Ivan ‪Hašek‬

{{short description|Czech football player and coach}}

{{For|his son of the same name|Ivan Hašek (footballer, born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ivan Hašek

| image = File:Lebanon training, 2022 World Cup qualification v Iran 02.jpg

| caption = Hašek in 2022

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|9|6|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Městec Králové, Czechoslovakia

| height = 1.76 m

| currentclub = Czech Republic (manager)

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1970–1977

| youthclubs1 = ZOM Nymburk

| youthyears2 = 1977–1981

| youthclubs2 = Sparta Prague

| years1 = 1981–1990

| clubs1 = Sparta Prague

| caps1 = 221

| goals1 = 58

| years2 = 1990–1994

| clubs2 = Strasbourg

| caps2 = 74

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 1994–1995

| clubs3 = Sanfrecce Hiroshima

| caps3 = 55

| goals3 = 30

| years4 = 1996

| clubs4 = JEF United Ichihara

| caps4 = 28

| goals4 = 12

| years5 = 1996–1998

| clubs5 = Sparta Prague

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 5

| totalcaps = 396

| totalgoals = 132

| nationalyears1 = 1984–1993

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| nationalyears2 = 1994

| nationalteam2 = Czech Republic

| nationalcaps2 = 1

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1999–2001

| managerclubs1 = Sparta Prague

| manageryears2 = 2001–2003

| managerclubs2 = Strasbourg

| manageryears3 = 2003–2005

| managerclubs3 = Vissel Kobe

| manageryears4 = 2005

| managerclubs4 = Gabon

| manageryears5 = 2005–2006

| managerclubs5 = Al Wasl

| manageryears6 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs6 = Saint-Étienne

| manageryears7 = 2007–2009

| managerclubs7 = Al-Ahli

| manageryears8 = 2009

| managerclubs8 = Czech Republic

| manageryears9 = 2011

| managerclubs9 = Al-Ahli

| manageryears10 = 2012

| managerclubs10 = Al-Hilal

| manageryears11 = 2014

| managerclubs11 = Qatar SC

| manageryears12 = 2014–2016

| managerclubs12 = Fujairah

| manageryears13 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs13 = Emirates Club

| manageryears14 = 2018–2019

| managerclubs14 = Fujairah

| manageryears15 = 2021–2022

| managerclubs15 = Lebanon

| manageryears16 = 2024–

| managerclubs16 = Czech Republic

}}

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 a 11-year career with Sparta Prague, appearing in more than 300 official matches with the club and becoming its coach. He represented Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup and was also president of the Football Association of the Czech Republic.

As a coach, Hašek worked with clubs in the Middle East between 2012 and 2019 before being appointed to Lebanon in 2021. He returned to manage the Czech Republic national team in 2024.

Playing career

Born in Městec Králové, Hašek started his football career at ZOM Nymburk until he was 14 years old.{{Cite news|first=Jan|last=Keňo|title=Ivan Hašek: profil, kariéra, úspěchy|url=https://www.fotbalzpravy.cz/rubriky/reprezentace/ivan-hasek-profil-kariera-uspechy_1603.html|newspaper=Fotbal Zprávy|date=5 June 2024|access-date=18 November 2024|language=cs}} Transferring to AC Sparta Prague, Hašek was named Footballer of the Year as the club won five league titles.{{Cite news|first1=Jaromír|last1=Bosák|first2=Karel|last2=Tvaroh|title= Ivan Hašek: Katar si pořádání MS zaslouží, Dauhá je jako Brno|url=https://www.seznamzpravy.cz/clanek/audio-podcast-nosici-vody-ivan-hasek-katar-si-poradani-ms-zaslouzi-dauha-je-jako-brno-205757|newspaper=Seznam Zprávy|publisher=Seznam.cz|date=14 June 2022|access-date=18 November 2024|language=cs}} He also played aboard in RC Strasbourg, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and JEF United Ichihara.{{Cite web|first=Guillaume|last=Narguet|title=Ivan Hašek : « Strasbourg et son stade étaient un rêve d'enfant »|url=https://francais.radio.cz/ivan-hasek-strasbourg-et-son-stade-etaient-un-reve-denfant-8579187|website=Radio Prague International|publisher=Czech Radio|date=16 November 2009|access-date=5 December 2024|language=fr}} With the French club, Hašek played two seasons in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.{{Cite web|first=Stanislav|last=Hrabě|title=Ivan Hašek spoluvlastní Racing Strasbourg. "Klub má budoucnost", říká|url=https://www.ruik.cz/ivan-hasek-spoluvlastni-racing-strasbourg-klub-ma-budoucnost-rika/|website=Ruik.cz|date=1 November 2019|access-date=5 December 2024|language=cs}} At the end of his playing career, he returned to Sparta Prague, where he won the 1996–97 league title.{{cite book|first=Luboš|last=Jeřábek|title=Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů|publisher=Grada Publishing|language=cs|year=2007|location=Prague, Czech Republic|isbn=978-80-247-1656-5|pages=59–60}}

Hašek played for Czechoslovakia, gaining 55 appearances 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.{{cite web|title=Official Match Report|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=76/results/matches/match=355/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621082812/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=76/results/matches/match=355/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2007|website=FIFA|access-date=25 June 2013}}{{cite web|last=Waldstein|first=David|title=First Looks and Lasting Impressions of Athletes' Debuts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/25/sports/first-looks-and-lasting-impressions-of-athletes-debuts.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=25 June 2013}} After the match, Hašek said: "We are sorry for the score".

