Zdenko Frťala

Zdenko Frťala (born 3 August 1970) is a Slovak football manager and former player.

Zdenko Frťala

Frťala in 2013
Personal information
Date of birth	(1970-08-03) 3 August 1970 (age 55)
Place of birth	Nitra, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1993	Spartak Trnava
1993–1996	Slovan Bratislava
1996–2003	Teplice
Managerial career
2003–2006	Chmel Blšany (assistant)
2006	Viktoria Plzeň (assistant)
2006–2008	Sparta Prague (assistant)
2008–2009	Ružomberok (assistant)
2010	Zenit Čáslav
2010–2011	Teplice (assistant)
2011–2015	Varnsdorf
2015	ŽP Šport Podbrezová
2015	Varnsdorf
2015–2016	Jablonec
2016–2018	Varnsdorf
2018–2021	Hradec Králové
2023–	Teplice
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, Frťala played in the Czechoslovak First League for Trnava and in the Czech First League for Teplice. He made a total of 192 top-flight appearances and scored 6 goals.^[1]

Management career

After working mainly in assistant roles at clubs such as Blšany, Sparta Prague, Ružomberok and Teplice, Frťala was appointed manager of Czech 2. Liga side FK Varnsdorf in October 2011, replacing Aleš Křeček.^[2] Despite failing to win in his first six games, Varnsdorf celebrated their first win under Frťala against Třinec in the last match before the winter break of the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga.^[3]

Honours

Player

Spartak Trnava

• Czechoslovak Cup runner-up: 1990–91

FK Teplice

• Czech First League runner-up: 1998–99

Manager

FK Varnsdorf

• Czech National Football League runner-up: 2014–15

FK Jablonec

• Czech Cup runner-up: 2015–16

FC Hradec Králové

• Czech National Football League: 2020–21