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| Date of birth | (1958-03-13)13 March 1958 (age 67) | ||
| Place of birth | Zlaté Moravce, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | ZŤS Martin | ||
| 1979–1988 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 209 | (20) |
| 1988–1993 | FC St. Pauli | 129 | (8) |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 26 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Slovakia (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||
| 1997–1998 | Petra Drnovice | ||
| 1999 | VSS Košice | ||
| 1999–2002 | 1. FC Köln (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
| 2005–2006 | Sportfreunde Siegen | ||
| 2006–2008 | Slovakia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Austria (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Jiangsu Sainty | ||
| 2011–2012 | South China | ||
| 2013–2014 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 2014–2015 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
| 2016–2017 | Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biała | ||
| 2018–2019 | Yemen | ||
| 2022 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ján Kocian (born 13 March 1958) is a Slovak professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who last managedSlovak First Football League clubViOn Zlaté Moravce. He also held managerial positions across central Europe and Asia.
During his playing days, he made 209 appearances forDukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German clubFC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.
He was capped 26 times byCzechoslovakia. Playing at sweeper as the team reached the1990 FIFA World Cupquarter-finals, Kocian was voted the country'splayer of the year in 1990.
Kocian began his coaching career with Czech sidePetra Drnovice before moving to the German Bundesliga clubsRot-Weiß Erfurt andSportfreunde Siegen. He worked as an assistant at 1.Bundesliga clubs1. FC Köln andEintracht Frankfurt.
He was appointed the new head coach of theSlovakia national team on 2 November 2006, replacingDušan Galis. Previously, he had worked as an assistant to former national coachDr. Jozef Vengloš between 1993 and 1995. He was last seven months Assistant Coach fromKarel Brückner byAustria between 4 March 2009.
On 8 December 2010, Kocian was appointed head coach of theChinese Super League teamJiangsu Sainty[1] On 28 June 2011, Kocian was announced as theHong Kong First Division League teamSouth China AA's new head coach.[2][unreliable source?] South China finished third in the2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League. Kocian did not agree on a new contract after the end of the season.
In the 2013–14 season, Kocian managedRuch Chorzow to third position in the Ekstraklasa table and qualified almost in the last qualifying round for Europe League Group stage. He earned by theEkstraklasa Coach of the Year at the end of season. On 18 April 2019, Kocian returned to Poland and to his former clubRuch Chorzów as an advisor.
On 25 October 2018, Kocian was announced as manager of theYemen national team.[3][4] After the2019 AFC Asian Cup, he left the national team. In spring of 2022, he returned to his nativeZlaté Moravce to manage localFortuna Liga clubFC ViOn and aid in avoiding relegation in2021–22 season. In early October, Kocian came to terms of release with ViOn Zlaté Moravce for medical reasons.[5]
Since mid-2010s, Kocian began to feature more prominentnly as an expert analyst in the media, including national broadcasterRTVS for national team matches or major tournaments, such asUEFA Euro 2020 or2022 FIFA World Cup.[6][7] He also writes as a columnist contributor to leading Slovak sports daily newspaperDenník Šport.[8]
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