Vladimír Mirka

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Vladimír Mirka
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-12-14) 14 December 1928 (age 93)
Place of birth Czechoslovakia
Teams managed
YearsTeam
1965–1967 Cambodia
1967–1971 Czechoslovakia U18
1972–1973 Espérance Sportive de Tunis
1975 Czechoslovakia U23
1979–1981 FK Teplice
1983–1984 VTZ Chomutov
1986–1987 Sparta Prague (youth)

Vladimir Mirka (born 14 December 1928, in Czechoslovakia) is a Czech former football coach. His best achievement as coach was guiding the Czechoslovakia Under-18s to European glory in 1968 using the 4-2-4 formation. [1]

Career

The second coach of the Cambodia national team since its existence, (the first being Mr. Colman who headed the team from 1960 to 1963) [1] he managed the team from 1965 to 1967 including a friendly with Australia in which they tied 0-0. [2] Soon, in 1967, Mirka took the reins of the Czechoslovakia Under-18s and became coach of Tunisian title contenders Espérance Sportive de Tunis in 1972, remaining at the club for one season only. The Czech then took charge of the Czechoslovakia Under-23s for one year before managing FK Teplice (which played in the Czech 2.Liga at the time) and VTZ Chomutov in his native Czechoslovakia. Lastly, for one season, Mirka managed the Sparta Prague youth selections. There was no information regarding him following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 which precipitated the secession of Slovakia from the Czech Republic. [1]

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