Zdenko Frťala (born 3 August 1970) is a Slovak football manager and former player.
 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(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1993 | Spartak Trnava | ||
| 1993–1996 | Slovan Bratislava | ||
| 1996–2003 | Teplice | ||
| 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
editAfter 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
editPlayer
edit- Spartak Trnava
- Czechoslovak Cup runner-up: 1990–91
- FK Teplice
- Czech First League runner-up: 1998–99
Manager
edit- FK Varnsdorf
- Czech National Football League runner-up: 2014–15
- FK Jablonec
- FC Hradec Králové
References
edit- ^ Luboš Jeřábek (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů. Grada Publishing a.s. p. 52. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ Bílek, Petr (3 October 2011). "Fotbalový Varnsdorf má náhradu za kouče Křečka, tým povede Frťala". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
- ^ Bičiště, Ondřej (21 November 2011). "Výhra na poslední pokus: trenér Frťala slavil s Varnsdorfem". idnes.cz (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
External links
edit- Zdenko Frťala – Czech First League statistics at Fotbal DNES (in Czech)
- Manager profile at iDNES.cz (in Czech)
- Profile at Sparta Prague website (in Czech)
