František Havránek

František Havránek

Personal information
Date of birth	11 July 1923
Place of birth	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	26 March 2011 (aged 87)
Place of death	Czech Republic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1939–1945	AFK Sadská
–	Aston Villa Mladá Boleslav
–	Jiskra Liberec
–	Jiskra Jablonec nad Nisou
–	Jiskra Mimoň
Teams managed
1964–1966	Spartak Hradec Králové
1966–1968	Slavia Prague
1970–1972	EPA Larnaca
1972–1976	FC Zbrojovka Brno
1976–1978	Ruch Chorzów
1982–1984	Czechoslovakia
1984–1986	AEL Limassol
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

František Havránek (11 July 1923 – 26 March 2011) was a Czech football manager and former player.

As a player, Havránek played for several lower-division Czechoslovak clubs, but never gained any success with them. He was far more successful as a football coach. After finishing his active career, Havránek started to work as a football manager. He coached Spartak Hradec Králové, Slavia Prague and FC Zbrojovka Brno in Czechoslovakia. Havránek also managed Cypriot EPA Larnaca, AEL Limassol and Polish Ruch Chorzów. In 1970 he won the Cypriot First Division with EPA Larnaca. In 1985 he won the Cypriot Cup with AEL Limassol.^[1] Two years later he returned to Czechoslovakia and ended his coaching career.^[2]

As a coach of the Czechoslovak Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal with his team. From 1978 to 1984 he was a general manager of the Czechoslovakia national football team, coaching the team from 1982 to 1984.

Footnotes

1. Fotbal.cz: Smutná zpráva: Zemřel trenér František Havránek
2. eFotbal.cz: Zemřel olympijský vítěz, trenér František Havránek

References

• (Czech) SK Slavia Praha profile