Siddhesh Joshi (Editor)

Michal Bílek

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Full name
  
Michal Bilek

Years
  
Team

Position
  
1973–1982
  
Height
  
1.77 m


Playing position
  
Midfielder

Role
  
Football manager

Name
  
Michal Bilek

Date joined
  
1990

Michal Bilek iidnescz13033cl6TEN4a06672238163959009jpg

Date of birth
  
(1965-04-13) 13 April 1965 (age 50)

Team coached
  
Czech Republic national football team (since 2009)

Similar People
  
Theodor Gebre Selassie, Pavel Vrba, David Limbersky, Ivan Hasek, Josef Pesice

Place of birth
  

Michal Bílek (born 13 April 1965) is a football manager and former player. He led the Czech Republic national football team for four years between 2009 and 2013. As a player he represented Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic at international level. His playing position was right midfielder.

Contents

Club career

Michal Bílek Michal Bilek Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia

During his career, Bílek was mainly associated with Sparta Prague, which he represented on four separate occasions, starting with the first team aged only 17.

Michal Bílek Trenrem Sparty je Michal Blek AC Sparta Praha

In 1990, he had his first and only abroad experience, in Spain with Real Betis, being relegated in his first season, and returning to Sparta after another year. He then played for FK Viktoria Žižkov and FK Teplice until 2000, appearing once again for his main club in between.

Michal Bílek Michal Blek MichalBilek Twitter

Immediately after retiring, Bílek began coaching, precisely with Teplice. After a brief stint in Costa Rica, he returned home, going on to manage FK Chmel Blšany, FC Viktoria Plzeň and MFK Ružomberok. In 2006 he took charge of Sparta, replacing Stanislav Griga. He went on to win the Gambrinus liga in his first year and finish second in the following. He resigned from his position at Sparta in May 2008.

International career

Michal Bílek CZECHOSLAVAKIA Michal Bilek 88 PANINI Italia 90 FIFA World Cup

Bílek played for Czechoslovakia, and later briefly for the independent Czech Republic; for both he played a total of 35 matches and scored 11 goals, being an offensive mainstay for the former at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice for the quartefinalists.

Michal Bílek sportbziropublicuploadphotos9MichalBilekjpg

In late October 2009, after having coached the nation's U19 team seven years earlier, former assistant Bílek was named the new coach of the senior side, following Ivan Hašek's resignation after the failure to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa. He was replaced as the national team boss in September 2013 after nearly four years in the role by Josef Pešice.

References

Michal Bílek Wikipedia