Ján Kocian
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 March 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Zlaté Moravce, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | ZŤS Martin | ||
| 1979–1988 | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | 209 | (20) |
| 1988–1993 | FC St. Pauli | 129 | (8) |
| National team | |||
| 1984–1992 | Czechoslovakia | 26 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–1995 | Slovakia (assistant) | ||
| 1996–1997 | FK Dukla Banská Bystrica | ||
| 1997–1998 | Petra Drnovice | ||
| 1999 | VSS Košice | ||
| 1999–2002 | 1. FC Köln (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2004 | Eintracht Frankfurt (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | ||
| 2005–2006 | Sportfreunde Siegen | ||
| 2006–2008 | Slovakia | ||
| 2008–2009 | Austria (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Jiangsu Sainty | ||
| 2011–2012 | South China | ||
| 2013–2014 | Ruch Chorzów | ||
| 2014–2015 | Pogoń Szczecin | ||
| 2016–2017 | Podbeskidzie | ||
| 2018–2019 | Yemen | ||
| 2019 | Ruch Chorzów (advisor) | ||
| 2022 | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ján Kocian (born 13 March 1958) is a Slovak football coach and former player who last managed the team ViOn Zlaté Moravce.
Playing career
During his playing days, he made 209 appearances for Dukla Banská Bystrica between 1979 and 1988 before moving on to German club FC St. Pauli, where he made another 147 appearances up to 1993.
He was capped 26 times by Czechoslovakia. Playing at sweeper as the team reached the 1990 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, Kocian was voted the country's player of the year in 1990.
Coaching career
Kocian began his coaching career with Czech side Petra Drnovice before moving to the German Bundesliga clubs Rot-Weiß Erfurt and Sportfreunde Siegen. He worked as an assistant at 1.Bundesliga clubs 1. FC Köln and Eintracht Frankfurt.
He was appointed the new head coach of the Slovakia national team on 2 November 2006, replacing Dušan Galis. Previously, he had worked as an assistant to former national coach Dr. Jozef Vengloš between 1993 and 1995. He was last seven months Assistant Coach from Karel Brückner by Austria between 4 March 2009.
On 8 December 2010, Kocian was officially announced as the new head coach for the Chinese Super League team Jiangsu Sainty[1]
On 28 June 2011, Kocian was announced as the Hong Kong First Division League team South China AA's new head coach.[2] South China finished third in the 2011–12 Hong Kong First Division League. Kocian did not agree on a new contract after the end of the season.
In the 2013–14 season Kocian managed Ruch Chorzow to third position in the Ekstraklasa table and qualified almost in the last qualifying round for Europe League Group stage. After this season was Kocian was voted “Coach of the year 2013–2014” by the Ekstraklasa.
On 25 October 2018, Kocian was announced as manager of the Yemen national team.[3][4] After the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, he left the national team.
On 18 April 2019, Kocian returned to Poland and to his former club Ruch Chorzów as an advisor.
References
- ^ 江苏正式宣布签约新洋帅 科西安:我来执教不是为钱 (in Chinese). sina.com.cn. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "新教練 Jan Kocian" (in Chinese). South China Football Club official blog. 28 June 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
- ^ "السلوفاكي جان كوسيان مدرباً للمنتخب الوطني الأول". www.yemenfa.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ "Asian Cup 2019: Does Yemen's Jan Kocian have the toughest job in world football?". BBC Sport. 7 January 2019.
External links
- Ján Kocian at National-Football-Teams.com
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