1974–1982 Sparta Prague Career end 1993 Playing position Name Vaclav Kotal Position Forward | 1960-1972 TJ Nachod Role Football player Siblings Vaclav Kotal Years Team Career start 1974 Manages FC Zbrojovka Brno | |
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Date of birth (1952-10-02) 2 October 1952 (age 63) | ||
Place of birth Nachod, Czechoslovakia | ||
Václav Kotal (born 2 October 1952) is a Czech former football player and current manager, in charge of FC Zbrojovka Brno. As a player he spent ten seasons at Sparta Prague, playing 167 matches in the Czechoslovak First League and winning two Czechoslovak Cups.
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He was announced as the new manager of Hradec Králové on 24 March 2009, replacing manager Oldřich Machala. In his first full season, the 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga, Kotal led Hradec Králové to the Czech 2. Liga title and therefore promotion to the top flight. In two seasons of the Gambrinus liga, Hradec finished in 8th and 13th place. In 2012 Kotal moved to fellow Gambrinus liga outfit FK Jablonec. He was sacked before the end of the 2012–13 season with the club lying in fifth place in the league after a 5–1 defeat against Slavia Prague. Kotal returned to management in September 2013 as the new manager of FC Zbrojovka Brno.
Player
Czechoslovak Cup (2): 1975–76, 1979–80
Managerial
Czech 2. Liga (1): 2009–10