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| Date of birth | (1969-09-11)11 September 1969 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Olomouc,Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1979 | SK Těšetice | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1986 | TJ Náměšť na Hané | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Sigma Olomouc | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–2000 | Sigma Olomouc | 237 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2004 | Stavo Artikel Brno | 90 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | SFC Opava | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2008 | 1. HFK Olomouc | 47 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 459 | (13) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Czech Republic | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Martin Kotůlek (born 11 September 1969) is aCzechfootball coach and former player.
At club level, Kotůlek made over 400 appearances in the top leagues of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing for most of his career with hometown clubSigma Olomouc. He was part of the Czech Republic teamUEFA Euro 1996 that won the silver medal.[1] In total, Kotůlek made one appearance for Czechoslovakia and seven for the Czech Republic after its independence.
Kotůlek played his 400th league game in the Czech (including previously Czechoslovak) top flight in 2004 forSFC Opava, but his team lost againstZlín.[2] His team went on to be relegated in last place in the2004–05 Gambrinus liga and his career in the top division was over, having earned 412 appearances and 12 goals.[3]
During his last season as a footballer, Kotůlek worked as an assistant coach at1. HFK Olomouc in the2007–08 Czech 2. Liga.[4] He became assistant coach of Sigma Olomouc in 2008 under newly-appointed head coachesZdeněk Psotka,[5]Petr Uličný, andRoman Pivarník. Following Pivarník's dismissal in May 2013, Kotůlek was appointed as caretaker manager until the end of the season, his first such appointment.[6]
