Zdenko Frťala (born 3 August 1970) is a Slovak

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manager and former player. As a player, Frťala played in the

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for

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and in the

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for

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. He made a total of 192 top-flight appearances and scored 6 goals.

Management career

After working mainly in assistant roles at clubs such as Blšany,

Sparta Prague Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in central Europe, winning t ...

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and

, Frťala was appointed manager of Czech 2. Liga side

FK Varnsdorf FK Varnsdorf is a Czech professional football club located in Varnsdorf, Czech Republic. In 2011 the club changed its name from SK Slovan Varnsdorf to FK Varnsdorf. The team's biggest success in recent history was finishing 2nd in the 2014–1 ...

in October 2011, replacing Aleš Křeček. Despite failing to win in his first six games, Varnsdorf celebrated their first win under Frťala against

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in the last match before the winter break of the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga.

Honours

Player

; Spartak Trnava *

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 ...

runner-up: 1990–91 ; FK Teplice *

runner-up: 1998–99

Manager

; FK Varnsdorf *

Czech National Football League The Czech National Football League (, ''FNL''), known as Chance Národní Liga due to sponsorship reasons, is the second level professional association football league in the Czech Republic. Before 2013 it was known as 2. liga or Druhá liga. The ...

runner-up: 2014–15 ; FK Jablonec *

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runner-up: 2015–16 ; FC Hradec Králové *

: 2020–21

References

External links

*
Manager profile at iDNES.cz

Profile at Sparta Prague website
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