Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1954)

Ján Kozák
Personal information
Full name	Ján Kozák
Date of birth	(1954-04-17) 17 April 1954
Place of birth	Matejovce nad Hornádom, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Slovakia (Manager)
Youth career
	Spišská Nová Ves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Spišská Nová Ves
1975–1980	Lokomotíva Košice	149	(34)
1980–1982	Dukla Prague	48	(13)
1982–1986	Lokomotíva Košice	57	(10)
1986–1987	Seraing	10	(1)
1987–1988	Bourges
1988–1990	Lokomotíva Košice
National team
1976–1984	Czechoslovakia	55	(9)
Teams managed
1993–1995	Lokomotíva Košice
1995–1997	Košice
1998	Košice
2002–2003	Michalovce
2004–2005	Ličartovce
2005–2009	Košice
2012–2013	Košice
2013–	Slovakia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ján Kozák (born 17 April 1954) is a former Slovak football midfielder and later football manager. He is the current manager of the Slovakia national football team. His son Ján Kozák is also a footballer.

In 1981, Kozák became footballer of the year in Czechoslovakia. He played 254 matches in Czechoslovak First League and scored 57 goals. He participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

In July 2013, Kozák became the manager of Slovakia.

Managerial statistics

As of 31 March 2015

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Slovakia		July 2013	present	7001190000000000000♠19	7001130000000000000♠13	7000300000000000000♠3	7000300000000000000♠3	7001684200000000000♠68.42

Czechoslovakia squad – UEFA Euro 1980 Third Place

1 Netolička 2 Barmoš 3 Jurkemik 4 Ondruš (c) 5 Gögh 6 Štambachr 7 Kozák 8 Panenka 9 Gajdůšek 10 Masný 11 Nehoda 12 Vojáček 13 Lička 14 Fiala 15 Vízek 16 Rott 17 Pollák 18 Berger 19 Dobiaš 20 Němec 21 Seman 22 Keketi Coach: Vengloš

Czechoslovakia squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup

1 Seman 2 Jakubec 3 Fiala 4 Jurkemik 5 Barmoš 6 Vojáček 7 Kozák 8 Panenka 9 Vízek 10 Kříž 11 Nehoda (c) 12 Bičovský 13 Berger 14 Radimec 15 Kukučka 16 Chaloupka 17 Štambachr 18 Janečka 19 Masný 20 Petržela 21 Hruška 22 Stromšík Coach: Vengloš

MFK Košice – managers

Slovakia national football team – managers

Vengloš (1993–1995) Jankech (1995–1998) Radolský (1998) Adamec (1999–2002) Jurkemik (2002–2003) Galis (2004–2006) Kocian (2006–2008) Weiss (2008–2012) Hipp & Griga (2012–2013) Kozák (2013–)