Miroslav Votava

Personal information
Mirko Votava
Full name	Miroslav Votava
Date of birth	April 25, 1956 (1956-04-25) (age 52)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Werder Bremen (Under-19 Coach)
Youth clubs
1968-73 1973-74	Dukla Prague VfL Witten Borussia Dortmund
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1974-82 1982-85 1985-97 1997	Borussia Dortmund Atlético Madrid Werder Bremen VfB Oldenburg	257 (28) 095 0(9) 367 (18) 015 0(0)
National team
1979-81	West Germany	005 0(0)
Teams managed
2002-04	Union Berlin
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Miroslav "Mirko" Votava (born April 25, 1956 in Prague) is a German former footballer, now a coach. Born in Czechoslovakia, Votava came to Germany at a young age, and went on to represent West Germany five times, winning the 1980 European Championship.

A midfielder, he played professionally for Borussia Dortmund, Atlético Madrid, Werder Bremen and VfB Oldenburg, and is fourth in the list of Bundesliga appearances, with 546. He is also the league's oldest goalscorer, scoring aged 40 years and 121 days against VfB Stuttgart.

Following his retirement, Votava spent eighteen months as coach of Union Berlin. Since then, he has coached Werder Bremen's under-19s.

[edit] Honours

v • d • e West Germany squad - UEFA Euro 1980 Winners (2nd title)

1 Schumacher • 2 Briegel • 3 Cullmann • 4 K. Förster • 5 Dietz • 6 Schuster • 7 B. Förster • 8 Rumenigge • 9 Hrubesch • 10 Müller • 11 Allofs • 12 Memering • 13 Bonhof • 14 Magath • 15 Stielike • 16 Zimmermann • 17 Del'Haye • 18 Matthäus • 19 Votava • 20 Kaltz • 21 Junghans • 22 Immel • Coach: Derwall