Petr Němec (born 7 June 1957) is a Czech professional

football manager ''Football Manager'', also known as ''Worldwide Soccer Manager'' in North America from 2004 to 2008, is a series of football management simulation video games developed by British developer Sports Interactive and published by Sega. The game beg ...

and former

player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player character, a character in a video game or role playing game who i ...

Club career

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

, Němec played mostly for

Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

from his native city of

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

. He contributed to the best period in the history of the club. During his years as a player of the club, Baník won the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League (, ) was the premier football (soccer), football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Ga ...

in 1980 and 1981, and the

Czechoslovak Cup The Czechoslovak Cup () was a football cup competition held in Czechoslovakia. It was officially created in 1960 and folded in 1993 with the split between Czech Republic and Slovakia. The cup was played throughout Czechoslovakia until 1968–69. F ...

in 1978.

International career

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

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

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 ...

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

Coaching career

Němec later began a coaching career, and worked in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

from 2001 until 2021, with a two-year break from 2014 to 2016 when he managed

Ústí nad Labem Ústí nad Labem (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 91,000 inhabitants and is the capital of the Ústí nad Labem Region. It is a major industrial centre and, besides being an active river port, is an important railway junction. ...

in his native Czech Republic.

Honours

Player

Baník Ostrava *

: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

: 1977–78 Czechoslovakia *

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

gold medal:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

Managerial

Miedź Legnica *

III liga, group III III or iii may refer to: Companies * Information International, Inc., a computer technology company * Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a library-software company * 3i, formerly Investors in Industry, a British investment company Other uses * I ...

: 2005–06 *

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

(Legnica regionals): 2005–06 Flota Świnoujście * III liga, group II: 2007–08

References

External links

* 1957 births Living people Footballers from Ostrava Men's association football midfielders Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics UEFA Euro 1980 players FC Baník Ostrava players FK Teplice players Czechoslovak First League players Czech football managers Czech expatriate football managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Widzew Łódź managers KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski managers Flota Świnoujście managers Arka Gdynia managers Odra Opole managers FK Viagem Ústí nad Labem managers Warta Poznań managers Ekstraklasa managers Kotwica Kołobrzeg (football) managers I liga managers II liga managers Czech National Football League managers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate football managers in Poland {{CzechRepublic-footy-midfielder-stub