Coaching career

=Early coaching career=

Hašek became head coach of former club Sparta Prague in 1999, winning the Czech First League title twice in his two-year tenure. He subsequently managed French club Strasbourg, as well as Vissel Kobe, Al Wasl FC and AS Saint-Étienne.{{Cite web|title=Hašek, entraîneur des Verts|url=http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/article/hasek-entraineur-des-verts.htm|website=Ligue de Football Professionnel|date=22 May 2006|language=fr}} He became coach of Dubai-based Al-Ahli in December 2007.{{Cite web|title=Foot {{!}} Transferts {{!}} Ivan Hašek entraîneur d'Al Ahly|trans-title=Football {{!}} Transfers {{!}} Ivan Hašek is coach of Al-Ahly|url=http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20071222_171921Dev.html|url-status=dead|website=L'Equipe|date=22 December 2007|language=fr|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110520211425/http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/20071222_171921Dev.html|archive-date=20 May 2011}}

Hašek became president of the Czech Football Association in June 2009.{{Cite web|title=Hašek: I'm loving it|url=https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/homefifa/news/newsid=1085255/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424083933/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/organisation/homefifa/news/newsid=1085255/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2014|website=FIFA|date=28 July 2009|access-date=8 November 2011}} However, on 7 July, he became head coach of the national team until the end of the 2010 World Cup qualification.{{Cite news|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/fotbalovou-reprezentaci-povede-jako-trener-hasek-radit-mu-bude-bruckner-1oo-/fot_reprez.aspx?c=A090707_164505_fot_reprez_ot|title=Fotbalovou reprezentaci povede jako trenér Hašek, radit mu bude Brückner|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|language=cs|date=7 July 2009|access-date=2 February 2012}} 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.{{Cite news|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/rezignaci-za-podraz-na-nas-fotbal-nepovazuju-rika-odstupujici-hasek-1gi-/fot_reprez.aspx?c=A110626_163118_fot_reprez_mn|title=Rezignaci za podraz na náš fotbal nepovažuju, říká odstupující Hašek|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=26 June 2011|access-date=3 August 2011}}

In July 2014, Hašek succeeded long-time coach Sebastião Lazaroni as the new coach of Qatar SC ahead of the 2014–15 season.{{Cite web|title=Ivan Hašek to Coach Qatar Sports Club|url=http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=2246|website=Qatars Stars League|date=2 July 2014|access-date=14 July 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224921/http://www.qsl.com.qa/users/newsen/NewsDetails.aspx?pid=2246|archive-date=14 July 2014}}

=Lebanon and return to the Czech Republic=

On 15 July 2021, Hašek was appointed head coach of the Lebanon national team,{{Cite web|script-title=ar:التشيكي هاسيك مديراً فنياً للمنتخب الأول|trans-title=The Czech Hašek appointed coach of the national team|url=https://the-lfa.com/ivan-hasek-nt-coach/|date=15 July 2021|website=Lebanese Football Association|language=ar}} on a one-year contract.{{Cite web|script-title=ar:هاشيك اشترط على الاتحاد عقد لسنة واحدة|url=http://lebanonfg.com/single/2889|website=Lebanon Football Federation|access-date=23 July 2021|language=ar}} Having finished bottom of their group, thus failing to qualify for 2022 FIFA World Cup, Hašek decided not to renew his contract.{{Cite web|script-title=ar:انتهاء عقد هاشيك مع منتخب لبنان|url=https://www.kooora.com/?n=1126680|website=Kooora|date=30 March 2022|access-date=4 April 2022|language=ar}}

On 4 January 2024, Hašek was again appointed head coach of the Czech Republic national football team.{{Cite news|first=Jiří|last=Lizec|title=Živě: Trenérem reprezentace zvolen Hašek. Jasno je i o asistentech, manažer se hledá|url=https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-reprezentace-zive-o-trenerovi-fotbalove-reprezentace-je-rozhodnuto-5019346|website=Seznam.cz|publisher=Borgis|date=4 January 2024|language=cs}}

Personal life

Hašek is also a lawyer.{{Cite web|title=Dvojnásobný nejlepší fotbalista ČR Hašek slaví padesátiny|url=https://sport.ceskatelevize.cz/clanek/fotbal/dvojnasobny-nejlepsi-fotbalista-cr-hasek-slavi-padesatiny/5be08f6d0d663b6fe828db53|website=ČT Sport|publisher=Czech Television|date=6 September 2013|access-date=18 November 2024|language=cs}} His two sons, Pavel and Ivan, are also professional footballers.{{Cite news|title=Duklu táhnou synové slavných otců: Hašek, Rada, Berger a Nečas|url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/duklu-tahnou-synove-slavnych-otcu-hasek-rada-berger-a-necas-po8-/fot_dsouteze.aspx?c=A110521_115517_fot_dsouteze_pes|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=21 May 2011|access-date=28 January 2012|language=cs}}

