Petr Kouba
Czech footballer (born 1969)
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Petr Kouba (born 28 January 1969) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper as well as assistant coach for the Czech under-20 and under-21 national teams. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, played a total of 40 matches between 1991 and 1998.[1]
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Kouba in 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 January 1969 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | FC Bohemians Praha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Slavoj Vyšehrad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | FC Bohemians Praha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | FC Bohemians Praha | 54 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Sparta Prague | 152 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 0 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Viktoria Žižkov | 23 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | Deportivo La Coruña | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | FK Jablonec | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Sparta Prague | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 257 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Czechoslovakia | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1998 | Czech Republic | 26 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography
The son of fellow goalkeeper Pavel Kouba, Kouba became interested in football after his father took him to a proper club when he was 12 years old.[2] Kouba also played rugby until the age of 15.[3] He began his playing career with Bohemians and Sparta Prague,[4] scoring a goal from a penalty kick for the latter club in a national league match against SK České Budějovice in the 1994–95 season.[5]
Kouba participated in UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic was runner-up.[6] On 27 March 2004, he retired from football after Sparta Prague lost 0–2 against 1. FC Slovácko, resulting in the dismissal of coach Jiří Kotrba.[2] Upon ending his playing career, Kouba became a goalkeeper coach for the Czech Republic national football team in 2022.[7]
