Pavel Kuka
Czech footballer (born 1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pavel Kuka (born 19 July 1968) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward.
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Date of birth | (1968-07-19) 19 July 1968 (age 55) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Prague, Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Prague,[1] 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 Republic national team, Kuka played 63 times, scoring 22 goals[2] 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.
After his retirement in May 2005 he briefly 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.