Jozef Weber
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-12-25) 25 December 1970 (age 53)
Place of birth Bytča, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1989 MŠK Žilina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 AC Sparta Prague 7 (0)
1991–1994 Union Cheb 47 (1)
1994–1999 Drnovice 146 (14)
1999–2007 Jablonec 208 (10)
Total 408 (25)
Managerial career
2012–2014 Bohemians 1905
2014–2017 MFK Karviná
2018–2020 FK Mladá Boleslav
2021 MFK Karviná
2022 České Budějovice
2023 Hradec Králové
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jozef Weber (born 25 December 1970) is a Czech football manager and former player. His playing position was midfielder.

Playing career

Weber started his professional career at MŠK Žilina[1] before moving to Sparta Prague, where he made seven appearances in his first two seasons in the Czechoslovak First League. In the 1990–1991 season he moved to Cheb, where he continued in the Czechoslovak First League until Cheb's relegation in the 1991–92 Czechoslovak First League. Cheb returned to the top flight after a one-season absence and Weber moved to league rivals Drnovice during the 1993–94 season. Weber played in 146 games for Drnovice and scored 14 goals. He is Drnovice's leading player in terms of league appearances made.[2]

Weber left Drnovice in 1999 and moved to Jablonec. In May 2005 he played his 350th top flight match in the Czech Republic, becoming only the 20th player to do so.[3]

During his eight seasons in Jablonec, Weber racked up more than 200 league appearances for the club and scored 10 goals, finally hanging up his boots at the end of the 2006–07 Czech First League. In May 2007 he played his last match at the age of 36 against 1. FC Slovácko.[1]

During his playing career, Weber played in four Czech Cup finals, but was never on the winning team.[1]

Managerial career

Weber started his non-playing career in 2007 as assistant manager in Jablonec,[4] where he worked for more than four years.

Weber was announced as the new manager of Czech First League side Bohemians 1905 in March 2012, replacing Pavel Medynský.[5]

Weber joined MFK Karviná in 2014.[6] He went on to win the Czech Second League in the 2015–16 season.[7] Although Weber guided to Karviná to safety in the 2016–17 Czech First League, he was replaced in November 2017 by the club's sport director, Lubomír Vlk.[7]

On 10 May 2023 Weber was announced as the new manager of FC Hradec Králové, who will replace Miroslav Koubek since the end of the 2022/2023 season.[8]

Honours

MFK Karviná

References

  1. ^ a b c "Webrovi trenéři? Telefonní seznam". idnes.cz (in Czech). 8 June 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů. Prague: Vydala Grada Publishing, a.s. p. 45. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
  3. ^ "Weberův rekord zastínila prohra". idnes.cz (in Czech). 9 May 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  4. ^ "Weber se vrací, bude hrát za Turnov". idnes.cz (in Czech). 22 August 2007. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Novým trenérem Bohemians 1905 se stal Weber, nahradil Medynského". idnes.cz (in Czech). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Karvinou povede trenér Weber". sport.cz (in Czech). 9 June 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Jozef Weber v Karviné skončil". denik.cz (in Czech). 5 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Hradec Králové povede do nové sezóny Jozef Weber". FC Hradec Králové (Press release) (in Czech). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

External links

FC Hradec Králové – current squad
FK Mladá Boleslav – managers
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