Radoslav Látal

Radoslav Látal
Personal information
Full nameRadoslav Látal
Date of birth6 January 1970
Place of birthProstějov, Czechoslovakia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Piast Gliwice (Manager)
Youth career
1977–1987Sigma Olomouc
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1987–1989Sigma Olomouc35(1)
1989–1990Dukla Prague41(2)
1991–1994Sigma Olomouc87(10)
1994–2001Schalke 04187(14)
2001Sigma Olomouc15(1)
2002–2005Baník Ostrava86(5)
National team
1991–1993[1]Czechoslovakia11(2)
1994–2001[1]Czech Republic47(1)
Teams managed
2007–2008Fotbal Frýdek-Místek
2008–2009SFC Opava
2010–2012FK Baník Sokolov
2012Baník Ostrava
2013–2014Košice
2015–Piast Gliwice
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Radoslav Látal (born 6 January 1970) is a former Czech football player and current football manager of Piast Gliwice.[2]

He played for the Czech Republic, for which he appeared in 47 matches and participated at the Euro 1996 and Euro 2000.[3] On 11 June 2000, in a bizarre twist, he was dismissed by referee Pierluigi Collina in the dying seconds of the Czechs' Euro 2000 game against the Netherlands. Látal, who had already been substituted in that match, was punished for what were perceived to be inappropriate words, following Collina's decision to award the Dutch a last-minute penalty.[4]

Látal also played for Czechoslovakia at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.[5]

At a club level, Látal began to play football in SK Sigma Olomouc, where he also played most of his Gambrinus liga career. In 1994 he moved to Germany to play for FC Schalke 04, where he stayed until 2001. In 2002, Látal moved to FC Baník Ostrava and was a member of the squad in the 2003–04 season, when Baník won the league title. He also won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. After that season, he ended his professional career.

He became manager of SFC Opava in 2008 and went on to Sokolov in September 2010.[2] In March 2012 he signed a contract at Baník Ostrava lasting until summer 2013, taking over from Pavel Malura.[6] He was fired from FC Baník Ostrava in October 2012 due to a run of bad results that put his team on the last place of Gambrinus Liga.

Honours

International

Individual

Club

Schalke 04
FC Baník Ostrava
Dukla Prague

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Radoslav Latal - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Radoslav Látal" (in Czech). iDNES.cz. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Radoslav Látal international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
  4. ↑ "De Boer on the spot for Dutch". UEFA.com. 6 October 2003. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Radoslav Látal – FIFA competition record
  6. ↑ "Ostrava mění trenéra, Maluru nahradil bývalý reprezentant Látal". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Nedvěd se stal fotbalistou desetiletí" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 28 May 2003. Retrieved 11 April 2012.