František Straka

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František Straka
Personal information

Full name	František Straka
Date of birth	(1958-05-28) 28 May 1958
Place of birth	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1966–1977	Dynamo České Budějovice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1977–1979	Dukla Tachov
1979–1988	Sparta Prague	233	(10)
1988–1991	Borussia Mönchengladbach	81	(1)
1991–1992	Hansa Rostock	34	(0)
1992–1996	Wuppertaler SV	64	(3)
1996–1998	SCB Preußen Köln	35	(8)
National team
1983–1990	Czechoslovakia	35	(0)
Teams managed
1999–2001	Wuppertaler SV
2002–2003	FK Teplice (assistant)
2003–2004	FK Teplice
2004	Sparta Prague
2005	LR Ahlen
2006	Viktoria Plzeň
2006–2007	FC Wacker Tirol
2007–2008	Dynamo České Budějovice
2008	OFI Crete
2009	Czech Republic
2009–2010	MFK Ružomberok
2010–2011	North Queensland Fury
2011	Arka Gdynia
2011–2012	SK Slavia Prague
2013	1. FK Příbram
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

František Straka (born 28 May 1958) is a Czech former football player and manager.

Biography

Playing career

Straka played most notably for Sparta Prague. In 1988 he moved to Germany and spent the rest of his playing career there. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. He played total 35 matches for the national team from 1983 to 1990.^[1]

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, he began coaching. Straka led several top flight Czech clubs, including FK Teplice, Sparta Prague and Viktoria Plzeň. He also coached abroad in Austria, Slovakia and Greece. In 2009, he was selected as temporary manager of the Czech Republic national football team.^[2] On 30 June 2009, after only one game in charge he left the position. He won his only match, a 1-0 friendly over Malta on 5 June 2009.^[3]^[4]

In June 2010, he was appointed head coach of the North Queensland Fury in Townsville, Australia. He became a fan favourite in Australia, due to his affable personality and fashion sense.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] Straka was ready to lead the North Queensland Fury for another season, however the club folded in 2011 because of financial difficulties.^[9]^[10]

After speculation he was going to replace Ernie Merrick at Melbourne Victory,^[11] Straka returned to Europe, where he was announced manager of Polish Ekstraklasa club Arka Gdynia.^[12] In October 2011, he was announced as the replacement for Michal Petrouš as manager of SK Slavia Prague.^[13] His appointment as a new manager of Slavia sparked controversy and protests from Slavia fans, who see Straka as a rival Sparta's patriot.^[14] Straka's appointment was also criticized by Sparta fans, who see Straka as a traitor.^[15] After just five months in the job, Straka resigned in March 2012.^[16] Straka returned to the Gambrinus liga after a year's break in March 2013, joining bottom of the table side 1. FK Příbram.^[17] He lasted only half a year in this job before being replaced by their former manager, Petr Čuhel. ^[18]

Personal

He has a German citizenship and is fluent in German. Fans often call him Franz Straka.

References

↑ František Straka international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
↑ "Straka selected new Czech Republic soccer coach". Sports Illustrated.com. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
↑ Ex-Profi Straka nicht mehr Tschechen-Coach
↑ "Interim Czech coach Straka axed". Sky Sports. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
↑ http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/180444,franz-fever-inspires-his-side.aspx
↑ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2010/08/17/163601_sport.html
↑ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2010/08/14/162981_sport.html
↑ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2010/08/30/166481_newsphoto.html
↑ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/03/01/211515_news.html
↑ http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/article/2011/02/23/209611_sport.html
↑ "Ex-North Queensland coach Straka wants Melbourne Victory job". Tribal Football. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
↑ "Globetrotter Franz Straka returns from Australia to train Polish Gdynia" (in Czech, translate into English). NovaSport. 23 March 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
↑ "Novým trenérem Slavie se stal Straka, Petrouš váhá, jestli vzít béčko" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
↑ Petr Šedivý: Straka je škodná, protestovali fanoušci Slavie při pochodu Prahou at iDNES.cz, 17 October 2011.
↑ Miloslav Novák: Sparťanští chuligáni útočí na Straku: Jsi zrádce, napsali na jeho dům at iDNES.cz, 14 October 2011.
↑ "Trenéra Straku proti Jablonci nahradí dosavadní asistent Poustka" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
↑ "Fotbalový trenér Straka se vrací do ligy, převezme poslední Příbram" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
↑ "Trenér Straka skončil ve fotbalové Příbrami. Nahradí ho Čuhel". iDnes. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links

