Jan Maroši (born 4 November 1965) is a Czech former

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player. He made two international appearances for the Czechoslovakia national football team and is also known for having scored directly from a corner for

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Czec ...

in a

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match against

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. He made a total of 366 top flight appearances spanning the end of the Czechoslovak First League and the beginning of the

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, scoring 67 goals. In 2006 Maroši was ranked 15th on the list of players with most appearances in the Czech and/or Czechoslovak top flight since the Czechoslovak First League began in

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.Ceský a ceskoslovenský fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubu
by Luboš Jeřábek; Grada Publishing; Prague; 2007; ; via Google Books

Olomouc

Maroši started out at

in 1987. Olomouc achieved third-place finishes in the Czechoslovak First League in 1990–91 and 1991–92 and subsequently qualified twice for the UEFA Europa League. In the

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, Maroši scored in the second round match against Torpedo Moscow and Olomouc went on to reach the quarter-finals. In the following season's

, Maroši again featured in Olomouc's European campaign, scoring the fourth goal in a 7–1 thrashing of Fenerbahçe in the second round. Although he scored a late goal directly from a corner against

in the third round, it was to no avail as Juventus went on to win the tie comfortably, 7–1 on aggregate and subsequently went on to win the whole competition.

Brno

Maroši spent the second half of his career at

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, joining in 1994. After

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became manager of Brno in the

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, Maroši was told he was surplus to requirements, signalling an end to his playing career at the top level.

After the top

Maroši went on to work as assistant coach to Roman Kotol at Dolní Kounice in the

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. After his career as a football player, Maroši became director of a sport school in

. In 2009, he became chairman of the City Football Association in Brno.

Personal life

Maroši's nephew, Martin Maroši, is also a professional footballer.

References

External links

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Profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marosi, Jan 1965 births Living people Footballers from Plzeň Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Czech First League players SK Sigma Olomouc players FC Zbrojovka Brno players Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Men's association football midfielders