Radoslav Látal (born 6 January 1970) is a Czech football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. Látal is currently in charge of I liga side Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.

Club career

At a club level, Látal began to play football in SK Sigma Olomouc, where he also played most of his Czech First League career. In 1994, he moved to Germany to play for

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, where he stayed until 2001. In 2002, Látal moved to FC Baník Ostrava and was a member of the squad in the 2003–04 season, when Baník won the league title. He also won the Czech Cup with Baník in 2005. After that season, he ended his professional career.

International career

He played for the Czech Republic, for which he appeared in 47 matches and participated at the

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and Euro 2000. On 11 June 2000, he was dismissed by referee Pierluigi Collina in the closing moments of the Czechs' Euro 2000 game against the Netherlands. Látal, who had already been substituted in that match, was punished for what were perceived to be inappropriate words, following Collina's decision to award the Dutch a last-minute penalty. Látal also played for Czechoslovakia at the

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in Saudi Arabia.

Managerial career

He became manager of

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in 2008 and went on to Sokolov in September 2010. In March 2012 he signed a contract at

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lasting until summer 2013, taking over from

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. He was fired from FC Baník Ostrava in October 2012 due to a run of bad results that put his team in the last place of Czech First League. On 10 January 2022, it was confirmed that Látal would take over from

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at the Bruk-Bet Termalica Sports Stadium. Látal's first competitive game in charge of

Nieciecza Nieciecza is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żabno, within Tarnów County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately north-west of Żabno, north-west of Tarnów, and east of the regional capital Kr ...

ended in a 2–1 home victory against Jagiellonia Białystok on 4 February 2022.

Honours

Club

Schalke 04 * UEFA Europa League: 1996–97 Baník Ostrava * Czech First League: 2003–04 * Czech Cup: 2004–05 Dukla Prague * Czechoslovak Cup: 1989–90

International

Czech Republic * UEFA European Football Championship runners-up:

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Individual

* UEFA Team of the Tournament: UEFA Euro 1996 * Czech First League Best eleven of the season: 2003–04 * 10th best Czech footballer of the decade (1993–03) by the fans poll * In 2010 he was chosen as a member of All stars team SK Sigma Olomouc of all time by the club fans.

Manager

MFK Košice *

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Piast Gliwice * Ekstraklasa runners-up: 2015–16 Dynamo Brest *

Belarusian Supercup The Belarusian Super Cup is an annual one-match association football competition in Belarus organized by the Football Federation of Belarus. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the Belarusian Premier League Champions ...

: 2018

References

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