Vlastimil Petržela

Vlastimil Petržela (born 20 July 1953 in Prostějov) is a Czech football coach and former player. He worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silver medals of Russian Premier League in 2003 and reaching the quarterfinal stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. Before Zenit he managed Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague.

Vlastimil Petržela

Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-07-20) 20 July 1953 (age 72)
Place of birth	Prostějov, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1960–1970	Sokol Kraslice na Hané
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1974	SK Prostějov
1974–1976	Zbrojovka Brno	13	(0)
1976–1978	SK Prostějov
1978–1980	SK Sigma Olomouc
1980–1981	RH Cheb	28	(14)
1981–1985	Slavia Prague	75	(22)
International career
1982–1983	Czechoslovakia	2	(0)
Managerial career
1986–1987	Slavia Prague
1990–1992	Slavia Prague
1992–1995	FC Slovan Liberec
1996	Sparta Prague
1996–2002	Bohemians Prague
2002	FK Mladá Boleslav
2002–2006	FC Zenit
2006–2007	SK Sigma Olomouc
2007–2008	Neftchi Baku
2009–2010	FK Viktoria Žižkov
2010–2012	MFK Zemplín Michalovce
2014–2016	Vlašim
2016–2017	FC Baník Ostrava
2018	FC Fastav Zlín
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, he appeared for Czechoslovakia at the 1982 FIFA World Cup as a substitute against Kuwait.

Petržela signed a three-year contract as manager of FK Mladá Boleslav in 2002,^[1] however before the end of the calendar year it was announced that he was heading to Russia to be the new manager of Zenit St. Petersburg.^[2]

In the 2006/2007 season he coached Sigma Olomouc. Petržela was appointed manager of Neftchi Baku in the summer of 2007, and was sacked six-months later on 5 January 2008.^[3]

In the season 2009/10 he coached FK Viktoria Žižkov in the Czech 2. Liga and in the season 2010/11 he became the new coach of MFK Zemplín Michalovce in the Slovak 2. liga.^[4][5] He joined Vlašim in January 2014.^[6]

Honours

Sparta Prague

• Czech Cup: 1995–96

Zenit Saint Petersburg

• Russian Premier League Cup: 2003