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Jan Stejskal

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Jan Stejskal
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962 (age 63)
Place of birth Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1972–1981 Zbrojovka Brno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 RH Cheb 22 (0)
1983–1990 Sparta Prague 190 (0)
1990–1994 Queens Park Rangers 107 (0)
1994–1999 Slavia Prague 104 (0)
1999Viktoria Žižkov (loan) 4 (0)
Total 427 (0)
International career
1986–1992 Czechoslovakia 29 (0)
1990 Czechoslovakia B 1 (0)
1994 Czech Republic 2 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2011 Sparta Prague (goalkeeping coach)
2012–2015 Jablonec (goalkeeping coach)
Medal record
SK Slavia Prague
Winner Gambrinus liga 1995–96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Stejskal (born 15 January 1962)[1] is a former Czech footballer and goalkeeper coach. In a 17-year playing career as a goalkeeper, he set a Czechoslovak First League record for clean sheets in a season, and spent four years in England at Queens Park Rangers. Stejskal played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He also has served of mayor of Jevany since 2023.

Playing career

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Stejskal played in the Czechoslovak First League for RH Cheb in the 1982–83 season,[2] before moving to Sparta Prague, where he equalled the league record of 19 clean sheets in the 1986–87 season.[3] During his time with Sparta the club won the Czechoslovak League title back to back in 1983–84 and 1984–85, before securing three in a row (1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89). In the same period he was part of the winning team for the Czechoslovak Cup (in 1983–84, 1987–88 and 1988–89).[2]

Stejskal later moved to England, where he had a successful spell at Queens Park Rangers from 1990 to 1994. He was one of only 13 foreign players to play on the opening weekend of the FA Premier League along with Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Robert Warzycha, Roland Nilsson, Eric Cantona, Hans Segers, John Faxe Jensen, Anders Limpar, Gunnar Halle, Craig Forrest, Michel Vonk and Ronnie Rosenthal.[4] After returning to the Czech Republic, Stejskal played for Slavia Prague, where he won the Czech First League in the 1995–96 season, as well as the Czech Cup in 1996–97, and Viktoria Žižkov, where he played four games before sustaining an ankle injury.[2][5] He retired in 1999 at the age of 37.[6]

At international level, Stejskal made 31 appearances for his country and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.[5] Following the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, he played twice for the newly-formed Czech Republic national football team in 1994.[7]

Coaching career

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Stejskal worked as a goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic national football team until his departure in 2009.[8] He was also appointed to the same position in Sparta Prague in 2011, but left later that December and replaced by former national team goalkeeper Pavel Srníček.[9] Stejskal became goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic again, this time at UEFA Euro 2012.[10] He joined FK Jablonec as a goalkeeping coach later that same year.[10]

Personal life

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Stejskal has two granddaughters.[11] He is also a qualified mechanic, a trade learned whilst serving on national duty for the former Czechoslovakia.[11]

Honours

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Sparta Prague

Slavia Prague

References

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  1. ^ Pavlis, Zdeněk (24 September 2022). "Kvůli rozhodčím se vzdal reprezentace, teď věčný kliďas Stejskal na sudí dohlíží". Sport.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. pp. 188–189. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  3. ^ "Komplexní gólman s dobrou kopací technikou, chválí Stejskal slávistického Koláře, který ho obral o rekord". Sport.cz (in Czech). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ^ Bate, Adam (9 September 2022). "Premier League had only 13 foreign players in 1992: Craig Forrest and Michel Vonk explain what it was like for them". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b Novák, Jaromír (19 April 2013). "Stejskal, pověstný kliďas. Ale uklidňoval celý tým, oceňuje kouč Cipro". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Stejskal ukončil kariéru". Sme (in Slovak). Petit Press. News Agency of the Slovak Republic. 30 June 1999. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Stejskal: Američany v roce 1990 a dnes nejde srovnávat". Sport.cz (in Czech). 10 June 2006. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Stejskal končí u reprezentace. Na žádost Sparty". Týden (in Czech). Empresa Media. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Hřebík je novým sportovním manažerem Sparty". Deník (in Czech). Vltava Labe Media. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  10. ^ a b Novák, Jaromír (1 July 2012). "Jablonecký asistent Stejskal: Na Spartu nemyslím, chci vyhrát s každým". Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  11. ^ a b Hrabě, Stanislav (5 January 2023). "Gólman přenechal místo královně krásy a teď dohlíží na rozhodčí". Seznam Zprávy (in Czech). Retrieved 16 November 2024.
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