Petr Kouba

Petr Kouba
Personal information
Date of birth (1969-01-28) 28 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1983 FC Bohemians Praha
1983–1985 Slavoj Vyšehrad
1985–1988 FC Bohemians Praha
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1990 FC Bohemians Praha 54 (0)
1991–1996 Sparta Prague 152 (1)
1996–1997 Deportivo La Coruña 4 (0)
1997–1998 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0 (0)
1998–1999 Viktoria Žižkov 23 (0)
1999–2001 Deportivo La Coruña 2 (0)
2001–2002 FK Jablonec 19 (0)
2002–2005 Sparta Prague 3 (0)
Total 257 (1)
International career
1991–1993 Czechoslovakia 14 (0)
1994–1998 Czech Republic 26 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 1996 England
AC Sparta Prague
Winner Gambrinus liga 1993–94
Winner Gambrinus liga 1994–95
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petr Kouba (born 28 January 1969 in Prague) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper and current[when?] assistant coach for the Czech under-20 and under-21 national teams. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played total 40 matches between 1991 and 1998.[1]

Kouba in 1996

Kouba, whose father Pavel Kouba was also a goalkeeper, began his playing career with Bohemians and Sparta Prague,[2] where he scored a goal from a penalty kick in a national league match against SK České Budějovice in the 1994–95 season.[3]

He participated in UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic was runner-up.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Slavík, Jiří (30 November 2003). "Petr Kouba | International Appearances". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "Počty startů hráčů v I. Československé lize: K". JFK-Fotbal (in Czech). Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Útočníci závidí. Brankář dal sto gólů". Lidové noviny (in Czech). Mafra. 30 March 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012.