Karel Brückner
Bruckner (grey suit) coaching Czech Republic in a UEFA Euro 2004 match
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| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Full name | Karel Brückner | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 13 November 1939 | ||||||||
| Place of birth |
Olomouc, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
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| Youth career | |||||||||
| 1946–1958 | Spartak MŽ Olomouc | ||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| MŽ Olomouc | |||||||||
| 1970–1971 | FC Baník Ostrava | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||
| 1973–1979 | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Železárny Prostějov | ||||||||
| 1981–1983 | Zbrojovka Brno | ||||||||
| 1983–1987 | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||||
| 1987–1988 | Czechoslovakia U-21 | ||||||||
| 1988–1989 | ZVL Žilina | ||||||||
| 1989–1990 | TJ Vítkovice | ||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||||
| 1994 | Petra Drnovice | ||||||||
| 1995 | Inter Bratislava | ||||||||
| 1995–1997 | Sigma Olomouc | ||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Czech Republic U-21 | ||||||||
| 2001–2008 | Czech Republic | ||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Austria | ||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||
Karel Brückner (Czech pronunciation: [ˈkarɛl ˈbrɪknɛr]; born 13 November 1939 in Olomouc) is a Czech retired football coach.
Brückner played as a forward in the lower leagues for MŽ Olomouc, at levels between the Regional Championship and the Second League. He made two appearances for Baník Ostrava in the Czechoslovak First League during the 1970–71 season.
Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 with his home club SK Sigma Olomouc, before moving to FC Zbrojovka Brno, who he led in the Czechoslovak First League in the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985.
He was appointed coach of the Czech Republic national under-21 football team in 1997 and the side finished second at the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. At UEFA Euro 2000 he was assistant manager of the Czech Republic national side.
Brückner became the national team manager in 2001, following the Czech Republic's unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. In the time up to March 2004, the Czech Republic played twenty matches without defeat under his leadership, winning seven of eight qualifying matches for the Euro 2004 tournament and drawing the other one. In the tournament's group match against the Netherlands, the Czech Republic conceded two goals within the first 20 minutes. Although Jan Koller scored a goal to make the score 2–1, Brückner responded by taking the unusual step of making a tactical substitution during the first half of the match, sending on midfielder Vladimír Šmicer to replace defender Zdeněk Grygera after just 25 minutes. The Czech Republic scored twice more, with Šmicer scoring the winner two minutes before the end, as Brückner's team completed a comeback. The team went on to reach the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2004.
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