Michal Horňák

Michal Horňák (born 28 April 1970) is a Czech football manager and former player.

Michal Horňák

Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-04-28) 28 April 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Vsetín, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1977–1986	Zbrojovka Vsetín
1986–1987	TJ Gottwaldov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Sparta Prague	5	(0)
1989–1990	RH Cheb	30	(2)
1991–2001	Sparta Prague	234	(13)
2001–2003	LASK Linz	62	(2)
2003–2004	SFC Opava	16	(0)
2004–2005	SV Horn
2005–2007	TJ Klatovy
International career
1995–1999	Czech Republic	38	(1)
Managerial career
2008	FC Zenit Čáslav
2013	Vlašim
2014–2018	Sparta Prague B
2018–2019	Sparta Prague (assistant)
2019	Sparta Prague
2019–2020	Sparta Prague (assistant)
2020–2022	Sparta Prague B
2021–2025	Czech Republic U21 (assistant)
2022	Sparta Prague
2023	Viktoria Žižkov
2024–2025	Dukla Prague (assistant)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Czech Republic UEFA European Championship Runner-up 1996 England AC Sparta Prague Winner Gambrinus liga 1993–94 Winner Gambrinus liga 1994–95
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Horňák played as a defender for several clubs throughout his career, including TJ Gottwaldov, RH Cheb, Sparta Prague (most of his career) and LASK Linz (Austria).^[1] He won ten championship titles for Sparta Prague.^[2]

At international level, Horňák earned 38 appearances for the Czech Republic, scoring one goal.^{[citation needed]} He was a participant at UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal.^[3]

After playing football, Horňák served as assistant coach for the Czech club FK Teplice in 2007.^[4] He was appointed coach of Vlašim in April 2013,^[5] but only stayed until the end of the calendar year before being replaced by Vlastimil Petržela.^[6]