Czechoslovak footballer and an active football manager. As a goalkeeper who spent the longest part of his career withBohemians Prague Hruška had 24 appearances forCzechoslovakia and participated at the1982 FIFA World Cup.
Hruška started his career atSlavoj Vyšehrad which he left in 1974 in order to undergo a 2 years of military service. From 1976 he played in the goal forBohemians Prague where he in 1982 won the Czechoslovakia cup and in 1983 became champion of Czechoslovakia. His biggest achievement in European cups came in 1983 when Bohemians reached theUEFA Cup semifinals. After nine years with Bohemians he left in 1985 forSlavia Prague where he spent two years. In the season of 1987/1988 he played forVeria FC in theGreek Super League.[2] After that he returned to Bohemians but after a single season in Prague he left again and went toWacker/Groß Viktoria in the Austrian Regional league. In 1990 Hruška transferred toFAC Viktoria Wien where he retired from playing.
In the top league of Czechoslovakia Hruška played a total of 247 games.
Hruška had his debut in the Czechoslovakia national team on 9 December 1977 in a friendly againstHungary. He missed the1980 European Cup due to an injury. He didn't do very well in the first game for Czechoslovakia at the 1982 FIFA World cup where Czechoslovakia made a disappointing draw withKuwait.Stanislav Seman replaced him in goal in the following match againstEngland. Hruška played his last game (from a total of 24) as Czechoslovakia played a 1:1 draw againstRomania on 30 November 1983.
From 1992 Hruška was an assistant manager at Bohemians Prague, in 1995 he was appointed as general manager. His next stations includedFC Turnov in the fourth league andVT Chomutov in the third league. In the 1997/98 season he was a co-manager forSlovan Liberec, from 1999 until 2001 he worked as a goalkeeper trainer forTennis Borussia Berlin in Germany. Later he took up the Prague teamFSC Libuš, returned to Bohemians Prague and after being fired just a few months later, returned to managing FSC Libuš again.