Career statistics

=Club=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{NFT player|20141|accessdate=}}

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|National cup{{Efn|Includes Czechoslovak Cup, Coupe de France}}

!colspan="2"|League cup{{Efn|Includes Coupe de la Ligue}}

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="10" |Sparta Prague

|1981–82

|Czechoslovak First League

|14

1141
1982–83

|Czechoslovak First League

|24

3243
1983–84

|Czechoslovak First League

|28

3283
1984–85

|Czechoslovak First League

|20

3203
1985–86

|Czechoslovak First League

|22

6226
1986–87

|Czechoslovak First League

|30

103010
1987–88

|Czechoslovak First League

|30

|4

|

|

|

|

|30

|4

1988–89

|Czechoslovak First League

|26

|13

|

|

|

|

|26

|13

1989–90

|Czechoslovak First League

|27

|15

|

|

|

|

|27

|15

colspan="2" |Total

!221

5822158
rowspan="5" |Strasbourg

|1990–91

|Division 2

|29

|10

|

|

|

|

|29

|10

1991–92

|Division 2

|18

|10

|

|

|

|

|18

|10

1992–93

|Division 1

|12

|3

|

|

|

|

|12

|3

1993–94

|Division 1

|15

|4

|

|

|

|

|15

|4

colspan="2" |Total

!74

!27

!

!

!

!

!74

!27

rowspan="3" |Sanfrecce Hiroshima

|1994

|J1 League

|32

|19

|3

|1

|1

|0

|36

|20

1995

|J1 League

|23

|11

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|23

|11

colspan="2" |Total

!55

!30

!3

!1

!1

!0

!59

!31

JEF United Ichihara

|1996

|J1 League

|28

|12

|1

|0

|14

|6

|43

|18

rowspan="3" |Sparta Prague

|1996–97

|Czech First League

|14

|3

|

|

|

|

|14

|3

1997–98

|Czech First League

|4

|2

|

|

|

|

|4

|2

colspan="2" |Total

!18

!5

!

!

!

!

!18

!5

colspan="3" |Career total

!396

13241156415139

{{notelist}}

=International=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team

!Year

AppsGoals
rowspan="10" |Czechoslovakia

|1984

10
198570
198680
198761
198881
198980
1990111
199121
199200
199331
colspan="2" |Total||54||5
Czech Republic

|1994

10
colspan="2" |Total||1||0
colspan="2" |Career total

!55

!5

=Managerial=

{{Updated|26 March 2025}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Managerial record by club and tenure

rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan="5"|Record

!rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

{{Tooltip|M|Matches coached}}

!{{Tooltip|W|Matches won}}

!{{Tooltip|D|Matches drawn}}

!{{Tooltip|L|Matches lost}}

!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}

Sparta Prague1 July 199930 June 2001

{{WDL|80|52|14|14|decimals=2}}

|

Racing Strasbourg1 July 200130 June 2003

{{WDL|89|36|24|29|decimals=2}}

|

Vissel Kobe1 February 200331 January 2005

{{WDL|23|5|8|10|decimals=2}}

|{{Cite web|script-title=ja:ハシェック|url=https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX07/?staff_id=2456|website=J.League|access-date=5 December 2024|language=ja | title=J. League Data Site }}

Gabon1 February 200530 June 2005

{{WDL|0|0|0|0|decimals=2}}

|

Al-Wasl1 July 200530 June 2006

{{WDL|0|0|0|0|decimals=2}}

|

Saint-Étienne1 July 200630 June 2007

{{WDL|42|16|7|19|decimals=2}}

|

Al-Ahli1 July 20072008

{{WDL|8|1|1|6|decimals=2}}

|

Czech Republic7 July 200919 October 2009

{{WDL|5|3|2|0|decimals=2}}

|

Al-Ahli26 Jun 20118 November 2011

{{WDL|3|1|0|2|decimals=2}}

|

Al Hilal23 January 201226 June 2012

{{WDL|21|14|6|1|decimals=2}}

|

Qatar SC1 June 201411 September 2014

{{WDL|2|0|0|2|decimals=2}}

|

Fujairah12 December 20146 March 2016

{{WDL|36|12|6|18|decimals=2}}

|

Emirates Club29 December 201631 October 2017

{{WDL|7|2|2|3|decimals=2}}

|

Fujairah29 May 2018February 2019

{{WDL|0|0|0|0|decimals=2}}

|

Lebanon15 July 202130 March 2022

{{WDL|13|2|3|8|decimals=2}}

|

Czechia4 January 2024present

{{WDL|15|9|3|3|decimals=2}}

|

colspan="3"|Total

{{WDLtot|348|152|77|119|decimals=2}}

!

Honours

=Player=

Sparta Prague

Individual

  • Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1987, 1988{{Cite web|first=Imrich|last=Varga|title=Czechoslovakia {{!}} Player of the year|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/tsjsl-poy.html|website=RSSSF|date=30 October 2005|access-date=5 December 2024}}

=Manager=

References

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