Jozef Chovanec

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Jozef Chovanec
Personal information
Full name Jozef Chovanec
Date of birth July 7, 1960 (1960-07-07) (age 47)
Place of birth    Dolné Kočkovce, Czechoslovakia
Height 189 cm
Playing position Midfielder or Libero
Club information
Current club Retired
Youth clubs
1970-1978 Gumárne Púchov
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1978-1979
1979-1981
1981-1988
1988-1991
1991-1995
AC Sparta Praha
RH Cheb
AC Sparta Praha
PSV Eindhoven
AC Sparta Praha
47 (6)
27 (6)
208 (30)
33 (4)
99 (15)   
National team2
1984-1992 Czechoslovakia 52 (4)
Teams managed
1997-1998
1998-2001
2002-2003
2005
AC Sparta Praha
Czech Republic
FK Marila Příbram
Kuban Krasnodar

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of November 16, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 16, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960 in Dolné Kočkovce, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia and was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

As a football manager he coached the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2001.

He is currently the chairman of AC Sparta Praha.