Jan Berger (footballer, born 1955)

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| name = Jan Berger

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|11|27}}

| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia

| height = 1.79 m

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 1965–1972

| youthclubs1 = TJ Břevnov

| years1 = 1972–1976

| clubs1 = TJ Břevnov

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| years2 = 1976–1978

| clubs2 = Viktoria Plzeň

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| years3 = 1978–1980

| clubs3 = Dukla Prague

| caps3 =

| goals3 = 6

| years4 = 1980–1986

| clubs4 = Sparta Prague

| caps4 = 146

| goals4 = 34

| years5 = 1986–1990

| clubs5 = FC Zürich

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| years6 = 1990–1991

| clubs6 = FC Zug

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| nationalyears1 = 1980–1987

| nationalteam1 = Czechoslovakia

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2000–2003

| managerclubs1 = Sparta Prague Reserves

| manageryears2 = 2003–2005

| managerclubs2 = FK Brandýs nad Labem

| manageryears3 = 2005

| managerclubs3 = FK Dukla Prague

| manageryears4 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs4 = SK Zeleneč

| manageryears5 = 2009

| managerclubs5 = Slavoj Vyšehrad

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Jan Berger (born 27 November 1955) is a Czech football manager and former player who most recently managed Slavoj Vyšehrad.{{Cite web |url=http://prazsky.denik.cz/fotbal_region/na-vysehrade-strida-bergera-novy-20090908.html |title=Na Vyšehradě střídá Bergera nový trenér Formánek |access-date=26 September 2009 |archive-date=9 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109234549/https://prazsky.denik.cz/fotbal_region/na-vysehrade-strida-bergera-novy-20090908.html |url-status=live }}

A midfielder, Berger played in Czechoslovakia for Dukla Prague and Sparta Prague, winning three league titles in total. He also played internationally, winning gold with Czechoslovakia in the 1980 Olympic football competition and bronze in the UEFA European Championship held in the same year.

Club career

Berger was born in Prague. In Czechoslovakia, Berger played for Dukla Prague, winning the league title in 1979 and scoring a total of six goals between 1978 and 1980.Pivoda, p. 61. He transferred to Sparta Prague in 1980 after the 1980 Olympic football tournament. He was named Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year in 1984. While a Sparta player, Berger won two more league titles, before leaving in 1986 to continue his career in Switzerland.Pivoda, p. 62.

International career

Berger played 30 matches for the Czechoslovakia national team, scoring 3 goals.{{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|page=18}} He won a bronze medal in the 1980 UEFA European Football Championship and was a participant in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Management career

Berger returned to Dukla Prague in 2005, overseeing the second half of the 2004–05 league campaign for the club in the Prague Championship.Pivoda, p. 128. The club finished the season second. He remained at the club, but left mid-way through the 2005–06 season with the club eventually finishing in 13th position.

Personal life

Berger is the uncle of Patrik Berger who represented the Czech Republic.{{cite news |url=http://zpravy.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/fotbal/_zprava/patrik-berger-slavi-40-narozeniny-pracovat-v-ceskem-fotbalu-se-mu-stale-nechce--1279218 |title=Patrik Berger slaví 40. narozeniny. Pracovat v českém fotbalu se mu stále nechce |language=cs |publisher=Czech Radio |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-date=3 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020905/http://zpravy.rozhlas.cz/zpravy/fotbal/_zprava/patrik-berger-slavi-40-narozeniny-pracovat-v-ceskem-fotbalu-se-mu-stale-nechce--1279218 |url-status=live }} He is the father of footballer Tomáš Berger.{{cite news |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 |title=Duklu táhnou synové slavných otců: Hašek, Rada, Berger a Nečas |language=cs |publisher=idnes.cz |date=21 May 2011 |access-date=28 January 2012 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807064256/https://fotbal.idnes.cz/duklu-tahnou-synove-slavnych-otcu-hasek-rada-berger-a-necas-po8-/fot_dsouteze.aspx?c=A110521_115517_fot_dsouteze_pes |url-status=live }}

References

=Cited texts=

{{cite book |title=Legenda se vrátila |last=Pivoda |first= Aleš |year=2013 |publisher=MAC |location=Praha |isbn=978-80-86783-65-9|ref=Pivoda}}

External links

{{CMFS player}}
[http://fotbal.idnes.cz/fot_reprez.asp?r=fot_reprez&c=A051123_175603_fot_reprez_ot Jan Berger: Real mi nabízel milion dolarů]
[http://www.reflex.cz/Clanek21915.html MILION DOLARŮ ZA PODPIS]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927032646/http://www.deniksport.cz/clanek440230.htm Padesátník Berger odmítl frčky i Real]

Category:1955 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Prague

Category:Czech men's footballers

Category:Czechoslovak men's footballers

Category:Czechoslovak First League players

Category:Czech football managers

Category:Footballers at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Czechoslovakia

Category:UEFA Euro 1980 players

Category:1982 FIFA World Cup players