Miroslav Soukup

Miroslav Soukup

Personal information
Full name	Miroslav Soukup
Date of birth	13 November 1965
Place of birth	Prachatice, Czechoslovakia
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Tatran Prachatice
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1983-1985	Tatran Prachatice
1985-1987	RH Žižkov
1987-1990	Tatran Prachatice
1990-1995	TV Freyung
1995-1997	FC Salzweg
1997-2001	TV Freyung
Teams managed
1995-2000	Tatran Prachatice (youth)
1995-1997	FC Salzweg (player/manager)
1997-2001	TV Freyung (Player/Manager)
2001-2003	Tatran Prachatice
2003-2004	Dynamo České Budějovice (youth)
2004-2008	1. FC Brno (assistant)
2004-2005	Czech Republic U-18
2005-2006	Czech Republic U-19
2006-2007	Czech Republic U-20
2007-2008	Czech Republic U-21
2008-2009	Egypt U-20
2010-2012	1. FC Slovácko
2012-2013	SK Dynamo České Budějovice
2014-2016	Yemen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Miroslav Soukup (born 13 November 1965 in Prachatice, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech football coach and former player.

He was one of the managers leading successful Czech Republic national under-20 football team, runners-up at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Canada and was also manager of bronze medal Czech Republic national under-19 football team at the 2006 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He was also manager of Egypt national under-20 football team.^[1][2]

He became the coach of 1. FC Slovácko, replacing Josef Mazura on 18 April 2010.^[3] After losing the opening three games of the 2012–13 Gambrinus liga, Soukup was relieved of his duties.^[4] Soukup was not out of football for long, as he took over at Gambrinus liga side SK Dynamo České Budějovice in September 2012 following the dismissal of František Cipro.^[5] He didn't last long as he was sacked in the winter break of the 2012–13 season after a 6–1 friendly match loss to Mladá Boleslav in February 2013.^[6] On 13 May 2014 he was confirmed as the head coach of Yemen national football team.

Notes

1. http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/miroslav-soukup/
2. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/news/kind=1/newsid=427747.html
3. "Ve fotbalovém Slovácku padl trenér Mazura, střídá ho Soukup" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
4. "Slovácký zmar odnesl kouč Soukup. Klub jedná s ústeckým koučem Habancem" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
5. "Už třetí tým fotbalové ligy mění trenéra, v Budějovicích skončil Cipro" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
6. "Soukup po debaklu v Budějovicích skončil, tým zatím povedou asistenti" (in Czech). denik.cz. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.