Jan Poštulka

Jan Poštulka (born 9 March 1949) is a Czech former football player and later coach. He played as a goalkeeper for Czechoslovak teams Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague. As a head coach, he enjoyed his greatest success in Central America (Champion of Central America, Champion of Costa Rica, Guatemala Cup Winner, LG Cup Winner) where he worked in the 1990s with the L.D.Alajuelense. As a coach, he spent some years with Sparta Prague. He managed FC Banants Yerevan to victory in the 2007 Armenian Cup.^[1]

Jan Poštulka

Personal information
Date of birth	(1949-03-09) 9 March 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth	Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1978	Sparta Prague
1978–1980	Inter Bratislava
1980–1981	Bohemians Prague	8	(0)
1981–1982	Vagónka Česká Lípa	12	(0)
1982–1983	Bohemians Prague	0	(0)
Managerial career
1983–1990	Bohemians Prague (assistant)
1990	Hradec Králové (assistant)
1991–1993	Alajuelense
1993–1994	Kladno
1995–1996	SK Český Brod
1996–1998	Sparta Prague (assistant)
1998–1999	Municipal
2000–2004	FK Teplice (assistant)
2005	České Budějovice (assistant)
2005–2006	České Budějovice B
2007	Banants Yerevan
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career (goalkeeper)

• 1971–78 Sparta Prague 1.Czechoslovakia's league
• 1978–80 Inter Bratislava 1.Czechoslovakia's league
• 1980–83 Bohemians Prague 1.Czechoslovakia's league (80–83 participation in UEFA Cup)

Trainer career

• 1983–90 Bohemians Prague 1.Czech league – Assistant of head coach

• champion of Czech Republic
• participation in UEFA Cup

• 1990–91 Hradec Králové 1.Czech league – Assistant of head coach
• 1991–93 L.D.Alajuelense 1.Costa Rican league – Head coach

• champion of Costa Rica
• champion of Central America and the Caribbean
• finalist of CONCACAF

• 1996–98 Sparta Prague 1. Czech league – Assistant of head coach

• 2x champion of the Czech Republic
• 2x participation in UEFA Champions League

• 1998–99 Municipal de Guatemala 1.Guatemalan league – Head coach

• winner of Guatemala Cup
• LG cup winner (venue Costa Rica)

• 2000–04 FK Teplice 1. Czech league – assistant and head coach

• Czech cup winner
• 3rd round of UEFA Cup

• 2005 SK Dynamo Ceské Budejovice 1.Czech league – assistant of head coach
• 2007 FC Banants Yerevan 1. Armenian league – Head coach
  • Armenian Cup winner

Other

Fair Play prize of the Czech Olympic Committee for lifetime contribution.

Trivia

His son Tomáš Poštulka is a goalkeeper, playing notably for Sparta Prague.^[1]