Petr Vrabec Explained

Petr Vrabec
Birth Date:5 June 1962
Birth Place:Czechoslovakia
Position:Defender
Years1:1985–1993
Years2:1993–1994
Years3:1994–1995
Years4:1996–2000
Clubs1:Sparta Prague
Clubs2:Stuttgarter Kickers
Clubs3:Viktoria Žižkov
Clubs4:Chmel Blšany
Caps1:168
Caps2:31
Caps3:19
Caps4:85
Goals1:21
Goals2:2
Goals3:2
Goals4:16
Nationalyears1:1993
Nationalteam1:Representation of
Czechs and Slovaks (RCS)
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:1
Nationalyears2:1992
Nationalteam2:Czechoslovakia B
Nationalcaps2:1
Nationalgoals2:0
Manageryears1:2012
Managerclubs1:Čáslav
Manageryears2:2012–2014
Managerclubs2:Mladá Boleslav (junior team)

Petr Vrabec (born 5 June 1962) is a Czech football manager and former player. He won six Czechoslovak First League titles with Sparta Prague at club level. Vrabec also represented Czechoslovakia, playing three times and scoring once in 1993.

Playing career

Club career

As a player, Vrabec won six league titles in eight seasons with Sparta Prague, racking up 168 appearances and 21 goals between 1985 and 1993.[1] During the 1991–92 European Cup he scored three goals for the club, including one at the Nou Camp stadium against FC Barcelona.[2] In 1993, he went to Germany to play for Stuttgarter Kickers before returning to his homeland with Viktoria Žižkov in the 1994–95 season. Vrabec played in European competitions with Žižkov, scoring in the 4–3 aggregate win in the qualifying round of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup against IFK Norrköping. He spent his later career with Chmel Blšany,[3] where he suffered a broken leg, which limited him in his final season with the club.[4] In 2000, he stopped playing in order to become youth coach at Blšany.[5]

International career

Vrabec played for Czechoslovakia B in 1992, making a single appearance.[6] The following year he made three appearances for Czechoslovakia, scoring one goal in the process.[6] His only international goal came in a 5–2 win for Czechoslovakia against Romania in qualification for the 1994 World Cup.

Managerial career

Vrabec became assistant manager under Karel Jarolím at Gambrinus Liga side 1. FC Synot in 2003 in a sixteen-month spell which ended in December 2004.[7] In April 2005 Vrabec took up a position as Jarolím's assistant again, this time with Slavia Prague.[8]

Vrabec was named manager of Czech 2. Liga side Čáslav in the summer of 2012,[2] but left his position after just seven games, with the club having won just one and drawn two in this time.[9]

Honours

Sparta Prague[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Počty startů hráčů v I. Československé lize. JFK-Fotbal. 2 January 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20050102072445/http://web.telecom.cz/kopeckyf/CZ_SK/LIGAHRVV.htm.
  2. Web site: Vrabec se vrátil na Slavii. K přáteláku jako trenér Čáslavi. Czech. 25 June 2012. Mladá fronta DNES. 30 August 2012.
  3. Web site: Petr Vrabec . gambrinusliga.cz . Czech . 25 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Na ligu se chystají nedávní marodi i Budka. Czech. 5 January 2000. Mladá fronta DNES. 26 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Blšany jdou nadále vlastní cestou. Czech. 19 June 2000. Mladá fronta DNES. 26 October 2013.
  6. Book: Jeřábek, Luboš. Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů. 2007. Grada Publishing. Prague. Czech. 978-80-247-1656-5. 220.
  7. Web site: Tomáš. Železník. Jarolím musí odejít, vystřídá ho Molnár. Czech. 21 December 2004. Mladá fronta DNES. 26 October 2013.
  8. Web site: Jarolím má Slavii dovést na druhé místo. Czech. 13 April 2005. Mladá fronta DNES. 26 October 2013.
  9. News: Po sedmi kolech skončil v Čáslavi Petr Vrabec. Czech. denik.cz. 17 September 2012. 18 June 2013.