Miroslav Janů (8 November 1959 – 24 January 2013) was a Czech

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defender and later manager. As a player, he played a total of 240 matches in the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed ...

, scoring five times.

Playing career

Janů started his football career as a youth player at TJ Dynamo České Budějovice, before moving to Slavia Prague at the age of 17. He played 201 matches for Slavia in an 11-year spell. He went on to play for Bohemians Prague for two years before heading to Malaysia. In the 1992–93 season he returned to Czechoslovakia, playing four more games for Bohemians. He finished his career with a total of 240 games in the

, having scored five goals. He played for the

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in some qualification matches for the

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but the team didn't qualify for the tournament.

Management career

In May 2002, Janů was appointed as manager of

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side

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, replacing

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. He was given the position until the end of the season, with five games remaining. Janů was appointed as assistant manager to

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at Slavia Prague in April 2005. He left Slavia and moved to Indonesia in October 2006 to become the manager of

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. His coaching adventure in

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started in Persigo and then PSM. He led PSM to second place in the

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. He joined Arema for a second time in the 2010–11 season, replacing Dutchman

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. Arema finished the season in second place.

Death

He died in

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, Indonesia on 24 January 2013 from a suspected heart attack.

References

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