Pavel Kuka

Pavel Kuka

Personal information
Full name	Pavel Kuka
Date of birth	(1968-07-19) 19 July 1968
Place of birth	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1975–1987	Slavia Prague
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	Rudá Hvězda Cheb	36	(9)
1989–1993	Slavia Prague	125	(63)
1994–1998	1. FC Kaiserslautern	121	(53)
1998–1999	1. FC Nürnberg	28	(10)
1999–2000	VfB Stuttgart	20	(1)
2000–2005	Slavia Prague	110	(33)
2005	SK Marila Votice		(12)
International career
1991–1993	Czechoslovakia	24	(7)
1994–2001	Czech Republic	63	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Not to be confused with Pavel Kupka: former Czechoslovakian modern pentathlete.

Pavel Kuka (born 19 July 1968 in Prague) is a former Czech football forward.

Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Praha, playing with the club from 1989–93 and then from 2000–05. He has also played for 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1994–98), 1. FC Nürnberg (1998–99), and VfB Stuttgart (1999–2000). For the Czech national team, Kuka played 63 times, scoring 22 goals and was part of the runner-up squad at Euro 96 and also took part at Euro 2000. Kuka also played 24 times, scoring seven goals, for Czechoslovakia. Retired in May 2005, he has shortly worked as a manager in FK Marila Příbram (another Gambrinus league team) and then became football agent. In 2008, he was a sports executive at FK Viktoria Žižkov.

Honours

• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 1996
• FIFA Confederations Cup Third place: 1997
• Bundesliga champion: 1997–98; runner-up: 1993–94
• DFB-Pokal winner: 1995–96

External links

• Pavel Kuka international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)