Jan Berger (born 27 November 1955) is a Czech

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manager and former player who most recently managed Slavoj Vyšehrad. A

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, Berger played in Czechoslovakia for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague () was a Czech football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in the 1966–67 season, reached the semi-finals of the ...

and

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

, winning three league titles in total. He also played internationally, winning gold with Czechoslovakia in the 1980 Olympic football competition and bronze in the

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held in the same year.

Club career

Berger was born in

Prague Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

. In

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

, Berger played for

, winning the league title in 1979 and scoring a total of six goals between 1978 and 1980. Pivoda, p. 61. He transferred to

in 1980 after the 1980 Olympic football tournament. He was named

Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year The Czechoslovak Player of the Year (, ) award was an annual prize given to the best Czechoslovak football player by the Czechoslovak Football Association since 1965. Award for coach of the year was also awarded since 1985. Winners References ...

in 1984. While a Sparta player, Berger won two more league titles, before leaving in 1986 to continue his career in Switzerland. Pivoda, p. 62.

International career

Berger played 30 matches for the Czechoslovakia national team, scoring 3 goals. He won a bronze medal in the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship and was a participant in the

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Management career

Berger returned to Dukla Prague in 2005, overseeing the second half of the 2004–05 league campaign for the club in the

Prague Championship The Veolia Pražská Teplárenská Men Championship (Czech: Veolia Pražská Teplárenská Přebor Mužů) is a football competition for teams in the Prague metropolitan area of the Czech Republic. The competition is organized by the Prague Footba ...

. Pivoda, p. 128. The club finished the season second. He remained at the club, but left mid-way through the 2005–06 season with the club eventually finishing in 13th position.

Personal life

Berger is the uncle of Patrik Berger who represented the

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. He is the father of footballer Tomáš Berger.

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Jan Berger: Real mi nabízel milion dolarů

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