Jaroslav Kolínek (born 12 September 1972) is a Czech retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in

SFC Opava Slezský FC Opava is a professional football club based in Opava, Czech Republic. The club plays in the Czech National Football League, the second of Czech football after being relegated from the Czech First League at the end of the 2020–21 sea ...

Life

He is a native of Sobotín, Czech Republic. He has two older brothers. He attended a secondary vocational school of energy. He skied as a child.

Playing career

He mainly operated as a defender. He started his career with SK Hranice. In 1994, he signed for

. In 2002, he signed for 1. HFK Olomouc. After that, he signed for

MFK Vítkovice MFK Vítkovice is a football club from Vítkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was founded in 1919 as FC Vítkovice, announced bankruptcy in 2011 and transformed to MFK Vítkovice. The club won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1985–86 sea ...

. In 2003, he signed for TJ Tatran Jakubčovice. In 2004, he signed for Latvian side

Skonto FC Skonto FC was a Latvian professional Association football, football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and o ...

. In 2005, he returned to Opava. He captained the club.

Managerial career

In 2021, he was appointed sporting director of SFC Opava. He received blame from some supporters who blamed him for the club almost suffering relegation.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolinek, Jaroslav 1972 births Living people People from Šumperk District Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech football managers Czech men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Latvia Men's association football defenders SFC Opava players