Playing position 1981–1982 SK Sigma Olomouc Name Oldrich Machala Height 1.82 m | 1970–1981 TJ Moravsky Beroun Years Team Role Football player Position Defender | |
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Date of birth (1963-08-04) 4 August 1963 (age 52) Place of birth Bruntal, Czechoslovakia | ||
Oldřich Machala (born 4 August 1963 in Bruntál) is a Czech football coach and a former player. He is currently the manager of Czech 2. Liga side 1. HFK Olomouc.
Machala played most of his Gambrinus liga career for SK Sigma Olomouc, for which he earned 414 league caps, most in the club's history. He is considered a legendary footballer of the club. In 2000 he won the Personality of the League award at the Czech Footballer of the Year awards. He won his only cap for the Czech Republic as a last-minute substitute against Nigeria in 1996.
Machala joined 1. HFK Olomouc as manager in 2011 and led his team to the Moravian–Silesian Football League title and ensuing promotion to the Czech 2. Liga in his first season with the club.
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