Jozef Chovanec

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Jozef Chovanec
Personal information
Date of birth (1960-03-07) 7 March 1960 (age 64)
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
1984–1992 Czechoslovakia 52 (4)
Managerial career
1994 Sparta Prague
1996–1997 Sparta Prague
1998–2001
Czech Republic
2002–2003
FK Marila Příbram
2005 Kuban Krasnodar
2008 Sparta Prague
2008–2011 Sparta Prague
2012–2013
Baniyas
2014 Ružomberok
2014–2015 Slovan Bratislava
Medal record
AC Sparta Prague
Winner Gambrinus liga 1993–94
Winner Gambrinus liga 1994–95
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager.

Playing career

As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at

Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV Eindhoven. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup
.

Coaching career

Chovanec coached the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2001. He managed to qualify his team to Euro 2000 but then failed to do so for the World Cup 2002, being eliminated by Belgium in the play-off matches two times by 1–0.

On 8 October 2008, Chovanec returned to Sparta Prague for his fourth spell as manager and parted from the club in December 2011.

On 19 June 2012, Chovanec was appointed head coach of

Baniyas SC
.

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