Martin Frýdek
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Full name | Martin Frýdek | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 March 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Český Brod (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1986 | Spartak Hradec Králové | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987–1988 | Agro Kolín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1990 | VTJ Karlovy Vary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1997 | Sparta Prague | 177 | (27) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | MSV Duisburg | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2001 | Teplice | 51 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2004 | SC Xaverov | 71 | (13) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | FK Semice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | FK Dukla Prague | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Czech Republic | 29 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | FK Kolín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Vlašim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2020 | Loko Vltavín | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2023 | Český Brod | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Martin Frýdek (born 9 March 1969 in Hradec Králové) is a Czech football coach and former player who played as midfielder. In a seven-year international career he made a combined total of 37 appearances for the national teams of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. As a player he won five national titles with Sparta Prague in the 1990s before moving to Germany, where he spent two seasons before returning to the Czech Republic, where he finished his top-flight career in 2001. He later became a football coach. He last managed Czech Fourth Division club Český Brod.
Playing career
[edit]Club football
[edit]Frýdek played club football in his home country for Sparta Prague, spending seven seasons with the club between 1990 and 1997. During this time he was part of championship-winning sides in the 1990–91 and 1992–93 Czechoslovak First League seasons, as well as three Czech First League titles in 1993–94, 1994–95 and 1996–97. He subsequently moved to Germany, playing for Bayer Leverkusen and MSV Duisburg. In the 1999–2000 season he returned to the Czech First League, signing for Teplice. He ceased his involvement in top-level football after the end of the 2001–02 season,[1] and subsequently played in the Czech 2. Liga for Xaverov.[2]
National teams
[edit]Frýdek made 37 appearances for national teams between his debut for Czechoslovakia in 1991 and his final match for the Czech Republic in 1997, scoring 4 goals along the way. He was a participant in the 1996 UEFA European Championship, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal.[1] Frýdek was selected in the starting lineup for the team's opening match at the tournament, against Germany, ahead of Patrik Berger.[3] He also represented his country at the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia, playing in the 2–1 loss against Uruguay.[4]
Management career
[edit]Frýdek joined Vlašim as manager in summer 2012, ahead of the 2012–13 season.[5] He left his position in April 2013, with the club five points above the relegation zone; he was replaced by former teammate Michal Horňák.[6] In June 2016 Frýdek joined Loko Vltavín, he left after four years.[7] He left his managerial role at Czech Fourth Division side Český Brod in September 2023 after poor results at the start of the 2023–24 season.[8]
Honours
[edit]Sparta Prague
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 53. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ Novák, Miloslav (10 November 2009). "Ze stříbrné party zůstal hráčem jen Berger. Co dnes dělají ostatní?" [Of the silver party, the only player left is Berger. What are the others doing today?]. idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Berger už nechce hrát za národní tým" [Berger no longer wants to play for the national team]. Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Prague. 19 March 2002. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie (4 July 2004). "Czech Republic - Details of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ Šimáček, Pavel (21 June 2012). "Vlašim bude trénovat bývalý reprezentant Martin Frýdek". Deník. Vltave Labe Media. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "Sparťané se prostřídají: Frýdka u fotbalistů Vlašimi nahradí Horňák". Mladá fronta Dnes. Mafra. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Káva, Michal (24 November 2020). "Konec. Starší z klanu Frýdků už není vltavínským trenérem". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ Malinovský, Vladimír (1 September 2023). "Martin Frýdek v Českém Brodě skončil, nahradil ho Zdeněk Šmejkal mladší". Deník (in Czech). Retrieved 23 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Martin Frýdek at Fortunaliga.cz
- Martin Frýdek – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Martin Frýdek at FAČR (in Czech)
- Living people
- 1969 births
- Footballers from Hradec Králové
- Men's association football midfielders
- Czech men's footballers
- Czech Republic men's international footballers
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- Dual internationalists (men's football)
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- AC Sparta Prague players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- MSV Duisburg players
- FK Teplice players
- Czech First League players
- Bundesliga players
- Czech football managers
- FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim managers
- Czech expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Czech National Football League managers
- FK Loko Vltavín managers