Jan Suchopárek
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Suchopárek in 2010 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 23 September 1969 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kladno, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1988 | Poldi Kladno | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1988–1991 | Dukla Prague | 66 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Slavia Prague | 132 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Strasbourg | 76 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Tennis Borussia Berlin | 23 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Slavia Prague | 17 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Kladno | 51 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1992 | Czechoslovakia U21 | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Czechoslovakia | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–2000 | Czech Republic | 48 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2010 | Kladno (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Dukla Prague (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Czech Republic U18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Czech Republic U18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Czech Republic U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Czech Republic U21 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Czech Republic (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Jan Suchopárek (born 23 September 1969) is a Czech football coach and former defender.
He played for Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic, playing a combined total of 61 international matches, scoring four goals. Suchopárek was a participant at UEFA Euro 1996, where the Czech Republic won the silver medal. He scored in the group stage against Russia and played in the UEFA Euro 1996 Final, where the Czech Republic lost to Germany.
At club level, Suchopárek played for Prague teams Dukla and Slavia before moving to France, where he played for RC Strasbourg, and Germany, for Tennis Borussia Berlin. He finished his career in the Czech Second League, where he played for Kladno.
As a coach, Suchopárek took roles at Kladno (youth coach) and Dukla Prague (assistant coach) before moving into the Czech Republic national youth teams. He served as head coach of the Czech Republic U21 national team from 2021 to 2025, leading the side to the group stage of the final tournament in the 2023 and 2025 European Championships.