Martin Kotůlek (born 11 September 1969) is a Czech

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manager and former player. He is the current caretaker-manager of

Sigma Olomouc SK Sigma Olomouc is a Czech football club from the city of Olomouc. The club currently plays in the Czech First League, the first tier of Czech football. The club played in the first tier league for 30 years between 1984 and 2014, winning the Czec ...

. At club level, Kotůlek made over 400 appearances in the top leagues of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing for most of his career with home town club

. He was part of the silver medal winning squad of the Czech Republic at

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; in his career he made one appearance for Czechoslovakia and seven for the Czech Republic after its independence.

Playing career

Kotůlek was born in Olomouc. He played seven matches for the

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and was a participant at the

1996 UEFA European Championship The 1996 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 96, was the 10th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by European nations and organised by UEFA. It took place in England from 8 to 30 ...

. Kotůlek played his 400th league game in the Czech (including previously Czechoslovak) top flight in 2004 for

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, but his team lost against Zlín. His team went on to be relegated in last place in the 2004–05 Gambrinus liga and his career in the top division was over, having amassed 412 appearances and 12 goals.

Managerial career

During his last season as a player, Kotůlek worked as an assistant coach at

1. HFK Olomouc 1. HFK Olomouc is a football club in the Czech Republic, based in Olomouc. The club is currently playing in the Czech Fourth Division. The club previously played in the Czech 2. Liga from 2005–06 until relegation in the 2008–09 season. In ...

in the

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. He then headed to Sigma Olomouc in 2008 as an assistant coach under newly appointed manager

Zdeněk Psotka Zdeněk Psotka (born 18 November 1973) is a Czech Republic, Czech former association football, football player who currently works as a sport director for SK Sigma Olomouc. He was announced as the new manager of the Olomouc first team in May 20 ...

. He served as assistant manager at Olomouc under three managers, following Psotka, also

Petr Uličný Petr Uličný (born 11 February 1950 in Uničov) is a former Czech football player and manager. Having previously managed Sigma Olomouc until 2006, guiding the club to finishes of third, fourth and ninth, Uličný returned in December 2011. ...

and then

Roman Pivarník Roman Pivarník (born 17 February 1967) is a Slovakian football manager and former player. Pivarník's playing career included a stint at SK Sigma Olomouc, which included matches in the inaugural season of the Czech First League. He played 17 ma ...

. Following Pivarník's sacking in May 2013, Kotůlek was appointed as caretaker manager at the club until the end of the season, his first such appointment.

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