Jiří Kotrba (born 28 February 1958) is a

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manager and former player. As a manager Kotrba led several Czech clubs, gaining success with some of them. In the 2002/2003 season he won the

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with

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 ...

. In 1994 Kotrba won the

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with

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, in 1998 he won the cup with

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. In June 2011, Kotrba returned to club management after a four-year break to replace

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as manager of

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. His return was, however, short-lived, as after overseeing a winless start to the

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during which his team took no points from the opening five games, he was replaced as head coach by

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, with Kotrba staying at the club in the role of general manager.

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