Vladimír Mirka

Vladimír Mirka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-12-14) 14 December 1928 (age 96)
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Managerial career
Years	Team
1965–1967	Cambodia
1967–1971	Czechoslovakia U18
1972–1973	Espérance Sportive de Tunis
1975	Czechoslovakia U23
1979–1981	FK Teplice
1983–1984	VTZ Chomutov
1986–1987	Sparta Prague (youth)

Vladimir Mirka (born 14 December 1928, in Czechoslovakia) is a Czech former football coach. His best achievement as coach was guiding the Czechoslovakia Under-18s to European glory in 1968 using the 4-2-4 formation.^[1]

Career

The second coach of the Cambodia national team since its existence, (the first being Mr. Colman who headed the team from 1960 to 1963)^[1] he managed the team from 1965 to 1967 including a friendly with Australia in which they tied 0-0.^[2] Soon, in 1967, Mirka took the reins of the Czechoslovakia Under-18s and became coach of Tunisian title contenders Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 1972, remaining at the club for one season only. The Czech then took charge of the Czechoslovakia Under-23s for one year before managing FK Teplice (which played in the Czech 2.Liga at the time) and VTZ Chomutov in his native Czechoslovakia. Lastly, for one season, Mirka managed the Sparta Prague youth selections. There was no information regarding him following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 which precipitated the secession of Slovakia from the Czech Republic.^[1]

References

1. "លោក Mirka អតីតគ្រូជម្រើសជាតិខ្មែរ ធ្លាប់នាំយុវជនឆេកូស្លូវ៉ាគី ឈ្នះពានអឺរ៉ុបជាប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រ". thmeythmey.com. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
2. "Socceroo 1965 Matches". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

• JEŘÁBEK, Luboš: Český a československý fotbal: lexikon osobností a klubů 1906–2006, Praha, Grada 2007.