Petr Rada

Petr Rada
Personal information
Date of birth21 August 1958
Place of birthPrague, Czechoslovakia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
–1973FSC Libuš
1973–1977Dukla Prague
1977–1979VTJ Čáslav
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1979–1988Dukla Prague16(8)
1988–1990Fortuna Düsseldorf52(3)
1990–1991Rot-Weiss Essen7(1)
1991Dukla Prague12(4)
1991–1992Toronto Blizzard87(26)
1992SSV Jahn Regensburg9(12)
1992–1993FK Chmel Blšany15(2)
1993–1995Fortuna Düsseldorf30(2)
1995–1996FC Bohemians Prague41(19)
National team
1982–1986Czechoslovakia11(2)
Teams managed
1998Slavia Prague
2000–2001FK Teplice
2001–2002FC Viktoria Plzeň
2003–2007FK Jablonec 97
2007–2008FK Teplice
2008–2009Czech Republic
2010–2011FC Slovan Liberec
2011–2012FK Teplice
2012–2013Slavia Prague
2013–2014FC Vysočina Jihlava
2015–FK Teplice
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Petr Rada (born 21 August 1958) is a Czech football coach and former player. He represented Czechoslovakia internationally in the 1980s and managed the Czech Republic national football team between 2008 and 2009. Currently works as head coach of FK Teplice football team. He is well known for his arguments with fans or trainer colleagues and also for impulsive style of coaching.

Before being named national team manager in July 2008, Rada worked as an assistant for then national team coach Karel Brückner from 2006 to 2008, and also as an assistant to Jozef Chovanec from 1998 to 2001 when Chovanec was manager of the Czech national team. Rada has also been head manager of six various Czech clubs: FK Teplice (on four separate occasions), FC Viktoria Plzeň, FK Baumit Jablonec, FC Slovan Liberec, SK Slavia Prague and FC Vysočina Jihlava.

Playing career

In his playing days, Rada was a defender, who starred for Dukla Prague for nine years, from 1979 to 1988. He won the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1979 and 1982.[1] Rada also made eleven appearances for his national team, Czechoslovakia.[2]

Management career

Rada joined Jablonec as manager in October 2003 and led the team to the final of the 2006–07 Czech Cup, where they lost against Sparta Prague. After nearly four years at the club, Rada decided to leave the club in 2007.[3]

On 8 April 2009, he was sacked as coach of the Czech Republic national team after the team won just two of their six qualification matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[4]

He returned to coaching on 26 October 2010 as the new coach of FC Slovan Liberec.[5] In June 2011, it was announced he was returning to coach FK Teplice for his third spell.[6]

Rada became manager of Slavia Prague in 2012. He left Slavia in April 2013 with the club in eighth place in the league, with five matches of the season remaining.[7]

Personal life

Rada is the father of goalkeeper Filip Rada.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 29 April 2015
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Jablonec 21 October 2003 1 June 2007 122 47 35 40 140 127 +13 38.52
Teplice 1 June 2007 17 July 2008 32 17 5 10 45 29 +16 53.13
Czech Republic 17 July 2008 8 April 2009 8 2 4 2 8 6 +2 25.00
Liberec 26 October 2010 1 July 2011 17 9 3 5 29 16 +13 52.94
Teplice 1 July 2011 1 June 2012 37 16 12 9 48 35 +13 43.24
Slavia Prague 1 June 2012 30 April 2013 27 8 10 9 31 31 +0 29.63
Jihlava 26 November 2013 30 September 2014 27 9 5 13 35 40 -5 33.33
Teplice 17 February 2015 Present 12 4 3 5 15 13 +2 33.33
Career totals 282 112 77 93 351 297 +54 39.72

References

  1. ↑ "Hall of Fame Dukla Praha profile". fkdukla.cz.
  2. ↑ Petr Rada international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
  3. ↑ "Trenér Rada odchází z Jablonce na vrcholu" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Trenér Rada u reprezentace skončil, výkonný výbor vyřadil i šest hráčů" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Liberec přece jen trenéra vyměnil: přichází bývalý kouč reprezentace Rada". idnes.cz (in Czech). 26 October 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Fotbalisty Teplic povede trenér Rada, vrací se tam už podruhé". idnes.cz (in Czech). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Trenér Rada ve Slavii skončil, tým do konce ročníku povede Petrouš" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Duklu táhnou synové slavných otců: Hašek, Rada, Berger a Nečas" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.

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