Jiří Hála (born 30 June 1972 in

České Budějovice České Budějovice (; german: Budweis ) is a city in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 93,000 inhabitants. It is located in the valley of the Vltava River, at its confluence with the Malše. České Budějovice is ...

) is a former Czech

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player and current sport director at HC Steelers Kapfenberg. Hála moved to Austria in 2000, playing for HC TWK Innsbruck. After two seasons, he spent one season with the

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and

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before joining Graz 99ers in 2004. In March 2008 he left Graz 99ers and moved to the Austrian Nationalliga with EC Wattens, after only 6 months he left Wattens and moved to

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. Since 2014 he is sport director at the new founded hockey team HC Steelers Kapfenberg. Hála has dual Czech and Austrian citizenship.

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* 1972 births Living people EHC Black Wings Linz players Czech ice hockey defencemen Graz 99ers players Motor České Budějovice players Sportspeople from České Budějovice HC Tábor players HC TWK Innsbruck players Vienna Capitals players {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-defenceman-stub