Adrián Guľa

Adrián Guľa (born 29 June 1975) is a Slovak football manager who manages Latvian club Riga.^[1]

Adrián Guľa

Guľa as manager of Žilina in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-06-29) 29 June 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Nováky, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team	Riga (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	NCHZ Nováky
–2000	Prievidza
2000–2002	Opava	53	(7)
2002–2004	Jablonec	31	(0)
2004–2006	Púchov	50	(4)
2006–2007	Viktoria Žižkov	15	(2)
2007–2008	Inter Bratislava
2008–2009	Prievidza
Managerial career
2009–2013	AS Trenčín
2013–2018	Žilina
2018–2019	Slovakia U21
2019–2021	Viktoria Plzeň
2021–2022	Wisła Kraków
2022–2023	DAC Dunajská Streda
2024	Apollon Limassol
2025–	Riga
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He formerly managed teams including AS Trenčín, Viktoria Plzeň, and Wisła Kraków.^[2]

Managerial career

MŠK Žilina have announced that Adrián Guľa will become the club's new coach when Štefan Tarkovič's contract-caretaker status expires summer 2013. Currently AS Trenčín coach will take over on a deal that runs until July 2018. On 7 May 2018 was announced as Slovakia U21 head coach.^[3]

Following his departure from Slovakia U21s in 2019, Guľa took the helm as Viktoria Plzeň manager on 1 January 2020. He managed the club for 54 games before leaving the club in May 2021.

Guľa was announced as the manager of Wisła Kraków on 6 June 2021.^[4] After Wisła could only manage six wins in 21 league games under Guľa's management, he was dismissed on 13 February 2022.^[5]

In June 2024, Apollon Limassol has announced the signing of Guľa on a two-season contract, in his first managerial position outside of Central Europe.^[6][7]

Honours

Individual

• Fortuna Liga Manager of the season 2016–17^[8]