Josef Pešice

Josef Pešice (12 February 1950 – 18 December 2017) was a Czech football player and manager.^[2]

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
Managerial career
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
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player Pešice played for both famous Prague clubs, Sparta Prague and Slavia Prague. His largest success however came with Zbrojovka Brno, when he won the Czechoslovak First League with this team 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 and won three out of three games (2 competitive and 1 friendly).^[1]