Josef Pešice

Josef Pešice

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-02-12)12 February 1950
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	18 December 2017(2017-12-18) (aged 67)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1957–1965	TJ Štěchovice
1965–1969	Sparta Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1971	Dukla Tábor
1971–1975	Sparta Prague	62	(11)
1975–1978	Zbrojovka Brno	92	(15)
1979–1984	Slavia Prague	148	(29)
1984–1986	AEL Limassol
Teams managed
1987–1991	Sparta Prague (youth)
1991–1993	Slavia Prague (assistant)
1993–1995	FK Jablonec
1995–1997	Slavia Prague (assistant)
1997–2000	FK Teplice
2001	CS Cartaginés
2001	Slavia Prague
2002	Sparta Prague (assistant)
2003–2004	Czech Republic U-18
2004–2005	Czech Republic U-19
2006–2007	Czech Republic U-16
2007–2010	Czech Republic U-17
2010	AEL Limassol (assistant)
2012–2013	Czech Republic (assistant)[1]
2013	Czech Republic
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager. He was born in Prague.

Pešice played for both famous Prague clubs, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague. He won the Czechoslovak First League in the 1977–78 season. As a manager, Pešice led several Czech clubs before focusing on Czech Republic youth national teams. He was named the temporary head coach of the Czech Republic in September 2013.^[1]

Pešice died on 18 December 2017 in Prague at the age of 67.^[2]

References

1. "Místo Bílka bude reprezentaci dočasně trénovat Pešice. Nebude to sranda, míní Cipro". Hospodářské noviny. 13 September 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
2. Český fotbal smutní. Zemřel Josef Pešice, bývalý trenér národního týmu (in Czech)

Other websites

• (in Czech) Profile at ČMFS website
• (in Czech) Profile at FC Zbrojovka Brno official website