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Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1954)

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Full name
  
Ján Kozák

Current team
  
Slovakia (Manager)

Height
  
1.83 m

Children
  
Ján Kozák

Playing position
  
Midfielder

Years
  
Team

Position
  
Midfielder

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Date of birth
  
(1954-04-17) 17 April 1954 (age 62)

Place of birth
  
Matejovce nad Hornádom, Czechoslovakia

Team coached
  
Slovakia national football team (Manager, since 2013)

Nominations
  
Crystal Wing Award for Sport

Similar
  
Matúš Kozáčik, Vladimír Weiss, Peter Pekarík, Ján Ďurica, Kornel Saláta

Ján Kozák (born 17 April 1954) is a former Slovak football midfielder and later football manager. He is the current manager of the Slovakia national football team, a position he assumed in July 2013. His son Ján Kozák is also a footballer. As the current manager of Slovakia, his team qualified for the 2016 UEFA Euro, thus becoming Slovakia's first time to appear in the tournament.

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In 1981, Kozák became footballer of the year in Czechoslovakia. He played 254 matches in Czechoslovak First League and scored 57 goals. He also participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Player

Dukla Prague

  • Czechoslovak First League: Winners: 1981–82
  • Czechoslovak Cup: Winners: 1981
  • Lokomotíva Košice

  • Czechoslovak Cup: Winners (2x): 1977, 1979
  • Czechoslovakia

  • UEFA Euro 1980: 3rd place
  • 1982 FIFA World Cup: Group stage
  • Individual

  • Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1981
  • Manager

    1.FC Košice

  • MARS Superliga: Winners (2x) 1996–97 1997–98
  • UEFA Champions League: Group Stage 1997–98
  • MFK Košice

  • DOXXbet liga: Winners: 2005–06 (Promoted)
  • Slovak Cup: Winners: 2009
  • Slovakia

  • UEFA Euro 2016: Round of 16
  • Managerial statistics

    As of 15 November 2016

    References

    Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1954) Wikipedia