Karel Vácha

{{short description|Czech former football player (born 1970)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Karel Vácha

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1970|8|2}}

| birth_place = České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia

| height =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1977–1985

| youthclubs1 = Hluboká nad Vltavou

| youthyears2 = 1985–1989

| youthclubs2 = SK Dynamo České Budějovice

| years1 = 1991–1996

| clubs1 = SK České Budějovice

| caps1 = 131

| goals1 = 43

| years2 = 1996–1998

| clubs2 = Slavia Prague

| caps2 = 57

| goals2 = 21

| years3 = 1998–2000

| clubs3 = FC Tirol Innsbruck

| caps3 = 31

| goals3 = 5

| years4 = 2000–2003

| clubs4 = SK Dynamo České Budějovice

| caps4 = 49

| goals4 = 10

| years5 = 2003

| clubs5 = Artmedia Petržalka

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| nationalyears1 = 1997 |nationalteam1 = Czech Republic |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0

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Karel Vácha (born 2 August 1970) is a Czech former football player, who played most notably for České Budějovice and Slavia Prague.[http://fotbal.idnes.cz/db_fotbal.asp?hrac=3000340 Profile at iDNES.cz] He made 237 appearances in the Gambrinus liga and its predecessor, scoring 74 goals. He scored four goals in the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Slavia. He made one appearance for the Czech Republic, playing against the Faroe Islands on 6 September 1997.

Playing career

Vácha was captain of the Budějovice side.{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/vacha-odejde-hrat-slovenskou-ligu-dlu-/fotbal.aspx?c=A021203_115438_fotbal_ruz |title=Vácha odejde hrát slovenskou ligu |language=Czech |publisher=idnes.cz |date=3 December 2002 }}

In 2003, he moved to Slovak club Artmedia Petržalka, where he scored twice on his debut in a 3–0 win against Košice.{{cite news |url=http://fotbal.idnes.cz/vacha-dal-kosicim-dve-branky-dpb-/fot_zahranici.aspx?c=A030303_083610_fot_zahranici_rou |title=Vácha dal Košicím dvě branky |language=Czech |publisher=idnes.cz |date=3 March 2003 }}

Later career

Vácha was appointed assistant coach to manager František Straka at České Budějovice in 2007.{{cite news |url=http://sport.ihned.cz/c1-22665040 |title=Karel Vácha bude asistentem trenéra Českých Budějovic |language=Czech |publisher=Hospodářské noviny |date=22 December 2007 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714012319/http://sport.ihned.cz/c1-22665040 |archive-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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