Michal Bílek

Michal Bílek

Personal information
Full name	Michal Bílek
Date of birth	13 April 1965 (1965-04-13) (age 46)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
1973–1982	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1983	Sparta Prague	13	(0)
1984–1985	RH Cheb	50	(4)
1986–1990	Sparta Prague	135	(32)
1990–1992	Real Betis	59	(11)
1992–1993	Sparta Prague	28	(5)
1993–1996	Viktoria Žižkov	91	(20)
1996–1998	Sparta Prague	15	(1)
1998–2000	FK Teplice	76	(11)
–	Total	430	(74 )
National team
1987–1992	Czechoslovakia	32	(11)
1992–1995	Czech Republic	3	(0)
Teams managed
2001	FK Teplice
2001–2002	Cartaginés
2002–2003	Czech Republic U19
2003–2006	Chmel Blšany
2006	Viktoria Plzeň
2006–2008	Sparta Prague
2008–2009	Ružomberok
2009–	Czech Republic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michal Bílek (born 13 April 1965 in Prague) is a retired Czech football right midfielder, and a current coach of the Czech Republic national football team.

Club career

During his career, Bílek was mainly associated with Sparta Prague, which he represented on four separate occasions, starting with the first team aged only 17.

In 1990, he had his first and only abroad experience, in Spain with Real Betis, being relegated in his first season, and returning to Sparta after another year. He then played for FK Viktoria Žižkov and FK Teplice until 2000, appearing once again for his main club in between.

Immediately after retiring, Bílek began coaching, precisely with Teplice. After a brief stint in Costa Rica, he returned home, going on to manage FK Chmel Blšany, FC Viktoria Plzeň and MFK Ružomberok. From 2006–08, he took charge of Sparta, winning the league in his first year and finishing second in the following.

International career

Bílek played for Czechoslovakia, and later briefly for the independent Czech Republic; for both he played a total of 35 matches and scored 11 goals, being an offensive mainstay for the former at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice for the quartefinalists.

In late October 2009, after having coached the nation's U19 team seven years earlier,^[1] former assistant Bílek was named, alongside Vladimír Šmicer, the new coach of the senior side, following Ivan Hašek's resignation after the failure to qualify for the World Cup in South Africa.^[2]

References

1. ^ Hard work the key, says Bílek; UEFA.com, 20 July 2003
2. ^ Hašek passes Czech mantle to Bílek; UEFA.com, 20 October 2009

External links

• Michal Bílek international stats at the Czech Football Association website (Czech)
• Michal Bílek at National-Football-Teams.com
• BDFutbol profile
• PlayerHistory profile

Persondata
Name	Bilek, Michal
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	13 April 1965
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death