Luděk Mikloško
 Mikloško as goalkeeping coach with West Ham United | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 December 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Prostějov, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1975 | Němčice nad Hanou | ||
| 1975–1976 | Železárny Prostějov | ||
| 1976–1980 |
Baník Ostrava | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 |
RH Cheb | 23 | (0) |
| 1982–1990 |
Baník Ostrava | 211 | (0) |
| 1990–1998 | West Ham United | 318 | (0) |
| 1998 | → Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Queens Park Rangers | 45 | (0) |
| Total | 606 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 40 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Czech Republic | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Luděk Mikloško (born 9 December 1961) is a Czech football coach and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a
Baník Ostrava. He was capped 40 times by Czechoslovakia and was part of the team that competed at the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He was later capped twice by the Czech Republic
.
Following retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham and worked as the club's goalkeeping coach before leaving in 2010. He has since moved back to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency.
Club career
Mikloško started his career in his native Czechoslovakia with
Baník Ostrava
.
Mikloško's talent was noted by
Oldham Athletic. West Ham had lost the first leg 6–0, with Phil Parkes in goal in what proved to be his last game for West Ham after an eleven-year association with the club.[1][2] From this point until the 1997-98 season, Mikloško was the first-choice goalkeeper.[3]
In the
FA Premier League in 1992, he helped them win promotion back to the top flight at the first attempt — beginning a ten-year unbroken spell at this level. He is well remembered for a Man of the Match performance against Manchester United on the last day of the 1994–95 season where West Ham drew 1–1 with Manchester United at the Boleyn Ground to help secure Manchester United's rivals, Blackburn Rovers, their first league title in over eighty years.[6] In his final season, he competed with Craig Forrest for the goalkeeper's position. His last game came on 6 December 1997 in a 2–0 away defeat by Derby County.[3] Mikloško scored an own goal in the game.[7] The following game he was replaced in goal by Forrest.[8]
A brave and excellent shot-stopper with a huge clearance kick, he played 374 times for the team.
Mikloško was sold to
loan spell. His last professional game came on 3 March 2001.[citation needed] In new manager Ian Holloway's first game in charge, QPR lost 3–1 at home to Sheffield United.[9] Later in 2001 he retired due to injury.[citation needed
]
International career
Mikloško received 40 caps for Czechoslovakia and two caps for the Czech Republic.[3]
Coaching career
After retirement, Mikloško returned to West Ham to take up a goalkeeping coaching role. He left the club in March 2010.[10]
Personal life
After leaving his position as West Ham goalkeeping coach, Mikloško returned to the Czech Republic and works for a sporting investment agency.[11]
Honours
Individual
References
- ^ "Game played 14 February 1990". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Phil Parkes". WestHamStats.info. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Welcome to the Wonderful World of West Ham United Statistics Ludek Miklosko". Westhamstats.info. 9 December 1961. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Game played 14 April 1991". WestHamStats.info. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "2nd Division 1990-91". WestHamStats.info. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ White, Jim (21 March 2014). "Flashback: The day a man called Ludo ruined Manchester United's game – and dreams of the double". The Telegraph. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Derby County 2-0 West Ham United". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Game played on 13 December 1997". WestHamStats.info. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "QPR 1-3 Sheffield United". BBC Sport. 3 March 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Miklosko leaves Hammers". Whufc.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
- ^ "Ludek Miklosko". 20 June 2015.
- ^ "Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon: Official Player Awards". rsssf.or. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
- ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.
External links
- Luděk Mikloško at FAČR (also at old FAČR website) (in Czech)
- Jan Palička: Luděk Mikloško: Fotbal v Anglii je jako jiná dimenze, MF DNES (in Czech)
- Luděk Mikloško at Soccerbase
