Jaroslav HÅ™ebÃk
Jaroslav Hřebík (born 16 December 1948 in Benešov ) is a former Czech football player and current football coach.
He is regarded for his methods and his character as one of the most controversial coach in the Czech Republic. At the same time he was one of the first who propagated the Zonenverteidung and other innovations of modern football.
Playing career
Hřebík played in his youth for Jawa Týnec, at the age of 20 he moved to Viktoria Zizkov. In early 1974, has been committed by Dukla Prague, for whom he debuted in the first Czechoslovak league. After a year he moved on to league rivals Škoda Plzeň, for whom he scored four goals in two years.
From 1977 to 1982, the striker played for Spartak Vlašim BS, 1982, he went to his hometown Benešov, where he was player-coach in the 1983/84 season. His career was Hřebík of 1985 to finish 1988 at TJ Jílové.
Overall, the attacker played 22 games in the highest Czech league, where he scored four goals.
Coaching career
After his first experience as a player-coach in the 1983/84 season at ČSAD Benešov Hřebík was head coach for the same, in the meantime renamed FK Švarc Benešov club and rose with him in 1994 in the first league. After the first round with just three wins from 15 games, he was fired, the team proved to be erstligatauglich and rose on the end of the season as Table from.
Hřebík had made a name and was engaged for season 1995 /96 by Viktoria Pilsen, which he led to ninth place. The following season he was coach at Viktoria Zizkov, when the team was on the bottom of the table after the first round, he was released. In the season 1997/98 Hřebík coached SK Hradec Králové with which he was twelfth. He then moved to Slavia Prague, which he finished third and won his first title, the Czech Cup.
A year without a club coached Hřebík 2000/ 01 FK Jablonec, he also led court Twelve. It was the summer of 2001 coach of Sparta Prague, with whom he reached the second round in the Champions League. As seemed to be the title of Sparta is in danger after a defeat against FK Jablonec on matchday 24 of the 2001/02 season, he was released.
In early 2004 came Hřebík on as coach for the Russian first division club FK Dynamo Moscow, after disappointing results, he was sacked in the season on 12 July 2004 in the middle. In early 2005 he became the successor to the extremely popular with the fans František Straka at Sparta Prague. Straka was dismissed despite a nine -point lead in the league because of poor results in the Champions League. From the beginning Hřebík met with open hostility from the fans of Sparta, the capsized sometimes in hate. Even with the team he did not get along. Karel Poborský put because Hřebíks training methods resigned his captaincy. After a 1-2 defeat at FK Teplice beginning of October 2005 Hřebík had to go.
Since then Hřebík works as a commentator and expert on Czech Television and Czech various print media.
Achievements
- Czech champion in 2005 with Sparta Prague
- Czech Cup Winners' Cup in 1999 with Slavia Prague