Jozef Herel

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jozef Herel

| fullname =

| image = File:Jozef Herel.jpg

| caption = Herel in 2012

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1951|10|22}}

| birth_place = Planá, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|07|05|1951|10|22|df=y}}

| death_place = Slovakia

| currentclub =

| manageryears1 = 1992–1993

| managerclubs1 = Negeri Sembilan

| manageryears2 = 1994–1996

| managerclubs2 = Perlis F.A.

| manageryears3 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs3 = Pakistan

| manageryears4 = 2005–2008

| managerclubs4 = Penang

| manageryears5 = 2008

| managerclubs5 = Geylang United

| manageryears6 = 2012

| managerclubs6 = Ayeyawady United

}}

Jozef Herel (22 October 1951 – 5 July 2013) was a Slovak football manager.

Career

Herel played first division football in Czechoslovakia from 1970 to 1975.{{Cite web |date=2001-12-23 |title=Foreign football coaches due next week |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/11762/foreign-football-coaches-due-next-week |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

He became a coach and went to Malaysia to work as the chief coach of the Malaysian first division from 1992 to 1995. He then spent a season as manager of a club in the Maldives in 1999.

From 2000, he worked as the chief coach of the Slovakian first division, until he was headhunted by the AFC to become Pakistan national football team head coach from January 2002 to March 2003.{{Cite web |date=2001-12-30 |title=New coach resolves to do best |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/12571/new-coach-resolves-to-do-best |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2002-12-21 |title=Non-professionals running PFF: alleges former coach Herel |url=http://beta.dawn.com/news/74027/non-professionals-running-pff-alleges-former-coach-herel |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}

On 24 October 2005, he was appointed as manager of the Malaysian club Penang.{{Cite web |last=VELLOO |first=LOGANATH |title=Football: Slovakian Herel to chart Penang’s fortune |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2005/10/24/football-slovakian-herel-to-chart-penangs-fortune |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=The Star |language=en}} He was replaced in 2008 by Mohd. Bakar.

He also coached Ayeyawady United in Myanmar in 2012.{{Cite web |title=Ayeyawady United 0-3 Arema Indonesia |url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/club/afc_cup/news/ayeyawady_united_0-3_arema_indonesia.html |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=the-AFC |language=en}}

Personal life

Herel died on 5 July 2013 in Slovakia.{{Cite web |title=𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐘𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐂 - One-minute silent tribute to Mr. Jozef Herel, the former head coach of Ayeyawady United FC who passed away in Republic of Slovakia {{!}} Facebook |url=https://mk-mk.facebook.com/ayeyawadyunitedfc/photos/a.631755280177129/631756263510364/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=mk-mk.facebook.com |language=mk}}