Petr Rada

Petr Rada
Personal information
Date of birth (1958-08-21) 21 August 1958 (age 65)
Place of birth Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Dukla Prague (manager)
Youth career
?–1973 FSC Libuš
1973–1977 Dukla Prague
1977–1979 VTJ Čáslav
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1988 Dukla Prague 257 (11)
1988–1990 Fortuna Düsseldorf 52 (3)
1990–1991 Rot-Weiss Essen 7 (1)
1991 Dukla Prague 12 (4)
1991–1992 Toronto Blizzard 87 (26)
1992 SSV Jahn Regensburg 9 (12)
1992–1993 FK Chmel Blšany 15 (2)
1993–1995 Fortuna Düsseldorf 30 (2)
1995–1996 FC Bohemians Prague 41 (19)
Total 510 (80)
International career
1982–1986 Czechoslovakia 11 (2)
Managerial career
1998 Slavia Prague
2000–2001 Teplice
2001–2002 Viktoria Plzeň
2003–2007 Jablonec
2007–2008 Teplice
2008–2009 Czech Republic
2010–2011 Slovan Liberec
2011–2012 Teplice
2012–2013 Slavia Prague
2013–2014 Vysočina Jihlava
2015 Teplice
2016–2017 Příbram
2017 Sparta Prague
2017–2022 Jablonec
2022– Dukla Prague
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petr Rada (born 21 August 1958) is a Czech football coach and former player. He represented Czechoslovakia internationally in the 1980s and managed the Czech Republic national football team between 2008 and 2009. He is well known for his arguments with fans or trainer colleagues and also for impulsive style of coaching.

Before being named national team manager in July 2008, Rada worked as an assistant for then national team coach Karel Brückner from 2006 to 2008, and also as an assistant to Jozef Chovanec from 1998 to 2001 when Chovanec was manager of the Czech national team. Rada has also been head manager of eight various Czech clubs: FK Teplice (on four separate occasions), FC Viktoria Plzeň, FK Jablonec, FC Slovan Liberec, SK Slavia Prague, FC Vysočina Jihlava, Příbram[1] and Sparta Prague.

Playing career

In his playing days, Rada was a defender, who starred for Dukla Prague for nine years, from 1979 to 1988. He won the Czechoslovak First League with them in 1979 and 1982.[2] Rada also made eleven appearances for his national team, Czechoslovakia.[3]

Management career

Rada joined Jablonec as manager in October 2003 and led the team to the final of the 2006–07 Czech Cup, where they lost against Sparta Prague. After nearly four years at the club, Rada decided to leave the club in 2007.[4]

On 8 April 2009, he was sacked as coach of the Czech Republic national team after the team won just two of their six qualification matches for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[5]

He returned to coaching on 26 October 2010 as the new coach of FC Slovan Liberec.[6] In June 2011, it was announced he was returning to coach FK Teplice for his third spell.[7]

Rada became manager of Slavia Prague in 2012. He left Slavia in April 2013 with the club in eighth place in the league, with five matches of the season remaining.[8]

Controversy

On 21 March 2024, Rada was banned by Disciplinary commission FAČR for eight months and fined 80,000 Czech crowns for shouting racist insult to Zbrojovka Brno manager Tomáš Polách in a second league 3–3 home draw. Rada stated that he shouted only "ty zoufalej cikáne" ("you desperate gypsy"), will appeal along with Dukla Prague and rejected the racist undertones of his words.[9] On 22 April 2024, Appeals Committee upheld the previous verdict, but reduced ban to three months.[10]

Personal life

Rada is the father of goalkeeper Filip Rada.[11]

Honours

Managerial

FK Jablonec

Managerial statistics

As of 27 February 2021
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Jablonec 21 October 2003 1 June 2007 122 47 35 40 140 127 +13 038.52
Teplice 1 June 2007 17 July 2008 32 17 5 10 45 29 +16 053.13
Czech Republic 17 July 2008 8 April 2009 8 2 4 2 8 6 +2 025.00
Liberec 26 October 2010 1 July 2011 17 9 3 5 29 16 +13 052.94
Teplice 1 July 2011 1 June 2012 37 16 12 9 48 35 +13 043.24
Slavia Prague 1 June 2012 30 April 2013 27 8 10 9 31 31 +0 029.63
Jihlava 26 November 2013 30 September 2014 27 9 5 13 35 40 −5 033.33
Teplice 17 February 2015 30 May 2015 18 6 5 7 23 24 −1 033.33
Příbram 22 August 2016 7 January 2017 12 2 3 7 12 22 −10 016.67
Sparta 13 March 2017 28 May 2017 10 5 4 1 14 9 +5 050.00
Jablonec 13 December 2017[12] 122 60 23 39 192 142 +50 049.18
Career totals 432 181 109 142 531 454 +77 041.90

References

  1. ^ Příbram začala šetřit. Trenér Rada skončil, nahradil ho Kamil Tobiáš, fotbal.idnes.cz, 7 January 2017
  2. ^ "Hall of Fame Dukla Praha profile". fkdukla.cz.
  3. ^ Petr Rada at FAČR (in Czech)
  4. ^ "Trenér Rada odchází z Jablonce na vrcholu" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Trenér Rada u reprezentace skončil, výkonný výbor vyřadil i šest hráčů" (in Czech). Mladá fronta DNES. 8 April 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Liberec přece jen trenéra vyměnil: přichází bývalý kouč reprezentace Rada". idnes.cz (in Czech). 26 October 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Fotbalisty Teplic povede trenér Rada, vrací se tam už podruhé". idnes.cz (in Czech). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Trenér Rada ve Slavii skončil, tým do konce ročníku povede Petrouš" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 30 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  9. ^ Mls, Martin (21 March 2024). "Rekordní trest pro Radu za rasismus. Trenér Dukly nesmí osm měsíců na střídačku, zkusí se odvolat". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  10. ^ Novák, Miloslav; Čihák, Jiří (22 April 2024). "Radovi snížili trest za rasismus: na lavičku nesmí tři měsíce, pokuta mu zůstala". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Duklu táhnou synové slavných otců: Hašek, Rada, Berger a Nečas" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  12. ^ "Trenér Petr Rada se vrací do Jablonce!". fkjablonec.cz (in Czech). FK Jablonec. 13 December 2017.

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