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Ivan Hašek

Hašek in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-09-06) 6 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Městec Králové, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.76 m
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Czech Republic (manager)
Youth career
1970–1977	ZOM Nymburk
1977–1981	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1981–1990	Sparta Prague	221	(58)
1990–1994	Strasbourg	74	(27)
1994–1995	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	55	(30)
1996	JEF United Ichihara	28	(12)
1996–1998	Sparta Prague	18	(5)
Total		396	(132)
National team
1984–1993	Czechoslovakia	54	(5)
1994	Czech Republic	1	(0)
Teams managed
1999–2001	Sparta Prague
2001–2003	Strasbourg
2003–2005	Vissel Kobe
2005	Gabon
2005–2006	Al Wasl
2006–2007	Saint-Étienne
2007–2009	Al-Ahli
2009	Czech Republic
2011	Al-Ahli
2012	Al-Hilal
2014	Qatar SC
2014–2016	Fujairah
2016–2017	Emirates Club
2018–2019	Fujairah
2021–2022	Lebanon
2024–	Czech Republic
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ivan Hašek (born 6 September 1963) is a Czech professional football coach and former player who currently manages the Czech national football team.

Hašek played as a central midfielder, and spent 11 years of his career with Sparta Prague, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club, and later acting as its manager. Hašek represented Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup, and was also president of the Football Association of the Czech Republic.

As a manager, he worked with clubs in the Middle East in the mid-2010s, before being appointed as coach of Lebanon in 2021. He returned to Czech Republic to be the national team coach in 2024.

Playing career

Hašek was born in Městec Králové. During his 21-year career, he represented AC Sparta Prague (two spells), RC Strasbourg, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and JEF United Ichihara. With the French club, he played two seasons apiece in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 and, in his last days as a player, spent at main side Sparta, teamed up with cousin Martin.

Hašek played for Czechoslovakia, gaining 55 caps and scored five goals. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where the national side reached the quarterfinals, with him as team captain; in the group stage 5–1 routing of the United States, he scored the third. After the match, Hašek said: "We are sorry for the score".

Coaching career

A coach since 1999, Hašek managed former clubs Sparta Prague and Strasbourg, as well as Vissel Kobe, Al Wasl FC and AS Saint-Étienne. He became coach of Dubai-based Al-Ahli in December 2007.

Hašek became president of the Czech Football Association in June 2009. However, on 7 July, he became head coach national team as head coach until the end of the 2010 World Cup qualification. Hašek announced his resignation as coach of the Czech Republic national team on 14 October 2009 and FA president on 26 June 2011 to return Dubai-based club Al-Ahli.

In July 2014, Hašek succeeded a long-time coach Sebastião Lazaroni as the new coach of Qatar SC ahead of the 2014–15 season.

On 15 July 2021, Hašek was appointed head coach of the Lebanon national team, on a one-year contract. Having finished bottom of their group, thus failing to qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup, Hašek decided not to renew his contract.

On 4 January 2024, Hašek was appointed as head coach of the Czech Republic national football team.

Personal life

Hašek is also a lawyer. His two sons, Pavel and Ivan Jr, are also professional footballers.

Career statistics

Club

International

Managerial

Honours

Player

Sparta Prague

• Czechoslovak First League: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89
• Czechoslovak Cup: 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89

Individual

• Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1987, 1988

Manager

Sparta Prague

• Czech First League: 1999–2000, 2000–01

Al-Ahli

• UAE Pro-League: 2008–09
• UAE Super Cup: 2009

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Crown Prince Cup: 2011–12

See also

In Spanish: Ivan Hašek para niños