Jan Stejskal

Jan Stejskal (born 15 January 1962) is a Czech football goalkeeping coach and former player. In a 17-year playing career, he set a Czechoslovak First League record for clean sheets in a season, and spent four years in England at Queens Park Rangers. Stejskal played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, for both he played a total of 31 matches, participating in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Stejskal is now the Mayor of a town in the Czech Republic' Jevany.

Not to be confused with Jan Stejskal (footballer, born 1997).

Jan Stejskal
Personal information
Full name Jan Stejskal[1]
Date of birth (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962
Place of birth Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1972–1981 Zbrojovka Brno
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 RH Cheb 22 (0)
1983–1990 Sparta Prague 190 (0)
1990–1994 Queens Park Rangers 107 (0)
1994–1999 Slavia Prague 104 (0)
1998–1999 Viktoria Žižkov 4 (0)
Total 427 (0)
International career
1986–1992 Czechoslovakia 29 (0)
1994 Czech Republic 2 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2011 Sparta Prague (goalkeeper coach)
2012– Jablonec (goalkeeper coach)
Medal record
SK Slavia Prague
WinnerGambrinus liga1995–96
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

In his native country Stejskal played for Sparta Prague, where he equalled the league record of 19 clean sheets in a season, in the 1986–87 season.[2]

He moved to England, where he had a successful spell at Queens Park Rangers from 1990 to 1994. He was one of only 13 foreign players to play on the opening weekend of the FA Premier League along with Peter Schmeichel, Andrei Kanchelskis, Robert Warzycha, Roland Nilsson, Eric Cantona, Hans Segers, John Faxe Jensen, Anders Limpar, Gunnar Halle, Craig Forrest, Michel Vonk and Ronnie Rosenthal. Stejskal was a very tall commanding goalkeeper with a sound trade, but his language problem let him down from time to time.

After returning to the Czech Republic, Stejskal played for Slavia Prague and Viktoria Žižkov before retiring in 1999.

Coaching career

After ending his playing career, Stejskal worked as a goalkeeping coach for both Sparta Prague and the Czech Republic national football team. In December 2011, he left Sparta, where he was replaced in his role by former national team goalkeeper Pavel Srníček.[3]

Stejskal was the goalkeeping coach for the Czech Republic at UEFA Euro 2012.[4] Stejskal joined FK Jablonec as a goalkeeping coach in the summer of 2012.[4]

Stejskal is also a qualified mechanic, a trade learned whilst serving on national duty for the former Czechoslovakia.

References
  1. "Jan Stejskal". queensparkrangersfc.com. Archived from the original on 26 August 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  2. "Komplexní gólman s dobrou kopací technikou, chválí Stejskal slávistického Koláře, který ho obral o rekord". sport.cz (in Czech). 10 June 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. "Hřebík je novým sportovním manažerem Sparty". Deník (in Czech). 22 December 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. "Jablonecký asistent Stejskal: Na Spartu nemyslím, chci vyhrát s každým". idnes.cz (in Czech). 1 July 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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