Stanislav Griga

Stanislav Griga (born 4 November 1961) is a Slovak football manager and a former player. He played 34 matches for Czechoslovakia and scored eight goals.^[1]

Stanislav Griga

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Žilina, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1971–1980	Žilina
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Žilina	26	(25)
1981–1986	Sparta Prague	130	(67)
1986–1987	Dukla Prague	15	(11)
1987–1990	Sparta Prague	91	(57)
1990–1992	Feyenoord	43	(9)
1992–1993	Rapid Wien	23	(9)
Total		328	(178)
International career
1983–1990	Czechoslovakia	34	(8)
Managerial career
1995–1996	Žilina
1996–1998	Dukla Trenčín
1998–1999	Slovan Bratislava
1999–2002	Slovakia U21
2002–2003	Dubnica nad Váhom
2004–2005	Slovan Liberec
2005–2006	Sparta Prague
2007–2008	Viktoria Žižkov
2010–2012	Senica
2012–2013	Slovakia
2015–2016	Zemplín Michalovce
2018–2020	Žilina
2020	Senica
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

As a player of AC Sparta Prague, Griga played at the 1983 European Super Cup against Real Madrid and was praised by then-coach Alfredo Di Stefano for his performance.^[2] He participated at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and had a headed goal controversially disallowed for offside in a first-round game against Italy at Stadio Olimpico.^{[citation needed]}

Coaching career

Griga was appointed coach of Sparta Prague in October 2005.^[3] He stayed with the club until August 2006, finishing with a record of twelve wins, seven draws, and eight losses in his 27 games in charge.^[4]

On 26 April 2012, Griga was named as joint coach of the Slovakia national team with Michal Hipp, who has served as interim coach since January that year.^[5] In June 2013, they were sacked and replaced by Ján Kozák.^[6]

Personal life

In January 2010, 48-year-old Griga married Viera Viskupová, a diplomat at the Slovak Embassy in Prague.^[7] He spends his free time playing golf.^[8]

Honours

Player

Sparta Prague

• Czechoslovak First League: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Czechoslovak Cup: 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89

Feyenoord

• KNVB Cup: 1990–91, 1991–92
• Dutch Super Cup: 1991
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalist: 1991–92

Czechoslovakia

• FIFA World Cup quarter-finalist: 1990

Individual

• Czechoslovak First League top scorer: 1985–86 (19 goals)

Manager

MŠK Žilina

• 2. Liga (Slovakia) runner-up: 1995–96 (promoted)

Slovan Bratislava

• Slovak First League: 1998–99
• Slovak Cup: 1998–99

Slovan Liberec

• UEFA Intertoto Cup finalist: 2004

FK Senica

• Slovak First League runner-up: 2010–11
• Slovak Cup runner-up: 2011–12