Zdenko Frťala
Slovak footballer and manager
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Zdenko Frťala (born 3 August 1970) is a Slovak football manager and former player.
Date of birth
3 August 1970
Place of birth
Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position
Defender
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Frťala in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 August 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Nitra, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1993 | Spartak Trnava | ||
| 1993–1996 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| 1996–2003 | Teplice | 143 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Chmel Blšany (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Viktoria Plzeň (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2008 | Sparta Prague (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Ružomberok (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Zenit Čáslav | ||
| 2010–2011 | Teplice (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2015 | Varnsdorf | ||
| 2015 | ŽP Šport Podbrezová | ||
| 2015 | Varnsdorf | ||
| 2015–2016 | Jablonec | ||
| 2016–2018 | Varnsdorf | ||
| 2018–2021 | Hradec Králové | ||
| 2023– | Teplice | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, Frťala played in the Czechoslovak First League for Trnava and in the Czech First League for Teplice. He made a total of 192 top-flight appearances and scored 6 goals.[1]
Management career
After working mainly in assistant roles at clubs such as Blšany, Sparta Prague, Ružomberok and Teplice, Frťala was appointed manager of Czech 2. Liga side FK Varnsdorf in October 2011, replacing Aleš Křeček.[2] Despite failing to win in his first six games, Varnsdorf celebrated their first win under Frťala against Třinec in the last match before the winter break of the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga.[3]
Honours
Player
- Spartak Trnava
- Czechoslovak Cup runner-up: 1990–91
- FK Teplice
- Czech First League runner-up: 1998–99
Manager
- FK Varnsdorf
- Czech National Football League runner-up: 2014–15
- FK Jablonec
- FC Hradec Králové