Jan Berger (born 27 November 1955 in

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) is a

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former football

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and was most recently the

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of Slavoj Vyšehrad. Berger played in Czechoslovakia for

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, 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 ...

and

Sparta Prague ) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští'' , ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena , capacity = 19,416 , clubname = Sparta Prague , image = Sparta Praha logo.png , image_size = 160px , fu ...

, 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

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, 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

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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 football team The Czechoslovakia national football team ( cs, Československá fotbalová reprezentace, sk, Česko-slovenské národné futbalové mužstvo) was the national football team of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1993. The team was controlled by the Cze ...

. He won a bronze medal in the

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and was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Management career

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

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. 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 Patrik Berger (; born 10 November 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career in his own country with Slavia Prague and spent a season in Germany playing for Borussia Dortmund. He moved to ...

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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