Petr Kouba

Petr Kouba (born 28 January 1969) is a Czech former professional football goalkeeper as well as assistant coach for the Czech under-20 and under-21 national teams. He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, played a total of 40 matches between 1991 and 1998.^[1]

Petr Kouba

Kouba in 1996
Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-01-28) 28 January 1969 (age 56)
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1982–1983	FC Bohemians Praha
1983–1985	Slavoj Vyšehrad
1985–1988	FC Bohemians Praha
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1990	FC Bohemians Praha	54	(0)
1991–1996	Sparta Prague	152	(1)
1996–1997	Deportivo La Coruña	4	(0)
1997–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0	(0)
1998–1999	Viktoria Žižkov	23	(0)
1999–2001	Deportivo La Coruña	2	(0)
2001–2002	FK Jablonec	19	(0)
2002–2005	Sparta Prague	3	(0)
Total		257	(1)
International career
1991–1993	Czechoslovakia	14	(0)
1994–1998	Czech Republic	26	(0)
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

The son of fellow goalkeeper Pavel Kouba, Kouba became interested in football after his father took him to a proper club when he was 12 years old.^[2] Kouba also played rugby until the age of 15.^[3] He began his playing career with Bohemians and Sparta Prague,^[4] scoring a goal from a penalty kick for the latter club in a national league match against SK České Budějovice in the 1994–95 season.^[5]

Kouba participated in UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic was runner-up.^[6] On 27 March 2004, he retired from football after Sparta Prague lost 0–2 against 1. FC Slovácko, resulting in the dismissal of coach Jiří Kotrba.^[2] Upon ending his playing career, Kouba became a goalkeeper coach for the Czech Republic national football team in 2022.^[7]