Ján Kocian

Football player infobox
playername = Ján Kocian


fullname = Ján Kocian
height =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1958|3|13
cityofbirth = Zlaté Moravce
countryofbirth = Czechoslovakia
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Manager
(former defender)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1976-1979
1979-1988
1988-1993
clubs = ZŤS Martin
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
FC St. Pauli
caps(goals) =
209 (20)
147 (5)
nationalyears = 1984-1992
nationalteam = Czechoslovakia
nationalcaps(goals) = 026 0(0)
manageryears = 1993-1995
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2002
2002-2004
2005
2005-2006
2006-2008
2008-
managerclubs = Slovakia ("assistant manager")
FK Dukla Banská Bystrica
Petra Drnovice
1. FC Košice
1. FC Köln ("assistant manager")
Eintracht Frankfurt ("assistant manager")
Rot-Weiss Essen
Sportfreunde Siegen
Slovakia
Austria ("assistant manager")
pcupdate = November 16, 2006
ntupdate = November 16, 2006

Ján Kocian (born 13 March 1958 in Zlaté Moravce) is a Slovak football player and coach.

During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.

He was capped 26 times by Czechoslovakia. Playing at sweeper as the team reached the 1990 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Kocian was voted the country's player of the year.

Kocian began his coaching career with Czech side FK Drnovice before moving to the German clubs FC Rot-Weiss Erfurt and Sportfreunde Siegen. He has also worked as an assistant at 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt.

He was appointed the new head coach of the Slovakia national football team on 2 November 2006, replacing Dušan Galis. Previously, he had worked as an assistant to former national coach Dr Jozef Vengloš between 1993 and 1995.

External links

* [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=475241.html UEFA.com article on his appointment as Slovakia's head coach]