František Straka at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at iDNES.cz (Czech)
Profile at www.Fotbal24.cz: František Straka

v t e Czechoslovakia squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup

1 Stejskal 2 Bielik 3 Kadlec 4 Hašek (c) 5 Kocian 6 Straka 7 Bílek 8 Chovanec 9 Kubík 10 Skuhravý 11 Moravčík 12 Fieber 13 Němec 14 Weiss 15 Kinier 16 Hýravý 17 Knoflíček 18 Luhový 19 Griga 20 Němeček 21 Mikloško 22 Palúch Coach: Vengloš

František Straka managerial positions

FK Teplice – managers

Šteflík (1945–46)
Krčil (1947–48)
Vytlačil (1948–50)
Kuželík (1950–51)
Krčil (1952–62)
Chobot (1962–65)
Kalous (1965–66)
Rýgr (1966–70)
Forejt (1970–73)
Rýgr (1973–77)
Bílek (1977–79)
Mirka (1979–81)
Cerman (1981–83)
Kollár (1983–84)
Zadina (1984–85)
Vytisk (1985–86)
Rubáš (1986–87)
Cerman (1987–89)
Mixa (1989–91)
Bokša (1991–93)
Cerman (1993–97)
Pešice (1997–2000)
Rada (2000–01)
Bílek (2001)
Uhrin (2001)
Cipro (2001–02)
Straka (2002–04)
Nevrlý & Poštulka* (2004)
Mareček (2004–07)
Bartl (2007)
Rada (2007–08)
Plíšek (2008–11)
Rada (2011–12)
Přerost* (2012)
Ščasný (2012–)

*Indicates caretaker manager

AC Sparta Prague – managers

Maleček (1907–11)
Malý (1911–18)
Dick (1919–23)
Špindler (1924–27)
Dick (1928–33)
Sedlaczek (1933–38)
Kuchynka (1939–44)
Sedlaczek (1945–47)
Srbek (1948–53)
Srbek & Preis (1957–58)
Preis & Senecký & Šimonek (1958–59)
Kolský (1959–62)
Kolský & Štumpf (1962–63)
Ježek (1964–69)
Navara (1969–70)
Kolský (1970–71)
Kraus (1971–74)
Mráz (1974–75)
Roček (1975)
Čambal & Roček (1975–76)
Uhrin (1976)
Hložek (1976–78)
Rýgr (1978)
Rubáš (1978–81)
Uhrin (1981–82)
Ježek (1982–84)
Táborský (1984–85)
Zachar (1985–86)
Ježek (1986–88)
Jarabinský (1988–90)
Ježek (1990–91)
Uhrin (1991–93)
Dobiaš (1993–94)
Chovanec & Borovička (1994)
Sundermann (1994–95)
Jarabinský (1995)
Petržela (1996)
Chovanec (1996–97)
Ščasný (1998–99)
Hašek (1999–01)
Hřebík (2001–02)
Lavička (2002)
Jarabinský (2002)
Kotrba (2002–04)
Straka (2004)
Hřebík (2004–05)
Griga (2005–06)
Bílek (2006–08)
Chovanec (2008)
Lavička (2008)
Chovanec (2008–11)
Hřebík (2012)
Hašek (2012)
Lavička (2012–)

