Jozef Vengloš

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Jozef Vengloš
Personal information
Full name Jozef Vengloš
Date of birth February 18, 1936 (1936-02-18) (age 72)
Place of birth    Ružomberok, Czechoslovakia
Playing position Midfielder (Retired)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1954-1966 ŠK Slovan Bratislava    
National team
Czechoslovakia B
Teams managed
1966
1966-1967
1967-1969
1969-1971
1970-1972
1973-1976
1973-1978
1978-1982
1983-1984
1985-1987
1986-1987
1988-1990
1990-1991
1991-1993
1993-1995
1995-1997
1998-1999
2002
FC Prague Sydney
New South Wales
Australia
VSS Košice
Czechoslovakia U-23
Slovan Bratislava
Czechoslovakia (assistant)
Czechoslovakia
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Kuala Lumpur FA
Malaysia
Czechoslovakia
Aston Villa
Fenerbahçe
Slovakia
Oman
Celtic
JEF United Ichihara

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jozef Vengloš (born 18 February 1936, Ružomberok, Slovakia) is a Slovakian football coach, having coached in a number of countries. He has a Doctorate in Physical Education, as well as specialising in Psychology. He has been selected by FIFA on various occasions to lecture at the FIFA academies throughout the world.

Venglos played as a midfielder for Slovan Bratislava 1954-1966, and later captained the team, and also played for Czechoslovakia at the B level. After his playing career was prematurely ended by hepatitis, he began his managerial career in Australia, first in club football, before going on to manage the national team. He then returned to Czechoslovakia and coached at club and Under-23 national level.

In 1973, Venglos was appointed as manager of Slovan Bratislava. During his three years in charge, he twice won the championship. He was also assistant manager of Czechoslovakia from 1973-1978. As assistant to Vaclav Jezek, he helped guide the team to victory in the 1976 European Championship, beating Holland in the semi-finals and West Germany in the Final.

As manager of Czechoslovakia from 1978 to 1982, Venglos led his side to the final of the 1980 European Championship, where they lost to West Germany. He also led them to the 1982 World Cup Finals, where they went out in the first round. He then coached Sporting Lisbon from 1983 to 1984, before coaching in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur FA & Malaysia). In 1988, he was re-appointed to manage Czechoslovakia and took them to the quarter-finals of the 1990 World Cup.

Following this, he took over Aston Villa, making him the first foreign manager to take charge of a top division club in England. He left after one season after they finished just two places above the First Division relegation zone. He then moved to the Turkish league, where he managed Fenerbahçe from 1991 to 1993. He was the first manager of the Slovakian National Team from 1993 to 1995, before managing Oman 1995-1997.

Venglos was appointed as Head Coach of Celtic on July 17, 1998. Season 1998/99 saw his Celtic team in some excellent form, but they failed to qualify for the Champions League and lost the League Championship and Scottish Cup to Rangers. At the end of the season, Venglos left to take up a new position as a European technical adviser and as a scout for Celtic. He is most credited for signing fans' idol Ľubomír Moravčík during his season as manager, as well as inflicting a punishing 5-1 defeat on arch-rivals Rangers early in the campaign. He later managed Japanese team JEF United Ichihara for a season in 2002.

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Preceded by
Graham Taylor
Aston Villa F.C. managers
1990-1991
Succeeded by
Ron Atkinson
Preceded by
Flag of Turkey Tınaz Tırpan
Fenerbahçe football team
Manager

1991-1993
Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Holger Osieck
Preceded by
Wim Jansen
Celtic F.C. managers
1998-1999
Succeeded by
John Barnes
Preceded by
Zdenko Verdenik
JEF United Ichihara managers
2002
Succeeded by
Ivica Osim