Karel Kula
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Třinec, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Český Těšín | |||
| Železárny Třinec | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1981–1991 | Baník Ostrava | 188 | (25) |
| 1982–1984 | → Dukla Banská Bystrica (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 28 | (6) |
| 1992–1995 | SG Wattenscheid 09 | 59 | (3) |
| 1995–1996 | Železárny Třinec | 39 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Baník Ostrava | 21 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1985–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 40 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2008 | Baník Ostrava (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Fotbal Třinec (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2012 | Karviná | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Karel Kula (born 10 August 1963) is a retired Czech football midfielder, and recently coach of Karviná.[1]
Club career
After making his professional debut at the age of 18, with FC Baník Ostrava (with a two-year loan during his spell at the club), Kula amassed more than 200 official appearances with the team. In 1991, he won the Czechoslovak Cup with Baník.[2]
At 28, Kula was allowed to leave the country, spending the next four years in Germany, three of those with SG Wattenscheid 09 – although he made his first division debuts for Stuttgarter Kickers in the 1991–92 season, his six league goals (third in the team) not being enough to prevent relegation (as 17th).
Aged 32, Kula returned to his country, now the Czech Republic. After one and a half years with modest SK Železárny Třinec, he closed out his career with first club Baník. In the following decade, he worked with the club, as assistant manager.
In 2010, he gained his first managerial position at Karviná.[1] In March 2012, Kula was replaced as manager of Karviná by assistant Marek Kalivoda.[3]
International career
Kula played for the youth national teams of Czechoslovakia, as his twin brother Vlastimil. During seven years in the senior side, he gained 40 caps, the first coming in 1985. He did not attend, however, any major international tournament, being overlooked for the squad which appeared at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile at iDNES.cz" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
- ↑ "Baník Ostrava profile" (in Czech). Baník Ostrava.
- ↑ "Karel Kula byl odvolán od týmu Karviné". denik.cz. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
External links
- Karel Kula international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
- Karel Kula at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Karel Kula at National-Football-Teams.com
- Karel Kula at Transfermarkt (German)