Antonín Fivébr Explained

Antonín Fivébr
Birth Date:22 November 1888
Birth Place:Prague, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Prague, Czechoslovakia
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1908–1914
Clubs1:Sparta Prague
Years2:1914–1918
Clubs2:Český Lev Plzeň
Years3:1919–1920
Clubs3:Sparta Prague
Years4:1921–1922
Clubs4:Brescia
Manageryears1:1921–1923
Managerclubs1:Brescia
Manageryears2:1923–1927
Managerclubs2:Valencia
Manageryears3:1928–1929
Managerclubs3:Real Oviedo
Manageryears4:1929–1931
Managerclubs4:Valencia
Manageryears5:1932–1933
Managerclubs5:Real Murcia
Manageryears6:1934–1935
Managerclubs6:Valencia
Manageryears7:1936
Managerclubs7:Spartak Moscow
Manageryears8:1945–1947
Managerclubs8:Jednota Košice

Antonín Fivébr (22 November 1888  - 26 February 1973) was a Czech football player and manager. He managed clubs such as Valencia, Spartak Moscow, and Brescia.

Career

In 1908, Fivébr joined Sparta Prague to play as a midfielder. Twelve years later in 1920, Fivébr left Sparta to join Brescia in Italy. At Brescia he became a player-manager.

Fivébr went to Spain in 1923 to become the manager of Valencia. He spent seven years as the Valencia coach in three different stints. At Valencia he won three regional championships and won promotion to La Liga in 1931. Other Spanish clubs Fivébr managed were Elche, Real Oviedo, Levante, and Real Murcia.

Fivébr moved to the Soviet Union in 1935. Shortly afterwards in 1936, Fivébr was named the first ever manager of the newly born Spartak Moscow. However, he only lasted two months on the job and was looking for work elsewhere. Fivébr would go on to manage Dynamo Leningrad, Stalinets Moscow, and clubs in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia.

In 1938, Fivébr returned to his native Czechoslovakia, where he managed Viktoria Žižkov, Jednota Košice,[1] and finally Spartak Trnava.

Death

Fivébr died in his home city of Prague on 26 February 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jeřábek, Luboš. Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů. 2007. Grada Publishing a.s.. 9788024716565. cs.