Rot Weiss Ahlen – managers

Sandhowe (1996–97)
Berge (1997–98)
Tenhagen (1998–2000)
Neuruer (2000–01)
Rapolder (2001–02)
Fuchs (2002–03)
Lorant (2003)
Kuntz (2003)
Peter (2003–05)
Straka (2005)
Linz (2005–06)
Dietz (2006)
Bonan (2006–07)
Wück (2007–09)
Emmerling (2009)
Zimmermann (2009)
Hock (2009–10)
Van Lent (2010–11)
Berndsen (2011)
Krug (2011–12)
Feldkötter (2012)
Antwerpen (2012–2013)
Castilla (2012–)

v t e FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) – managers

Brinek (1959–61) Hahnemann (1961–62) Wagner (1962–63) Brinek (1963–65) Schrettl/Sommer (1965) Bulla (1965) Šťastný (1966–68) Elsner (1968–70) Barić (1970–72) Richard Kirchler (1972) Elsner (1972) Herlan (1973) Gebhardt (1973–74) Elsner (1974–76) Pfister (1976–77) Keßler (1977–78) Eigenstiller (1978) Baróti (1979) Velhorn (1979–80) Wolny (1980–83) Binder (1983–84) Brom (1984–85) Werner Schwarz/Peer (1985) Latzke (1985–87) Happel (1987–91) Hrubesch (1992) Elsner (1992) Skocik (1993) Köppel (1993–94) Wolfgang Schwarz (1994) Krankl (1994–95) Constantini (1995–97) Peischl (1997) Cipro (1997–98) Jara (1999–2001) Binder (2001) Löw (2001–02) Streiter (2002–03) Kraft (2003–04) Cherchesov (2004–06) Straka (2006–07) Vogler (2007) Søndergaard (2007) Kraft (2007–08) Kogler (2008–12) Roland Kirchler (2012–)

Known as FC Wacker Innsbruck (1915-1971), SSW Wacker Innsbruck (1971-1986), FC Swarovski Tirol (1986-1992), and FC Tirol Innsbruck (1993-2002)

v t e Czech Republic national football team – managers

Uhrin (1994–97) Chovanec (1998–2001) Brückner (2001–08) Rada (2008–09) Straka (2009) Hašek (2009) Bílek (2009–13) Pešice (2013–)

v t e North Queensland Fury FC – Head coaches

Ferguson (2009–10) Straka (2010–11)

SK Slavia Prague – managers

Madden (1905–30)
Štaplík (1930–33)
Konrád (1933–35)
Reichert (1935–38)
Seifert (1939–46)
Pojar (1946–47)
König (1947–48)
Reichert (1949)
König (1950–51)
Seifert (1952–53)
Bican (1954–56)
Rýgr (1956–58)
Forejt (1958)
Rýgr (1959)
Kopecký (1959)
Finek (1959–60)
Forejt (1960)
Rýgr (1960–63)
Finek (1963–64)
Ipser (1964–66)
Fikejz (1966)
Paráček (1966)
Havránek (1966–68)
Nedvídek (1968–69)
Forejt (1969–70)
Rýgr (1970–72)
Linhart (1972)
Vytlačil (1973)
Jareš (1973–79)
Musil (1979–80)
Bouška (1981)
Starý (1981)
Máčala (1982–84)
Jareš (1984–86)
Petržela (1986–87)
Pospíchal (1987–88)
Kopecký (1988–89)
Petržela (1990–92)
Jarabinský (1992–93)
Dejmal (1993–94)
Beránek (1994–95)
Cipro (1995–97)
Tobiáš (1997–98)
Rada* (1998)
Hřebík (1998–99)
Cipro (1999–2000)
Jarolím (2000–01)
Pešice (2001)
Beránek (2001–03)
Csaplár (2004–05)
Jarolím (2005–10)
Cipro (2010)
Jarolím (2010)
Petrouš* (2010–11)
Straka (2011–12)
Poustka* (2012)
Rada (2012–13)
Petrouš* (2013–)

*Indicates caretaker manager

v t e SK Slavia Prague – current squad

1 Čontofalský 2 Kolařík 3 Bortel 5 Nitrianský 6 Dobrotka 8 Zmrhal 9 Juhar 10 Fenin 11 Kisel 13 Šimeček 14 Petrák 15 Gecov 17 Štěpán 18 Koreš 19 Čonka 21 Škoda 22 Vondráček 23 Hurka 24 Bazal 25 Mičola 30 Dostál 33 Škutka 34 Rakovan 39 Černý Manager: Petrouš

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Persondata
Name	Straka, František
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	28 May 1958
Place of birth	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia
Date of death
Place of death

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