Petr Němec (born 7 June 1957) is a former

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and manager from

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Career

Club

Němec played mostly for Baník Ostrava from his native city of Ostrava. He contributed to the best period in the history of the club. During his years as a player of the club, Baník won the

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in 1980 and 1981. Baník also won the

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in 1978.

National team

He was a member of the national teams that won the gold medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

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and the bronze medal at the

1980 UEFA European Championship The 1980 UEFA European Football Championship finals tournament was held in Italy. This was the sixth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. It was the first European Championship to feature eight teams i ...

. Němec obtained a total number of five caps for his native country, between 24 March 1981 and 23 September 1981.

Coaching career

He later began a coaching career, and worked in

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from 2001 until 2019.

References

External links

Petr Nemec
at Footballdatabase
Profile at ČMFS website
1957 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1980 players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Teplice players Czech football managers Czech expatriate football managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Widzew Łódź managers Flota Świnoujście managers Arka Gdynia managers Warta Poznań managers Footballers from Ostrava Olympic medalists in football Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate football managers in Poland {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Czech National Football League managers FK Ústí nad Labem managers