Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1954)

Not to be confused with Ján Kozák (footballer, born 1980).

Ján Kozák

Personal information
Full name	Ján Kozák
Date of birth	(1954-04-17) 17 April 1954
Place of birth	Matejovce nad Hornádom, Czechoslovakia
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Slovakia (Manager)
Youth career
	Spišská Nová Ves
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Spišská Nová Ves
1975–1980	Lokomotíva Košice	149	(34)
1980–1982	Dukla Prague	48	(13)
1982–1986	Lokomotíva Košice	57	(10)
1986–1987	Seraing	10	(1)
1987–1988	Bourges
1988–1990	Lokomotíva Košice
International career
1976–1984	Czechoslovakia	55	(9)
Managerial career
1993–1995	Lokomotíva Košice
1995–1997	Košice
1998	Košice
2002–2003	Michalovce
2004–2005	Ličartovce
2005–2009	Košice
2012–2013	Košice
2013–	Slovakia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ján Kozák (born 17 April 1954) is a former Slovak football midfielder and later football manager. He is the current manager of the Slovakia national football team, a position he assumed in July 2013. His son Ján Kozák is also a footballer. As the current manager of Slovakia, his team qualified for the 2016 UEFA Euro, thus becoming Slovakia's first time to appear in the tournament.

In 1981, Kozák became footballer of the year in Czechoslovakia. He played 254 matches in Czechoslovak First League and scored 57 goals. He also participated in UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Player

Dukla Prague

• Czechoslovak First League: Winners: 1981–82
• Czechoslovak Cup: Winners: 1981

Lokomotíva Košice

• Czechoslovak Cup: Winners (2x): 1977, 1979

Czechoslovakia

• UEFA Euro 1980: 3rd place
• 1982 FIFA World Cup: Group stage

Individual

• Czechoslovak Footballer of the Year: 1981

Manager

1.FC Košice

• MARS Superliga: Winners (2x) 1996–97 1997–98
• UEFA Champions League: Group Stage 1997–98

MFK Košice

• DOXXbet liga: Winners: 2005–06 (Promoted)
• Slovak Cup: Winners: 2009

Slovakia

• UEFA Euro 2016: Group stage

Managerial Statistics

As of 17 November 2015

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Slovakia		July 2013	present	26	17	4	5	65.38

References

• Ján Kozák international stats at the Football Association of the Czech Republic website (Czech)
• Weltfussball.de profile